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  1. How does professional alpine skier Valérie Grenier start her day? With 2 eggs, of course!

    https://www.eggfarmers.ca/2015/07/how-does-professional-alpine-skier-valerie-grenier-start-her-day-with-2-eggs-of-course/
    With the Pan Am Games kicking off in Toronto this week, it’s an opportune time to think of our Canadian athletes and all of the hard work and dedication they put into their sport and achieving their goals. I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to interview Canadian professional alpine skier Valérie Grenier recently. […]

  2. Passionate about supply management: Research convinced a University of Waterloo professor of its benefits

    https://www.eggfarmers.ca/2015/07/passionate-about-supply-management-research-convinced-a-university-of-waterloo-professor-of-its-benefits/
    Bruce Muirhead says the true value of supply management often goes unappreciated. Muirhead is an academic who has made a career of studying agriculture and trade policies. Recently, he has turned his attention to the supply management system used for egg production in Canada, among other commodities. Not only does the system keep the cost […]

  3. Stephanie Nanne: I’m very blessed

    https://www.eggfarmers.ca/2015/02/stephanie-nanne-im-very-blessed/
    Stephanie Nanne Perth, Ontario Age: 24 Stephanie Nanne is the seventh generation of her family to farm the same piece of land in rural Eastern Ontario. Next year will mark the 200th anniversary of the day her ancestors came over from Scotland to settle there. Stephanie is very proud of that fact that the land […]

  4. Michael Wallington: Being my own boss is one of the most important things for me

    https://www.eggfarmers.ca/2015/02/michael-wallington-being-my-own-boss-is-one-of-the-most-important-things-for-me/
    Michael Wallington Hay River, Northwest Territories Age: 37 Michael Wallington is one of only three egg farmers in the Northwest Territories. All three (one of the other two is his father Glen) operate out of the same barn in Hay River, on the south shore of Great Slave Lake. It’s a convenient arrangement that eases […]

  5. Why trade matters to me

    https://www.eggfarmers.ca/2014/10/why-trade-matters-to-me/
    Levi Hofer Alberta egg farmer Levi is a 3rd generation egg farmer from Lethbridge, Alberta. He is the Vice-Chair of Egg Farmers of Alberta and a participant in Egg Farmers of Canada’s young farmer program. From the time I wake up in the morning until the moment I shut my eyes at the end of […]

  6. Jason Thiessen: I never met an egg farmer who complained

    https://www.eggfarmers.ca/2014/02/jason-thiessen-i-never-met-an-egg-farmer-who-complained/
    Jason Thiessen Schoen Eggs, Winkler, Manitoba Age: 35 Jason Thiessen was a grain farmer looking to expand his operations. As he thought about what would be a good fit for himself and for his young family, he began to consider the possibility of becoming an egg farmer. “I never met an egg farmer who complained,” he […]

  7. Consumers want homegrown food

    https://www.eggfarmers.ca/2013/09/consumers-want-homegrown-food/
    Re: Cheese Lovers Get No Ottawa Love, John Ivison, Sept. 18. John Ivison argues that abolishing supply management would be the best thing the federal government could do to “put consumers first.” Consumers themselves don’ t agree. Two recent independent polls this year–one published in Canadian Business and the other in the Vancouver Sun–confirm what […]