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At YYC Growers and Distributors our Vision is Sustainable food on every Calgary plate. We are an 20 farm/producer owned cooperative.  We believe that no matter where you are, your right is to have healthy, delicious food that is grown by farmers you can trust, and even know. Imagine our Mission: Farmers feeding Calgary in markets and homes as a reality. It would mean every time you ate, no matter where, you'd be putting good stuff in your body. That's why YYC Growers will be expanding our Harvest Box and distributing to more farmers markets. So that you can eat the food your body deserves. Guiding our growing practices both in the field and in business are our Core values: Local, sustainable, soil health, flavour, nutritious, freshness, lower environmental footprint, education, equitable, security, food democracy.

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Our goal with Farm Talk Radio is to tell a story across ​Canada, weaving a mosaic of landscapes that focus on the people, places, and things that inspire change — To give airtime to the hardworking men and women who are feeding the bodies, hearts, and minds of our great country. Farming can at times be a lonely and isolating profession. It is one filled with numerous hardships. The long hours, physically demanding work, and constant struggle to work in harmony with Mother Nature take their toll. Furthermore, the ever-changing extremes of climate change will only add to these pressures. Not to mention, the financial risk of being an entrepreneur and running a business to feed and support yourself and your family. Yet this is a field of work that continues to attract some of the most incredible and inspiring change makers that I have been fortunate enough to meet. Spend a weekend at your local farmers market and you’ll know what I am talking about. Because of this, it will be an honour to sit down and listen to them and help them tell their story. Farm Talk Radio explores the challenges these agents of change are going through and the gifts that this journey has brought them. And we’d like to share all of this with you.