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Alberta and Me

From a land of oil, true enough

Referendum? What Referendum?

A constitutional expert argues that the federal insistence on clarity has paid off

The Grey Plateau

When the world stopped five years ago

Sara F. Sarkar

Sara F. Sarkar has conducted research in plant genetics and performance measures for non-profits, worked in sustainable agriculture and international development, volunteered in community urban farming and led public affairs discussions on food and agriculture.

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Sara F. Sarkar

Down on the Farm

Two writers argue with passion for the virtues of rural living March 2010
What is the real value of a farm? We live in a cult of measurement. As the world’s population expands and raw materials and fossil fuels dwindle, there is an increasing need to justify how we use our limited resources. Governments responsible for resource allocation have come to rely on the use of measurements of efficiency in their decision…