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Sarah Ho mann
Sarah Hoffmann grew up on a seed farm in Alberta. A er
graduating from high school she moved west to study
English literature in Vancouver. Since, she’s lived north,
east and south of her original starting point, where she
once again finds herself growing pedigreed seed along-
side her parents and writing for agriculture publications.
Tamara Leigh
Tamara Leigh is a transplanted Prairie girl living on Vancou-
ver Island. A passionate student of agriculture and food
issues, she is a contributor to Canadian farm publications
and represents the B.C. FarmWriters’ Association on the
board of the Canadian FarmWriters’ Federation.
Ti any Sloan
As a freelance editor and writer, Tiffany Sloan’s daily grind
ranges from magazine journalism to corporate communi-
cations to academic curriculum editing, and her written
repertoire spans just about every subject under the sun.
Although transplanted from Edmonton to Vancouver at an
early age, she’s still a Prairie girl at heart.
Jennifer Barber
Jennifer Barber is an Okotoks-based freelance agriculture
communicator who has been writing about the Canadian
agriculture industry for more than 20 years. She loves to
tell the stories of farmers and farming from different areas
of this country and from around the world.
Matt Hamill
Matt Hamill grew up on a grain farm in central Alberta.
He studied at Red Deer College and holds a bachelor of
business administration fromMount Royal University. In
2014 he co-founded Red Shed Malting, one of the first
specialty malt houses in Western Canada.
PUBLISHERS
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MANAGINGEDITOR
Trevor Bacque
ASSOCIATE EDITOR
Tyler Difley
SALES&DESIGN LEAD
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COPY EDITOR
Tiffany Sloan
EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD
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Lynn Jacobson
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Jeff Nielsen
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CONTRIBUTORS
Alberta Agriculture and Forestry, Alberta Environment and Parks,
Jennifer Barber, Stan Blade, Calgary Catholic Immigration Society,
Canadian Grain Commission, dmg events, Jon Driedger,
Griffin Elliot, Melanie Epp, Geoff Geddes, Peter Gredig,
Matt Hamill, Neil Harker, Lee Hart, Andrea Hilderman,
Sarah Hoffmann, iStock Photo, Alexis Kienlen, Rob Kinley,
Garson Law, Tamara Leigh, Sabrina McAllister, Bryce Meyer,
BoydMori, Natalie Noble, Karin Olafson, Olds College,
SkyFire Energy, Lyndsey Smith, Chris Yauck, Kenton Ziegler
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