Insights and Stories of Melissa Jeffers-Bezan

Dec. 7, 2022 at 3:47 pm CST

It’s the night of the banquet at the Canadian Beef Industry Conference (CBIC) in Penticton, B.C. Cowboy hats are found sporadically throughout the room. Banquet staff have cleared supper plates, and now the crowd’s attention is focused on Duane Thompson with the Canadian Cattle Association (CCA) as he lists all […]

By Melissa Jeffers-Bezan

Nov. 4, 2022 at 10:25 am CDT

Hodgeville, Sask., looks like it could be a postcard for the province — surrounded by flat fields and cattle grazing in nearby pastures, while an old elevator stands watch at the edge of town on Railroad Avenue, just like so many other small towns in the Canadian Prairies. In contrast, […]

By Melissa Jeffers-Bezan

Sep. 23, 2022 at 9:05 am CDT

Dark clouds roll in as a charter bus drives down gravel roads near McCord, Sask. Marla Gavelin, one of the people hosting the field day from the Prairie South Holistic Management group, speaks to the people in attendance. She compares the Gavelins’ farm to the Sahara Desert with a fond […]

By Melissa Jeffers-Bezan