Earning a college credit, barbecue style Sunday, April 5, 2009 Four college boys from Alabama cut a 17-day, five-state swath across the southern United States eating barbecue pork ribs and writing about it on their website. That's earning a college credit in English from Birmingham-Southern College the hard way. "Our project will focus on the cultural origins, differences in style and significance of Southern pork barbecue through the framework of food and travel writing," says their website, which they claim received 125,000 views on Feb. 13 alone and was featured in 120 newspapers the following day.The "captain" of the team, political science major Art Richey, "hopes to work in politics for a couple of years before entering law school."He's a Democrat, so he'd better get used to pork. BP Seems Temple likes farrowing crates after all Now that's what you call diversification
RCMP looking to identify grain hopper tamperers Monday, October 26, 2026 Police in Saskatchewan are asking for the public’s help to identify two males involved in grain hopper tampering. Assiniboia RCMP say the incident occurred at a property in the RM of Lake of the Rivers between Aug. 14 and 15. Police photos show at least four hoppers with piles of grain... Read this article online
Market Selloff Pushes Grains Lower Monday, October 26, 2026 On the weekly , Farms.com Risk Management Commodity Strategist Abhinesh Gopal discussed major developments in commodity markets during the week of October 19 to 23, 2026. During the podcast, titled '' Gopaldiscussed widespread weakness across grain markets, growing concerns about... Read this article online
Canada Launches Carbon Market Working Group and Agriculture Watches for Opportunities Friday, October 23, 2026 Federal, provincial and territorial governments have launched a new working group to explore ways of improving cooperation among carbon markets across Canada, a move that could eventually have implications for Canadian agriculture. The announcement, made by Federal, provincial, and... Read this article online
Ag workers act quick to put out Sask. grain dryer fire Thursday, October 22, 2026 A Saskatchewan farm business is recognizing its employees and the community for springing into action to put out a fire. “Thankfully, thanks to the quick response and teamwork of our staff, neighbours, and the Borden Fire Department, the situation was brought under control quickly, with... Read this article online
Bernard Sévigny appointed ag minister in Premier Paul St-Pierre Plamondon’s government Thursday, October 22, 2026 Bernard Sévigny, a former TVA journalist and the former mayor of Sherbrooke is Quebec’s new minister of agriculture, fisheries and food. Premier Paul St-Pierre Plamondon revealed Sévigny, the MNA for Richmond, and the rest of his Parti Québécois cabinet during an Oct. 21 swearing-in... Read this article online