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Digital Archives - Hog manure under the microscopeFeb 12, 2001 | 4:51Digital Archives Hog manure under the microscope Audio
Digital Archives Hog manure under the microscope Feb 12, 2001 | 4:51Scientists look into health and environmental effects of hog waste.
Digital Archives - Inside a Manitoba hog farmFeb 12, 2001 | 4:56Digital Archives Inside a Manitoba hog farm Audio
Digital Archives Inside a Manitoba hog farm Feb 12, 2001 | 4:56CBC's Bob Carty takes a tour of a hog barn in Manitoba.
Digital Archives - Living with hog barns next doorFeb 9, 2001 | 2:31Digital Archives Living with hog barns next door Audio
Digital Archives Living with hog barns next door Feb 9, 2001 | 2:31Residents worry about the impact of large hog barns on their quality of life.
Digital Archives - Farming is a business, not a birthrightJan 16, 2000 | 5:39Digital Archives Farming is a business, not a birthright Video
Digital Archives Farming is a business, not a birthright Jan 16, 2000 | 5:39An Alberta family thrives on the original homestead by focusing on the business of farming.
Digital Archives - Is the family farm economically viable?Dec 9, 1999 | 8:35Digital Archives Is the family farm economically viable? Audio
Digital Archives Is the family farm economically viable? Dec 9, 1999 | 8:35An urban advocate says federal subsidies to Canadian farmers outweigh their economic output.
Digital Archives - Mansbridge One on One: Jocelyn HainsworthSep 26, 1999 | 21:14Digital Archives Mansbridge One on One: Jocelyn Hainsworth Video
Digital Archives Mansbridge One on One: Jocelyn Hainsworth Sep 26, 1999 | 21:14Peter Mansbridge talks to Jocelyn Hainsworth, a Saskatchewan farmer who writes eloquently about the plight of the family farm on the Prairies.
Digital Archives - Quebec opts for better pig farmingAug 24, 1996 | 4:29Digital Archives Quebec opts for better pig farming Video
Digital Archives Quebec opts for better pig farming Aug 24, 1996 | 4:29The province is first to place strict guidelines on raising hogs.
Digital Archives - Exotic livestock improve farm fortunesApr 21, 1996 | 5:16Digital Archives Exotic livestock improve farm fortunes Video
Digital Archives Exotic livestock improve farm fortunes Apr 21, 1996 | 5:16Llamas, zebras and elk, oh my! An Alberta family pins its farming fortunes on exotic animals.
Digital Archives - Manitoba grain elevator closure marks end of an eraJan 2, 1996 | 3:52Digital Archives Manitoba grain elevator closure marks end of an era Video
Digital Archives Manitoba grain elevator closure marks end of an era Jan 2, 1996 | 3:52The town of Inglis, Man., tries to save its cluster of five empty grain elevators.
Digital Archives - Grain farmers debate the Canadian Wheat BoardOct 20, 1994 | 1:59Digital Archives Grain farmers debate the Canadian Wheat Board Video
Digital Archives Grain farmers debate the Canadian Wheat Board Oct 20, 1994 | 1:59At rallies in Regina, farmers stand divided on keeping or ending the monopoly of the Canadian Wheat Board in 1994.
Digital Archives - Family farms vs. factory farmsNov 21, 1993 | 9:47Digital Archives Family farms vs. factory farms Video
Digital Archives Family farms vs. factory farms Nov 21, 1993 | 9:47Pig manure pits traditional farmers against big barn operators.
Digital Archives - Farmers protest international trade talksFeb 17, 1992 | 3:50Digital Archives Farmers protest international trade talks Audio
Digital Archives Farmers protest international trade talks Feb 17, 1992 | 3:50Dairy and poultry farmers demonstrate against a GATT meeting that could eliminate industry marketing boards.
Digital Archives - Agriculture study discovers sweeter smelling manureJun 21, 1989 | 5:39Digital Archives Agriculture study discovers sweeter smelling manure Audio
Digital Archives Agriculture study discovers sweeter smelling manure Jun 21, 1989 | 5:39Scientist with Agriculture Canada talks about the study.
Digital Archives - Canada's wine industry: Grape growers react to grape pulloutApr 21, 1989 | 2:17Digital Archives Canada's wine industry: Grape growers react to grape pullout Video
Digital Archives Canada's wine industry: Grape growers react to grape pullout Apr 21, 1989 | 2:17Government plans to pull out local vines generate mixed reactions.
Digital Archives - Urban sprawl forces out B.C. farmersJun 5, 1988 | 7:30Digital Archives Urban sprawl forces out B.C. farmers Audio
Digital Archives Urban sprawl forces out B.C. farmers Jun 5, 1988 | 7:30Terra Nova vegetable growers say they're losing valuable farmland to residential development.

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