Earlier this year, American farmers from the Illinois Agricultural Leadership Foundation visited the UK meeting with British farmers to discuss the challenges they face in farming and their outlook for the future. With this exchange, farmers from both sides of…
In June, representatives from 37 U.S. agribusinesses and farm organizations will join U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Deputy Secretary Dr. Jewel Bronaugh for an agribusiness trade mission to London, United Kingdom. “The United States enjoys a well-deserved reputation as the…
Why does Westminster Kingsway College choose to teach students about American products? At Westminster College we are training young students to go out into the hospitality industry as professional chefs. Our students are the next generation of chefs, from Michelin…
Lotte Peplow, the Brewers Association’s American Craft Beer Ambassador for Europe, looks at what the American craft brewing industry is doing to become more sustainable The American craft beer industry is all too aware of the need to conserve energy…
Native Alaskan Bill Thomas is a commercial fisherman, a politician and a sustainability advocate. He gillnets for salmon and long lines for halibut alongside his son Cole, the “heir apparent”. We spoke to him about his 52-year Alaskan fishing career…
Michael Garavaglia is a fourth-generation Florida Grapefruit grower who travels the world as much as his fruit. Fourth-generation Florida Grapefruit grower Mike Garavaglia is proud that even though the fruit on his trees is all grown in Florida, it doesn’t…
After starting his career at a major farm lending institution, Gary Bailey returned to his family’s farm full-time in 1989, to work with his parents and two brothers. He wanted to be a part of the legacy that his parents…
In my latest Collab Hour presentation , I mentioned that there was evidence that Gen Z (the generation that starts in the mid to late 1990s) is showing different preferences than millennials, particularly as it relates to their relationship with…