Author: Kim Cooper

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Bio: Kim Cooper has been involved in the agriculture sector for over 40 years and has worked in the past with M.J. Smith, King Grain, Thompsons, the Ontario Soybean Growers, Southwest Ag Partners, and is presently the Agriculture Specialist for the Municipality of Chatham-Kent.

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  Canadian Food Products Are Labeled For a Reason

  Jun 17 | Kim Cooper | KIm Cooper | Comments Off on Canadian Food Products Are Labeled For a Reason

  Labels. What would we do without labels? There are labels on practically everything we buy, from cars to toys to computers. It seems at times we need a legal degree to understand some of...

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  The Wonder Of Agriculture Is Found In a Seed’s Germination

  Jun 10 | Kim Cooper | KIm Cooper | Comments Off on The Wonder Of Agriculture Is Found In a Seed’s Germination

  The planting season has started for some crops, such as carrots, onions, sugar beets and peas, and in the weeks ahead, our Chatham-Kent producers will be getting the majority of their crops...

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  The Incredible Nutrition Found In Mushrooms

  Jun 6 | Kim Cooper | KIm Cooper | Comments Off on The Incredible Nutrition Found In Mushrooms

  How many of you love cream of mushroom soup? Or how about mushrooms on your steak? Perhaps mushroom caps? Today, let’s have a closer look at this fascinating food crop. Many...

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  Few Foods Are As Canadian As Maple Syrup

  Jun 1 | Kim Cooper | KIm Cooper | Comments Off on Few Foods Are As Canadian As Maple Syrup

  The late Don Giffin from Giffin’s Maple Syrup Products, was a true farmer and maple syrup producer The maple syrup season is here, which is a sure sign of spring. Maple syrup is a truly...

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  Getting In Touch With Where Our Food Is Grown

  May 28 | Kim Cooper | KIm Cooper | Comments Off on Getting In Touch With Where Our Food Is Grown

  Jean-Marie Laprise holds up some banana peppers in a garden he planted on the site of the International Plowing Match & Rural Expo featuring almost 70 crops which are grown commercially...

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  Some Remarkable Stats About Chatham-Kent Agriculture

  May 21 | Kim Cooper | KIm Cooper | Comments Off on Some Remarkable Stats About Chatham-Kent Agriculture

  This large conveyor delivers tomatoes into the ConAgra Foods plant in Dresden, Ontario (Ellwood Shreve/Chatham Daily News) What do you know about the crops we grow and the animals we raise...

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  Pork The World’s Most Consumed Meat, And Other Things You Didn’t Know About Agriculture

  May 14 | Kim Cooper | KIm Cooper | Comments Off on Pork The World’s Most Consumed Meat, And Other Things You Didn’t Know About Agriculture

  Let’s look this week at some interesting facts on farming that you might not know. Did you know that greenhouse gas is not actually gas coming from a greenhouse? It is a series of gases...

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  What Abe Lincoln’s Envoy Found In The Buxton Area

  May 8 | Kim Cooper | KIm Cooper | Comments Off on What Abe Lincoln’s Envoy Found In The Buxton Area

  I have mentioned many times that the agriculture sector in Chatham-Kent is complex and innovative.  But it is also rich in history. February is Black History Month, and I thought I...

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  The Day God Made a Farmer

  Apr 11 | Kim Cooper | KIm Cooper | Comments Off on The Day God Made a Farmer

  Last week we celebrated Canada Agriculture Day, so this article honours our past, present and future farmers. “So God Made a Farmer” was the name of a speech given by the radio...

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  Volunteer Firefighters Answer To a High Calling

  Apr 9 | Kim Cooper | KIm Cooper | Comments Off on Volunteer Firefighters Answer To a High Calling

  There are many facets of agricultural life that go beyond the actual farm, yet still have a very important role in our farming community. Some of the 340 volunteer firefighters who serve...