This week, I have been attending the Western Nutrition Conference. People from all over the world are attending to discuss developments in animal nutrition and feed ( Read more... )

Mom and I went to the West Edmonton mall yesterday. I honestly haven't been to the mall in at least 12 years. After yesterday's visit, I don't think I'll be going again for a long time. This is one of the biggest malls in North America, and it spans several city blocks. It's the only mall I've been in that has a hotel, a water park, an amusement ( Read more... )

Today I attended a goat conference for work. The day started off with a tour of one goat farm, and ended at a tour of a goat dairy, where we watched an artificial insemination demonstration ( Read more... )

Today I went on a media tour to two dairies and the Ponoka auction mart. I've been in auction marts before, but never one this size. At one point, we stood on this platform over a holding area where cows were being sorted. I could see cows as far as the eye could see. Apparently, we were standing over about 5,000 cattle, which is the largest ( Read more... )

Yesterday I drove out to Leduc, a small city about 25 km outside of Edmonton. I thought Leduc was just a town, but it's actually a tiny city. I went to meet with a woman from the Bison Centre, which was formerly known as "The Bison Centre of Excellence". Anyway, Linda and I hit it off, partially because she had her dog in the office and he and I ( Read more... )

Some day I have to learn to post photos in an entry. Unfortunately, today is not that day ( Read more... )

On Saturday, I went out to a llama farm about an hour and a half away. The owner of the farm has started an agri-tourism business. You can bring the kids out for the day, play with the llamas, lambs, chickens, rabbits, kittens, miniature donkeys and goats, and then have a tea party on her deck. She's a professional chef so the food was good- ( Read more... )

In the winter, farmers take holidays or go to meetings. In the summer, they're busy celebrating, having parties, and hosting fairs. As a result, I've been really busy this past week. On Tuesday, I joined members of the Agriculture and Food Council as they toured the Peace. I managed to meet a lot of people from all over the province, which was ( Read more... )

Yesterday I hopped into my trusty car and drove an hour to a cashmere goat farm. I ended up missing a turn, and accidentally turned onto a busy secondary highway. I had no idea that the area was so populated by Mack trucks. I kept on trying to find my turn-off, but was terrified due to the large trucks barrelling down the road behind me while I was ( Read more... )

Since I've been reading so much about bees lately, I must admit that I found this story about gender in cartoons (especially in Bee movie) to be rather fascinating.