A kindergarten classroom is a magical place. A group of naïve, eager preschoolers enter the classroom at the beginning of the schoolyear, and over the course of a year, they learn some of the most important skills needed in life.

There are moments where all parent feel they have failed as parents. There was that time my 8-year-old asked if she could put ketchup on a perfectly prepared prime rib that came right from the Traeger Grill. 

An independent review by a credible third-party organization has reaffirmed that the proAction Animal Care module developed by Dairy Farmers of Canada (DFC) and implemented on Canadian dairy farms is consistent with national animal care standards.

Albert Cousineau recently set down the hoof knives and grinders after an impressive 42 years in business. As of Jan. 1, and nearly 200,000 cows later, Cousineau retired as one of Ontario’s staple hoof trimmers and sold the business to his son, Joël.

I went from being a third-generation dairy farmer with my family on the farm I grew up on to a first-generation dairy farmer in 2009. In 2021, I left the dairy farm I helped start and co-owned for 12 years.