Philip Shaw's work is published across Canada and the United States. He is an accomplished speaker, journalist, commodity market commentator, agricultural economist and farmer from Dresden, Ontario, Canada.
In the next few days you’ll find your loyal scribe hawking sweet corn in front of my farm near Dresden. Is it a tangible example of “Farmers Feed Cities” or is it one example of how our consuming public can get the best and freshest of farm produce in the land? I’d say both. A…
Continue ReadingLast April 5th I gazed out into a crowd of 10,000 people in front of me at the Parliament Buildings. I wouldn’t say everything about that was easy. I had never spoken to that many people before. However, as the pitch of the Ottawa Solidarity Farm Rally reached a crescendo everybody on stage felt good. …
Continue ReadingThe Jiveman 2006 reunion came and gone. Its a celebration of basketball, food and family. How big is this thing going to get? Four guys play basketball 20 years ago and suddenly years later its like our own little festival. Next years Jiveman reunion is scheduled for July 22, 2007. What will the guys look…
Continue ReadingIf we ever needed good news it is this week. The mainstream media is full of the conflict in Lebanon, rockets going back and forth. There might be other people getting killed in the Congo and the Darfur region of the Sudan, but you’d never know it. Anything to do with the “middle east” gets…
Continue ReadingI got a call the other day from my good friend and co-author Dr. A.K. Enamul Haque. I was out on my farm and he was in Kyoto Japan. It happens often. In fact with the advance of communications technology he might as well be over the fence. My cell phone often tones in with…
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Continue ReadingThe Canadian dollar finished at 88.88 cents US today, down from its lofty level over 91 cents last June 13th. For Canadians weary of a dollar looking toward 95 cents, 88 cents almost seems like we’re back down to 65 again. It’s funny what we become used to. This past weekend I welcomed a good…
Continue ReadingI loved watching Ben Wallace play. He was my favourite Piston and by far my favourite NBA player. I know. Most Canadians dream about watching hockey and having their favourite hockey player. Not me. I watched my first Piston game way back in 1972. I used to be a seasons ticket holder. The NBA is…
Continue ReadingI’ve never been to “the Rock”. For my American readers that means our most eastern province Newfoundland and Labrador. Last week Canada’s federal, provincial and territorial met in St. John’s Newfoundland. They met to discuss once again the future of Canadian agriculture. For Canadian farmers, the meeting on the Rock last week holds some clues…
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