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The following editorial was printed in the Guelph Mercury on December 10, and also in a slightly shorter format in the Waterloo Region Record.



By Lilian Schaer



http://news.guelphmercury.com/Opinions/EditorialOpinion/article/572775



It’s been about a year since we were plunged into financial crisis and economic uncertainty. In response, governments in many… Continue

This editorial was printed in the Waterloo Region Record last Friday...



It’s harvest time in Ontario – a time of bounty and plenty for lovers of local food. But where Canadian agriculture is concerned, it’s not all about buying local and the 100-mile diet, even though everyone seems to be getting in on that action.



It’s true that local food is growing in popularity and the 100-mile diet is a hot trend. The media is talking and writing about buying local, the number of… Continue

I sent the following editorial to the Owen Sound Sun Times, which published it this past week:



I've started noticing a bit of a trend in popular media -- the bashing of farmers, especially those who grow crops we all depend on.

These horrible people -- or so the theme goes -- are ruining the environment by producing large volumes of corn and soybeans and they're making us fat to boot.



There are two sides to every story and the farmer's is rarely heard or included in… Continue

Here's an editorial I wrote that was printed in the Guelph Mercury last week:



The word crisis is heard often at the moment. Unfortunately, it seems to be heard most often in conjunction with two other words: agriculture and farmers. In a country as wealthy and as entrenched in farming as ours, to me, there’s something fundamentally wrong with this picture.



There’s the dire situation of Canada’s hog farmers. They’ve been hit with a series of problems – a growing focus on… Continue