Agriculture committee  A bit outside of 4-H, I worked at the Agriculture Museum last summer and this year. I think that's a great way to get city kids to learn about it. It's in downtown Ottawa. It's so easy to bring the kids. We have maybe not all the different animals but the general basic animals. T

Agriculture committee  I think another thing is that, education-wise, I found that the older I got in 4-H--I was already away doing post-secondary education--I was learning more about different types of agriculture, after I'd already made the choice not to go into agriculture. I learned about different

Agriculture committee  Like Ashley, I grew up on a dairy farm. Both my parents were at home full time. I know other people who work off the farm. They don't work for their own families, their own farms, so they can't take their kids to work. You can't take your son to the bank--different things like th

Agriculture committee  I asked my dad what would be the easiest type of agriculture for someone to get into right off the bat if they had no connections or family. Every time he said, “Well, it would probably take five years to save up enough money to get into it.” Right off the bat you have that barri

Agriculture committee  Even in my family, if all of us five kids had decided we wanted to go into the dairy industry, our farm is only 180 acres; there's not enough room for five people, if you bring spouses and children in. Right there, if we had all decided to go into agriculture, we would have neede

Agriculture committee  I think it's a bit of both. It's a business that you have to be able to succeed in it. I grew up on a farm, and I might not have wanted to get up in the morning as a kid and milk cows--I still might be a little grumpy on Saturday mornings when my mom wants me to get up--but I thi

Agriculture committee  I think one thing is to be able to teach youth that it is possible. Teaching them how to grow things organically is a big part of it. If you don't know what's out there, if you don't share what's working, you're not going to get any more of it. One important thing is to have the

Agriculture committee  I'd just like to say that with the quota system for milk we are protecting the farmers, so that if they have it they are going to be making money because they've bought into the quota system, whereas not everything has that. Some small farms, if they don't have the protection--th

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Agriculture committee  It doesn't matter if you're from a farm, a town, or the city; anyone can join 4-H and learn about agriculture. They can join a calf club or join any club. They can get the experience of agriculture and be introduced to it. What we can do to encourage youth involvement in agricu

Agriculture committee  My name is Gillian. I grew up on a dairy farm. We have Jerseys in southwest Quebec. I'm from Ormstown. I am the fourth child out of five in my family, and only one of my siblings is going into agriculture. My little brother is still in high school, so he has a chance, but he prob