Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Always Busy

Not much to report this week. Work at the Farmers Union continues to be busy and I can already see that my workload is going to extend past the time that I have available. Issues in policy continue to crop up, it is amazing the breadth of issues that touch agriculture. In the last few days we have had to discuss climate change, the world bank and international monetary fund policies, government of Malawi policies, genetic modification, farmer rights, fair trade, the world trade organization, gender roles, HIV infection and the role of global multinational corporations to name just a few. I am trying to finish up a concept note on the opportunities for fair trade marketing for Malawian coffee so that I can focus on pumping out some policy positions on climate change, the food crisis and biofuels.
I talked to my parents yesterday and was excited to hear that my Dad has picked a retirement date. I think that it is great that they are going to retire at such a young age after putting in so many years at Canada Post. They will be hosting a belated Easter dinner this weekend so I will wish a belated Easter to everyone that will be attending.