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The Janssens family came from the Netherlands, where the family mixed farm was too small to support another generation. Jim’s grandparents immigrated to Canada in 1949 with eight children; Klaas Mol, their hired hand, came along as well.

Since its launch in 2006, the universe that is Twitter has developed many qualities, one of the most valuable being its ability to foster a sense of community among strangers.

After leaving formal education in the 10th grade, Wade Bryanton learned a lot of life lessons from the school of hard knocks. He started a business when he was 17 years old and quickly realized he needed to get better at working with people.

Developing a morning routine is touted as the key to success. Entrepreneurs, CEOs and other business success stories can’t say enough about their schedule between the moment they wake up and the moment they sit down at their desk.

Jim and Sylvia Parish downsized their dairy operation back in 1998 – but only if you look at the size of their animals. In all other respects, they upsized.

When R&D Garfat Farms decided to try something new on the farm, they went with something really new. The farm was the first in North America to install a GEA Monobox automatic milking system.