About Dorothy

Dorothy is a freelance home economist with over 20 years of experience working in the agri-food industry. She has worked for several commodity groups and agri-food associations (canola, pulse, wild boar, oats, mustard, greenhouse growers...) developing marketing and education programs, as well as resource materials.  She was a founding member of Saskatchewan Bounty, a joint commodity group interested in promoting Saskatchewan agriculture and food. Saskatchewan Bounty later became Growing Saskatchewan and Dorothy served as the editor of the Growing Saskatchewan magazine that was distributed in grocery stores across the province. Dorothy co-produced Encore, a culinary theatre experience that celebrated the goodness of Saskatchewan food and agriculture. She conceptualized Canola Camp, a foodwriter tour that teaches culinary professionals from around the world about canola oil. As the Executive Director of Cuisine Canada, she celebrated and promoted Canadian food through conferences and networking events. She has served as a cookbook judge for Cuisine Canada and the International Association of Culinary Professionals.  Dorothy and her husband, Peter operated a commercial greenhouse selling cucumbers, tomatoes and then bedding plants for over 15 years. Dorothy previously wrote a monthly food article for the Western Producer and is excited to be writing for the Producer again! Dorothy recently started a food blog called the Prairie Kitchen Companion - it can be found at http://prairiekitchencompanion.blogspot.ca. A prairie farm girl at heart and she still lives on her family's farm where she and her husband are raising two children, Kate and Josh. She likes nothing more then to share information about food, gardening and life! 

Here is a my Canola Camp bio:


Dorothy Long is a freelance home economist and has worked with CanolaInfo since 1995 and proudly boast the honour of being at every Canola Camp (they started in 1998)! Before working for the Canola Farmers, she taught home economics for three years, then branched into agri-food marketing. She has worked with such groups as the Saskatchewan Pulse Growers, SaskFlax, Wild Boar Association, Only Oats, Saskatchewan Greenhouse Growers and Saskatchewan Food Processors. She also served as the executive director of Cuisine Canada, an organization that celebrated and promoted Canadian foods. Dorothy believes in supporting farming and was a founding member of two organizations that promoted locally grown food - Saskatchewan Bounty and Growing Saskatchewan. She writes a monthly food column for a farm newspaper - the Western Producer - and has a food blog called the Prairie Kitchen Companion. She is a prairie farm girl at heart and lives on her family's farm near Lloydminster, Saskatchewan. Her husband, Peter, a former greenhouse grower now works as an environmental scientist in the oil industry. They have two busy, musical children, Kate and Josh.

A short version:

Dorothy is a freelance home economist with over 20 years of experience promoting food grown and raised on the prairies. She writes a monthly food column for the Western Producer and recently started a food blog called the Prairie Kitchen Companion - http://prairiekitchencompanion.blogspot.ca. A prairie farm girl at heart and she still lives on the family farm where she and her husband are raising two children, Kate and Josh. She likes nothing more then to share information about food, gardening and life! 

last updated December 2013.