Agriculture committee  I don't remember all the discussions at the time, but again, we're a diverse operation in our crops. I think the monocot crops, maybe grain farmers and the like, had some very good years. I think that probably the changes in the program were more to do with our western counterpar

Agriculture committee  To my mind, the regional research centres are very important to our regional agriculture, especially for tree fruits. If we have issues, we can address them quickly. In my 50 years and over—and you may not be able to see my grey hair—we have seen a loss in the expertise that has

Agriculture committee  I think there's a whole new awareness out there among our consumers about the importance of their food security. The events that we read about and hear about, which are actually happening, are making people think a lot about that, and we're seeing it at our local retail shops. Th

Agriculture committee  Okay. Thank you.

Agriculture committee  Excellent. Thank you.

Agriculture committee  They're not really farm workers. We get our workers from Jamaica. They're skilled Jamaican farmers. They have a skill set. Some of them have been here for 14 to 16 years. They know a farm as well or better than I do, so it's very important to us. It's very important that they're

Agriculture committee  They're functioning very well. There are challenges. We suddenly lost key people, as I mentioned. We were able to replace them. Training in the COVID environment was very much a challenge, but when we changed some of our sales techniques, in net we added another six employees to

Agriculture committee  Well, for me and for other farmers...I'm diverse in my operation. When I do well in one crop and maybe poorly in another crop, our change is not as significant. It has an effect, and we still have all those costs. We need to work on something that's going to be a little more forg

Agriculture committee  That's correct. We've always participated in AgriStability, and we've never been able to make a claim through our day-to-day activities or our yearly activities in how we address our business.

Agriculture committee  I will continue on from where I left off. We market our products through two primary channels: wholesale, with marketing and distribution through major and minor grocery chains, accounts for about 75% of our sales; and retail, through our farm market and farmers' markets in Nov

Agriculture committee  Noggins Corner Farm is situated in the Annapolis Valley. It's a sixth generation family-owned Nova Scotia company. We grow fruits and vegetables. We operate 468 acres of tree fruits, the majority of which are apples. We also grow peaches, pears, plums, nectarines, raspberries and