Investigating the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program Video
*This interview was conducted for Radyo Migrante and originally aired on CHRY 105.5fm on 20 July 2011.
Music: Magtanim Ay Di Biro, by the UP MedChoir
"The face of working people in Canada is rapidly changing. Even though migrant workers have been a reality in Canada for years, in the past few years, we have seen a drastic increase in the use of Temporary Foreign Workers in this country.
Under the Conservative government, the Temporary Foreign Worker Program has expanded exponentially with over 250,000 Temporary Foreign Workers entering the Canadian workforce each year as agriculture workers, food processing workers, service and hospitality workers, live-in caregivers, and construction workers." [quote from the UFCW]
Filipinos have been the #1 source of TFWs in Canada since 2007.
Althea Balmes interviewed the nine participants of the UFCW Youth Internship program. These interns studied the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program by going out and speaking to the workers, employers, and everyday people in the agricultural towns in Southern Ontario.
An Agricultural Engineering Career: Help Better Produce Food
If you're thinking about a career in engineering, you should consider the field of agricultural engineering. Although you may thinking that farming and agricultural needs have decreased over the last few decades, agricultural engineers help provide machines and technology that helps to feed millions of people each day. The science and technology of agriculture continues to rise, necessitating engineering assistance for many different projects.
Valcent Vertical Farming | Vertical Farming Applauded By Kennedy Jr
January 26, 2010 Robert Kennedy Jr. Presents Verticrop At Us Mayor's Conference (Marketwire --January 26, 2010) - Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made a presentation on vertical farming and urban agriculture featuring Valcent's VertiCropTM vertical plant growing system at the 78th Winter Meeting of The U.S. Conference of Mayors, in Washington, D.C. last week.
World of Warcraft Gold Farming: Farming Gold in Nagrand and SMV
Farming gold in World of Warcraft is the bane of many players lives, with the new epic flying mounts costing over 5000 gold you are talking some serious grinding time. Fortunately in the World of Warcraft's The Burning Crusade Expansion the new Outlands has a host of areas which can offer you a surprising amount of gold, if you have your wits about you that is.
