Organizing the Market: The Canadian Wheat Board
From: Frontline Farmers
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The fifth chapter considers the history and role of the Canadian Wheat Board, as well as its impacts on farmers with interviews with Fred Tait and Stewart Wells.
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André Magnan
André Magnan is an associate professor of sociology and social studies at the University of Regina. He has written on the history and politics of grain marketing on the Canadian prairies and the financialization of farmland in Canada and Australia. His book, When Wheat was King, traces the evolution of the wheat trade between Canada and the UK since the 1870s, with a focus on the history of the Canadian Wheat Board.