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The big picture

1. What you need to know before you Glance
by Tom Vradenburg, Statistics Canada
2. First you take an ecumene...
by Gaye Ward, Statistics Canada
3. They're tilling that field behind the mall
by Jennie Wang, Statistics Canada
4. They're here to farm
by Frédéric G. Normand, Statistics Canada
5. Where were your ancestors in 1871?
by Steven Danford, Statistics Canada

Farm profiles

6. Bud the Spud moves west
by Dr. Stan Blade, Tricia McAllister and Lori Delanoy, Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural Development
7. What's in your grocery cart?
by Elizabeth Abraham, Statistics Canada
8. What's growing under glass?
by Ainsley Sparkes and Elizabeth Irving, Statistics Canada
9. Fresh produce north of 60
by Jenny Kendrick, Statistics Canada
10. From Concord to Chardonnay: Canada's grape transformation
by Claire Bradshaw, Statistics Canada
11. Little bees, big potential
by Cyd Rainville, Statistics Canada
12. Tapping the Manitoba maple—a Prairie cottage industry
by Jenny Kendrick, Statistics Canada
13. The little devils are everywhere!
by Julie Bertrand, Statistics Canada
14. Stop the car! Are those llamas in that field?
by Bernadette Alain, Statistics Canada
15. From wild beast to docile partner
by Barbara McLaughlin, Statistics Canada

Agriculture and the environment

16. What is "sustainable" agriculture?
by Niki Strang, Statistics Canada
17. Greenhouse gases: Is agriculture part of the problem, or part of the solution?
by Marco Morin, Statistics Canada
18. Living with the farm next door
by Martin Beaulieu, Statistics Canada
19. It's waste and a valuable resource too
by Jennie Wang, Statistics Canada
20. Watering our Prairie farms
by Amanda Elliott, Statistics Canada
21. Protecting crops from pests
by Sherri Doherty, Statistics Canada
22. There's more to organic farming than being pesticide-free
by Patti Wunsch, Statistics Canada

The business of farming

23. So you want to try farming? Here's what it costs
by Barbara Keith and Jean Dornan, Statistics Canada
24. What's for dinner, Daisy?
by Bernadette Alain, Statistics Canada
25. Dairy and beef - contrasting industries
by Leon Laborde, Statistics Canada
26. A tag in every ear
by Barbara Keith, Statistics Canada
27. Pig production is getting bigger and more specialized
by Leon Laborde, Statistics Canada
28. There's a pig in your closet
by Gaye Ward, Statistics Canada
29. Growing dominance of a few large poultry farms—a continuing legacy
by Pius B. Mwansa, Statistics Canada
30. The pumpkin patch—a venture in agri-tourism
by Jean Dornan, Statistics Canada
31. Prairie farmers have always found a way to adapt
by Marco Morin, Statistics Canada
32. Grain elevators getting bigger but fewer
by Patrick Weatherald, Canadian Wheat Board
33. The rise and fall of fall rye
by Brent Wilson, Statistics Canada

The leading edge

34. A science-fiction harvest
by Erik Dorff, Statistics Canada
35. From barn to yarn—weaving a niche market for industrial hemp
by Sheila Young, Statistics Canada
36. There's omegas in those hemp seeds
by Jenny Kendrick, Statistics Canada
37. Growing herbs for the medicine chest
by Erik Dorff, Statistics Canada
38. Technology on the farm
by Heather Smith, Statistics Canada
39. Farming with a mouse
by Verna Mitura, Statistics Canada
40. Dairy farming goes high tech
by Nicole Dufresne-Baker, Ritchie Feed and Seed Inc.

Maps

• Canada's census divisions, 2001 (see article no. 1)
• Canada's agricultural land (see article no. 2)
• Plow it, or pave it? (see article no. 3)
• Potatoes: Bud the Spud goes west (see article no. 6)
• Expanding area under glass (see article no. 8)
• The North's green thumb (see article no. 9)
• Where the grapes are (see article no. 10)
• Tapping an overlooked resource (see article no. 12)
• It all adds up on very large livestock farms in the West (see article
  no. 18)
• It all adds up on very large livestock farms in the East (see article
  no. 18)
• The West is where the irrigation is (see article no. 20)
• A few choice census divisions (see article no. 23)