2018

• Dec. Out of sight, out of mind? Connecting the dots between Site C and Wood Buffalo National Park The Straight
• Oct. Opponent of Site C dam sharing concerns with northerners  CBC News ·

2017

• Nov. The mysterious push to make Site C happen. Times Colonist
• May 1 Lies, dam(n) lies and milk.  Vancouver Sun page 10
• May – Lies, dam(n) lies, and Canadian Milk Ontario Dairy Farmer
• Jan – All Canada’s farmers have a stake in the Peace! Western Dairy Farmer

2016

• Nov – Social media and those big brown eyes Western Dairy Farmer
• Oct 10. Wendy Holm on the Site C Dam  Alex Harris.
• Oct.. Site C, An interview with Wendy Holm  Oct 2016. pierre-emmanuel chaillon    
• Oct – If you think diafitered milk IS milk, drink a glass of it.  Ontario Dairy Farmer
• May – Why did the chicken cross the road? To escape the well-intentioned!  a riddle with a warning for dairy farmers… Western Dairy Farmer
• July 2 Why all the fuss over the Site C dam?  The Straight
• Feb – Dos Papas, pero sin papas..  Western Dairy Farmer

2015

• Dec – DEAR JUSTIN…  Western Dairy Farmer
• Nov. – The TPP – this devil is in the details.  Western Dairy Farmer
• Sep – The New Zealand Experiment.  Western Dairy Farmer
• July – This fall, make sure “food” is on every politician’s plate.  Western Dairy Farmer  BRONZE, The Frank Jacobs Award for Press Column, 2016, Canadian Farm Writers’ Federation
• MAY – Why isn’t food important?  Western Dairy Farmer
• Apr 25, 2015 A damning indictment of process. OpEd Vancouver Sun
• JAN – Tell truth about supply management Western Dairy Farmer

2014

• DEC – Time to tell the truth about supply management.  Western Dairy Farmer
• Nov – Global Consolidation of the Dairy Industry. Western Dairy Farmer
• Nov – Senator Kenny climbs on his horse. Ontario Dairy Farmer
• Oct – Only in Canada you say?  Brilliant!. Ontario Dairy Farmer
• Oct – Senator Kenny climbs on his horse. Western Dairy Farmer
• Sept 17 – Supply Management doesn’t gouge consumers.  Times Colonist
• Sept 2 – If we want to eat, we must support our farmers.  Opinion. Vancouver Sun
• Sept – Only in Canada you say? Brilliant! Western Dairy Farmer
• Aug 26 Food forever? Or fracking for export? Tough choice! Ontario Farmer. Pg 3.
• Jul 28 Why Site C must be stopped.  Opinion. Vancouver Sun
  GOLD O.R. Evans Award for Press Editorial, 2015 Canadian Farm Writers Awards
• July More cows than you can shake a stick at? Western Dairy Farmer
• June  Brandishing a limp, 13 page report and calling for blood.  Western Dairy Farmer
• Apr. – Cause there’s a buck to be made from it.  Western Dairy Farmer
• Mar 25 – Because there’s a buck to be made from it.  Ontario Farmer
• Jan.– Food, Land and Community.  The Scrivener.  Vol 22. No 4. Winter 2013
• Jan – The choice between a scholrship and a puppy. . Western Dairy Farmer

2013

• Nov – DEPI is standing up for supply management. Western Dairy Farmer
• Oct – Let’s look more closely at this cow-wielding bank.  Western Dairy Farmer
• Sept – China is eyeing Canada’s dairy sector. Western Dairy Farmer
• July BACKFIRE Western Dairy Farmer
• Apr.  Big Green Hat.  Western Dairy Farmer
• Mar – Challenging Martha  Western Dairy Farmer
• Jan-Feb Dairyland: Could farmers have saved their co-op?  Western Dairy Farmer

