Did you know that Canada is the world's largest producer and exporter of wild blueberries?

Each year, we produce 200 million pounds of the fruit, 80 million of which come from the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec. It's the biggest wild blueberry farm in Canada — maybe even the biggest worldwide. Companies like Quebec Wild Blueberries mechanically harvest, wash and package the antioxidant-rich berry, before shipping them to over 30 countries.

Join chef Ricardo Larrivée and farmer Jean-Pierre Senneville as they roam the wild fields.

This website engages in positive dialogue around agriculture and food. It includes resources for Canada's Ag Day each year in February. It includes photos and videos designed for social media use.

Before the Plate documentary is about the questions, the stories and the people behind where our food comes from and how it gets to our plate. We have developed a comprehensive, curriculum-linked Documentary Viewing Guide for Grades 9-12 students that meets learning outcomes in Science, Social Studies, Health, Careers, PAA and more! The teacher resource includes information about how to gain full viewing access to the Before the Plate documentary (pg. 3).

Carol Ann Patterson discusses the research on canary seed by the Canary Seed Development Commission of Saskatchewan through the Diverse Field Crops Cluster (DFCC).
DFCC is an agri-science cluster led by Ag-West Bio, with funding from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s Canadian Agricultural Partnership program and industry partners.

The Healthy Kids Quest is a flexible program designed for grade 1 to 3 classes across the country. The program includes activity sheets and instructions on six themes, which have been split into sections to facilitate download.

Healthy Kids Quest introduction Includes an overview of the Healthy Kids Quest for teachers and group leaders, and the introduction documents to be sent home to parents/guardians

Program Kick-Off: Being Healthy Includes activities to help students understand how eating nutritious food and being physically active contribute to being healthy.

Topics Covered:
Water
Fruits and Vegetables
Whole Grains
Healthy Snacks
A Balanced Lunch Box
Physical Activity

"The First Sixteen is Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada's new podcast series that explores the freshest ideas in agriculture and food. Each episode explores a single topic in depth—digging deep into new practices, innovative ideas, and their impacts on the industry. Learn about Canada's agricultural sector from the people making the breakthroughs and knocking down the barriers! Farmers and foodies, scientists and leaders, and anyone with an eye on the future of the sector—this podcast is for you! A new episode is published each month." Agri-Food Canada
This link goes specifically to Episode 013- Mental Health: From the Farmer's Perspective

This video shows an example of urban agriculture in Montreal using greenhouses on the roof of a building. This shows a great example of how agriculture and food production can take many forms.

Solving food shortages caused by droughts is a big challenge that may benefit from a tiny ally. Turns out that the microbes living in the soil around plants can give them a boost when water's scarce, which means more food for us, which is a big win!

This video demonstrates how cauliflower is harvested. This video was taken in Watsonville, California, and follows the harvesting, washing, and packing of cauliflower in the field. This video was used to demonstrate specialty farming and equipment needs.

Journey 2050 allows schools around the world to experience agriculture like it has never been taught before. As students explore world food sustainability, they make inquiry-based decisions to see the ripple effect on social, economic and environmental factors locally and globally. Agricultural experts and real farm families from Kenya, India and Canada guide students through a virtual farm simulation, avatar career game and geography scavenger hunt.

This video outlines greenhouse tomato production in Leamington, Ontario, Canada. This is a good example of Canadian food production and specialty farms.

Students learn about organic gardening by developing their own research questions, conducting research, gardening at their school, creating signs about their plants, and presenting their research to the class.

This video outlines how Precision Agriculture is being used to increase agricultural production. It includes some examples and the benefits they have.

Scientists at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill are studying how microbes in the soil, like bacteria and fungi, interact with a plant in ways that make the plant grow better. Someday, this knowledge may be used to increase crop production for an expanding population.

Did you know that McDonald's World Famous Fries® are made with 100% Canadian potatoes? This video features the Levesque Family, just one of the many Canadian potato farmers working to provide McDonald's with potatoes. Check out our interview to learn more about their story, life on the farm, and which qualities to look for in the perfect potato.

Nutrient Management is managing the use of nutrients to reduce environmental impacts. This video explores how Guy Choiniere in Highgate Center, VT, is using this practice to create a dry manure system to feed the soil on his certified organic farm.
Major benefits of this practice include soil improvement, salinity reduction, improvement of water quality, input cost reduction, and overall plant health increase.

Where do plants get their food from? Remember they are autotrophic, plants make their own food through the process of photosynthesis. In order to make all of the macromolecules, the plant needs to obtain some other elements from the soil. For example, Nitrogen is needed to make protein. As you know Nitrogen is needed to make protein, so without this element the plant will have stunted growth.

This video weighs the pros and cons of organic farming. It fits well with the Fuse School video "What is organic farming?".

This video shows a large-scale harvest on a raspberry farm using specialized equipment. This video works well when looking at specialty equipment needed for producing specialty crops.

An alternative to conventional farming is organic farming.
Organic farming currently accounts for about 1% of agricultural land worldwide. It focuses on sustainability and is thought to have less detrimental effects on the environment than conventional farming. This has led to it being proposed as an alternative to conventional agriculture for helping to overcome the climate change crisis we are currently experiencing. The debate continues, as it is not a perfect solution.
This video outlines some of the basic principles of organic farming.