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FAIR-WEATHER FARM ADVENTURES

Public interest in the origins of food crops is at an all-time high. Understanding the provenance of the wheat in your bread, the barley in your beer, the vegetables in your salad and the steak on your barbecue is certainly satisfying and somehow makes these foods taste just that much better. For the complete picture, visit the rural areas where our food is gown and meet the people who farm it. As you plan your recreational roadmap this summer, consider making Alberta farms and agricultural attractions part of your itinerary.

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TABLE TALK

No longer the stuff of science fiction, the invasion of farms by robots is imminent. Dubbed mobile agricultural robotic swarms—or MARS, for short—they are now primarily geared to seeding maize, but such vehicles are expected to eventually carry out various field tasks.

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BACK TO BREAD

Most people love bread and happily make it a part of their daily diet. A new research project aims to help those who may have difficulty digesting wheat by determining whether the process used to produce sourdough bread can allow them to more fully enjoy it.

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WELCOME TO THE FARM

More than 120 farms will formally throw open their gates to the public on August 18 and 19 as Alberta Open Farm Days celebrates its sixth year. Vegetable growers, grain and oilseed farmers, ranchers, cheesemakers, beekeepers and more are among the event’s host farmers who will showcase the diversity of the province’s agricultural industry.

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PROGRAMMING POWER

You can call Brian Tischler many things—an innovator, a programmer, a farmer—but don’t call him a techie. Despite eschewing the title, He is the creator of AgOpenGPS, a cutting-edge, free, open-source code used to automate farm vehicles. With users all over North America and even a few in Europe, the project Tischler started as a way to make his own farm more efficient has grown more than he could have expected.

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BAND OF BREWERS

It was exuberantly clear the Alberta Beer Awards ceremony was a hit with its more than 500 attendees. A diverse selection of brewers, beer industry professionals and aficionados gathered at Calgary’s Palace Theatre on March 14 for a raucous wrap to the second annual Alberta Small Brewers Association (ASBA) Alberta Craft Brewing Convention.

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KEEP IT SIMPLE

Rebecca Cooper loves simplicity. On her blog, Simple as That, she applies simplicity to daily life, cooking, holidaying and photo taking. The professional photographer and mother of four encourages others to slow down and appreciate every moment.

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