2012

• Nov-Dec Taking the pulse of your cooperative. Western Dairy Farmer
• Oct – Co-operation and coordination. Western Dairy Farmer
• Sept – Deconstructing Martha.  Western Dairy Farmer
  GOLD O.R. Evans Award for Press Editorial, 2013 Canadian Farm Writers Awards
• July/Aug – Floating anti-supply management messages.
• May/June – Talking About Supply Management
• Jan – The elephant in the milking parlour.  Western Dairy Farmer

2011

• Oct – Lulled by the spin-cycle? Western Dairy Farmer
• Sept – Why you should care about CWB vote.  Western Dairy Farmer.
• July/Aug – Tracking farm cooperatives.  Western Dairy Farmer
• May – The Dairyland Story. Western Dairy Farmer.  
• April – Cheese decision backed.  Western Dairy Farmer.
• March – Cooperation – A Love Story.  Western Dairy Farm

2010

• Nov/Dec – Will the real chocolate milk please stand up?  Western Dairy Farmer
  GOLD, The Frank Jacobs Award for Press Column, 2011, Canadian Farm Writers’ Federation
  Above with more graphics and pictures
• Oct 19 – Flexible credit lenders needed for agriculture’s prosperity. Ontario Farmer. Business Section. Page 1.
• Sep/Oct – New European options.  Western Dairy Farmer.
• June 2010 – David, Goliath and the cheese wars.  Ontario Dairy Farmer
• May/Jun David, Goliath and the cheese wars.  Western Dairy Farmer
• Jan 18 –  Bill Gates and the Green Revolution do Africa.  ecollo.com 
• Jan/Feb – The Real Cheese.  Western Dairy Farmer.

2009

• Nov/Dec – Cheese by any other name just isn’t  Western Dairy Farmer. 
• Oct 23 – Tsawwassen land should remain agricultural.  Vancouver Sun Op-Ed.
• Oct 17 – Court ruling is good news for cheese connoisseurs.  Vancouver Sun
• Sep/Oct – HOGWASH!  Western Dairy Farmer
• Jul/Aug – Mindsnacks to chew on…  Western Dairy Farmer
• May/June – The Grower and Water – Western Dairy Farmer
• Jan/Feb – This cheese we eat.  Western Dairy Farmer.

2008

• Dec 13 – Canadian cheese should be made from Canadian milk.  Vancouver Sun Op-Ed.
  BRONZE The O.R. Evans Award for Press Editorial, 2009, Canadian Farm Writers’ Federation
• Nov 7 – Producers welcome milk protein changes.  AgriExpress.  Farm Credit Corporation
• Nov/Dec – Undercut.  Surviving the Domino Effect.  Western Dairy Farmer.
• Nov/Dec – Beware a Conservative majority.  Western Dairy Farmer (Reprinted.).
• Nov 4 – Save the Farm: A community rallies around a UBC treasure.  Vancouver Sun Op-Ed.
• Sept 23 – Tipping Point – The Garden City Lands.  Vancouver Sun Op-Ed.
• Sep/Oct – Cuba:  Enhancing Cuba’s Production.  Western Dairy Farmer.
• Sep/Oct – Doha:  Take no solace in round collapse.  Western Dairy Farmer.
• July/Aug – Confessions of an Economist.  Western Dairy Farmer
• Mar/Apr – Limp carrot, sharper stick.  Western Dairy Farmer,
• Feb – Toasting Fidel… Straight Goods.
• Jan/Feb – Do you know a deserving student?  Western Dairy Farmer

2007

• Dec – The ghost of farming future.  Rural Voice
• Nov – Consider this:  Who’s getting our water? The Grower
• Nov/Dec – Dairy without borders.  Western Dairy Farmer
• Sept/Oct – Beware a Conservative majority.  Western Dairy Farmer
  GOLD, The Frank Jacobs Award for Press Column, 2008, Canadian Farm Writers’ Federation
• July/Aug – International co-operation bestows accolades on dairy efforts.  Western Dairy Farmer
• July/Aug-  Ontario Dairy Farmers Abroad-Sustainable Dairy Circles in Cuba. Western Dairy Farmer
• July/Aug – Water wars simmer.  Western Dairy Farmer.
• May/Jun –  Long live the Pedestals – down with the King.  Western Dairy Farmer
• May – Ontario dairy farmers helping in Cuba.  Rural Voice.
• Mar/Apr – Canadian farmers triple dairy production at a Cuban cooperative.  Western Dairy Farmer
• Jan/Feb  -The Rumpelstiltskin Project:  Sewage to Milk, Bayamo.  Western Dairy Farmer

2006

• Dec – Attack on western grain farmers an attack on all farmers.  Rural Voice.
• Nov/Dec  – The Cuban boot project and other tales.  Western Dairy Farmer.
• Sep – The big fib.  Opinion.  Page 6.  Central Alberta Farmer. 
• Aug 16 – Red herrings and other fishy stuff.  (unpublished.)
• Aug 10 – The big lie.  Submitted as Opinion.  The Western Producer (unpublished).
• Jul 13 – UN forum didn’t meet potential.  Opinion.  The Western Producer.
• Jun 8 – Testing: let the market decide.  Opinon, The Western Producer
• May 11 – Water or oil?  Troubling trends.  Opinion, The Western Producer.
• Apr 13 – Safety Nets, CWB a matter of public trust.  Opinion, The Western Producer.
• Mar 9 – Code for disaster, part two.  Opinion, The Western Producer.
• Feb 9 – Dual desk is code for disaster.  Opinion, The Western Producer.
  BRONZE, The Frank Jacobs Award for Press Column, 2006, Canadian Farm Writers’ Federation
• Jan 12 – Farm issues noticed in election.  Opinion, The Western Producer.

2005

• Dec – The little project that could – a Christmas story.  B.C. Holstein News.
• Dec 8 – Trading water – the answer is no.  Opinion.  The Western Producer.
• Nov 10 – Pass the softwood sandwich?  Opinion.  The Western Producer.
• Oct13 – When the landman wears lipstick.  Opinion.  The Western Producer.
• Sep 8 – Cargill’s dominance a concern.  Opinion.  The Western Producer.
• Jul 14- Side-step, two-step carries on.  Opinion.  The Western Producer.
• Jul/Aug – Did you hear the one about the farmer’s daughter?  Western Dairy Farmer.
• Jun 9 – Here we go again on BSE file.  Opinion.  The Western Producer.
• May 12  The taking and return of Canada’s water.  Opinion.  The Western Producer.
• May/Jun  Teaching our bovines to roar.  Western Dairy Farmer.
• Apr 14 – Hypocrisy and opportunity.  Opinion.  The Western Producer
• Mar 10 – Border issue: are we surprised?  Opinion, The Western Producer
• Feb 10 – Farmers must speak in one voice.  Opinion, The Western Producer
• Jan 6 – What goes around comes around.  Opinion, The Western Producer

2004 (Jan – May published in Country Life in BC)

• Dec 2 – Winter is a good time for taking stock.  Opinion, The Western Producer
• Dec  Sharing Secrets…  Three Canadian Dairy Farmers Bound for Cuba.  BC Holstein News.
• Nov. 4 – Open Sesame?  Waiting at border.  (Opinion, The Western Producer)
• Oct 7 – BSE:  It’s Ottawa’s turn to act.  (Opinion, The Western Producer)
• Sep – Plain and Simple Stuff (BC Fruit Grower)
• Sep 9 – Anti American or pro-Canadian?  (Opinion, The Western Producer)
• Aug – Building a Better Tractor, Part II of II.  (Growers’ Journal)
• Jul 29 – Minority government good for ag.  (Opinion, The Western Producer)
• Jun – Building a better tractor.  Part I of II.  (Growers’ Journal)
• Jun – Water and NAFTA:  The politics of change (Canadian Organic Growers)
• Jun – Respect is not an option.  (Growers’ Journal)
• Jun – Like Barn Flies to Cow Pies (Quebec Farmers’ Advocate)
• May – Farmers are worried to death…
• Apr – A matter of faith, and professionalism.
• Mar – Water and NAFTA, a sweetheart message from Canada’s farmers.
• Feb – Farmers without borders.
• Jan – Looking the future in the eye.

2003 (Columnist, Country Life in BC)

• Dec – The empowerment gap.
• Nov – Mad cows, sad cows, glad cows.
• Oct – Slam Dunk!
• Sep 25 – Using NAFTA to open the border is a “slam dunk” (Farmers’ Independent Weekly)
  Sep 11 – NAFTA should be invoked to open border (Farmers’ Independent Weekly)
  (SILVER, The O.R. Evans Award for Press Editorial, 2004, Canadian Farm Writers’ Federation)
• Sep – Payin’ for politics.
• Aug – Mad cows and red sugar.
• Jul – Canary in the mine.
• Jun – Fishin’ for trouble.
• May – Losing Ground. (Reprinted as Question gives farmers pause, Op-Ed. Western Producer, June 5)
  (GOLD, The Frank Jacobs Award for Press Column, 2003, Canadian Farm Writers’ Federation)
• Apr – For Canada and for Canada’s communities… Can you help?
• Mar – Rarely has Valentine’s Day been so sweet.
• Feb 13 – B.C. loses its ag minister (Farmers’ Independent Weekly, Manitoba)
• Feb – Table with 1000 legs.
• Jan – Cuban roots – Canadian soul.

2002 (Columnist, Country Life in BC)

• Dec – Mind candy for empowerment.
• Nov – A chill in the air.
• Oct 31 – Supply Management Under Fire (Farmers’ Independent Weekly, Manitoba)
  (BRONZE, The O.R. Evans Award for Press Editorial, 2003, Canadian Farm Writers’ Federation)
• Oct –  The invisible hand is strangling the market to death. (Article)
• Oct – A lesson in contrasts.
• Sep – The sting!
• Aug 29 – Organic farm thrives in Fraser Delta (Farmers’ Independent Weekly, Manitoba)
• Aug – Prairie drought; Canadian crisis?
• Jul – Now is the time to stand up and be counted.
• Jun 13  – Diversity: agriculture’s hallmark (Farmers’ Independent Weekly, Manitoba)
• Jun – Watering the grassroots.
• May – One voice: and that’s what made the difference.
• Apr – High time for a revolution.
• Mar – Dancing with Fidel.
• Feb – For the record.
• Jan – New Era dumps Land Reserve commissioners.

2001  (Columnist, Country Life in BC)

• Dec – A primer on water policy and trade issues. (Article)
• Dec – Ten excellent reasons to go to Cuba this winter.
• Nov – Passion.  
• Oct – Preserving independence.
• Sep – Sea change.
• Aug – The taking of Canada’s water – the final chapter.
• Jul – Food for thought.
• Jun – Going from bad to worse with our water.
• May – When trade becomes capture.
• Apr – 10 points to raise with political wanna-be’s.(Reprinted as To Politicians seeking farm vote.  Op-Ed. Western Producer, April 19)
• Mar – Where is the leadership when the future of farming is on the line.
• Feb – Making connections in Cuba.
• Jan – Reflections at the millennium.

2000  (Columnist, Country Life in BC)

• Dec – Stories from the back roads of Cuba.
• Nov – Time to vote based on farm issues.
• Oct – “The experience of a lifetime.”
• Sep – Delta – canary in a coal mine for B.C. agriculture.
• Aug – Where is respect for farmers’ rights?
• Jul – The emperor’s new clothes.  (Reprinted in part as Play hardball to protect water, Op-Ed. Western Producer, August 10)
• Jun – Getting Resepect.
• May – Stewardship – unvalued by the market, of real value to society.
• Apr – Hope springs eternal even from the most cynical of bones.
• Mar – Postcards from Cuba.
• Feb – What the Little Red Hen finally found out.
• Jan – A barnyard conversation with the Little Red Hen.

1999  (Columnist, Country Life in BC)

• Dec – The erosion of public policy support for agriculture.
• Nov – Laid low – the taking of Canada’s water.
• Oct – Reaping the rewards of co-operation.
• Sep – Till the cows come home.
• Aug – The year of living sabatically.
• Jul – Questions for a lazy summer afternoon.
• Jun – Plugging the leak on NAFTA myths.
• May – The Global Cottage and other tales.
• Apr – The rites and the signs of spring.
• Mar – Cuban ag reforms boost food production.
• Feb – Sustaining momentum… tale of a tourist.
• Jan – Fridge list for the coming year and beyond.

1998  (Columnist, Country Life in BC)

• Dec – Blacklisting, and how it affects us all.
• Nov – Provincial Interest Report a winner but…
• Oct – Fall preserves – a small harvest of ideas.
• Sep – Blowing smoke – the hype on hemp.
• Aug – Falling in love with Cuba – how about an exchange?
• Jul – A sun-warmed, earthy little column for July.
• Jun – One potato, two potatoes: the new ag economics.
• May – It all depends on which formula you use.
• Apr  – Six Mile Ranch Scandal refuses to go away. (feature)
• Apr – What’s in a name when it’s (Dear <<Name>>:)
• Mar – Farmers must “Beware the Ides of March”.
• Feb – Sweetheart issue for the farm community.
• Jan – For once, let’s hear it for the good guys!

1997  (Columnist, Country Life in BC)

• Dec – Lett-uce dance?  or CITT this one out?
• Dec – The proud history of Country Life in BC. (feature)
• Nov – Eating ties all of us to the land, but whose?
• Oct – Moura Quayle, new Dean of agriculture, talks to Wendy Holm.
• Sep – Paleolithic economics – time for new stone age.
• Aug – Dear Catherine -Open letter to BC agriculture’s brand new Deputy Minister.
• Jul – Not with a bang but with a wimper.
• Jun – Stand Up, Wayne!
• May – We the undersigned.
• Apr – Dear sundayshow@vancouver.cbc.ca
• Mar – Why are they planting all those potatoes?
• Feb – Water – the other half of the ALR covenants.
• Jan – Maybe its time for a maternalistic approach.

1996  (Columnist, Country Life in BC)

• Dec – Give BC farming a super present.
• Nov – Three things Canadians can do in a canoe.
• Oct – Fair public comment on issues of importance.
• Sep – Just what is that SAVE-ON FOOD ad saying?
• Aug – Food for thought – an afternoon picnic for a hot August.
• Jul – Well Corky – what dance steps do we need to teach you?
• Jun – A window of opportunity for farmers’ message.
• May – Where chicken farms are as common as magnolias.
• Apr – poz’e tive eks’tern al’ etes.
• Mar – Politicians already in that “high-twitchiness” mode.
• Feb – It’s the valley of the jolly (ho, ho, ho) green giant.  Not.
• Jan – On round tables, square pegs and…

1995  (Columnist, Country Life in BC)

• Dec – Time to update lobbying skills for the ’90’s.
• Nov – All-Aboard! for a last trip in the Time-O-Rama.
• Oct – The Holm Stretch – ensure farmers get their share of Treaty benefits.
• Sep – Green stamps?
• Aug – Dare to be… A soliloquy to the CITT.
• Jul – All aboard! – we’re pulling away pretty quick.
• Jun – Oh!  For a yenta – matchmaking takes a lot of work.
• May – Treaty negotiations – is all Crown land created equal?
• Apr – Questions on the Columbia Treaty downstream benefit.
• Mar -This is not just small potatoes.
• Feb – Fast growing poplars could be worthwhile new ag crop. (Article)
• Feb – ADAM meets EVE… a strategic romance.
• Jan – Dear New Democratic Party.

1994  (Columnist, Country Life in BC)

• Dec – Which door you choose makes all the difference.
• Nov – It is 2030 A.D…. urban sprawl buries farmland.
• Oct – In search of border collies… in human guise.
• Sep – What do these farmers want anyway?
• Aug – Lament for a Nation Part II: the taking of Canada’s water.
• Jun – Open letter to Larry Martin on ag potential.
• May – Agriculture’s social potential needs consideration.
• Apr – Co-ops are farmers best hope in post GATT
  (this column has gone missing – if anyone has, would love a copy!)
• Mar – Leaving decisions to US no way to make farm policy.