Will Verboven

Where this writer stands

No opinion piece by this writer has been scored on a policy topic yet.

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Recent work

• Opinion: Dairy supply management is not the hill to die onOpinion · Calgary Herald · Mar 18, 2025
• Opinion: Renewable moratorium inquiry needs to be expandedOpinion · Calgary Herald · Aug 19, 2023
• Opinion: Agriculture an important sector that needs strong policiesOpinion · Calgary Herald · May 19, 2023
• Opinion: Agriculture an important sector that needs strong policiesOpinion · Edmonton Journal · May 18, 2023
• Opinion: Grown-in-Alberta lettuce is one way of easing widespread shortageOpinion · Calgary Herald · Dec 7, 2022
• Opinion: Blockade showed fragility of food supply system, but we weren't going to starveOpinion · Calgary Herald · Feb 17, 2022
• Verboven: Cargill workers should heed the bigger picture of their new wage hikesOpinion · Calgary Herald · Jan 7, 2022
• Opinion: Not a lot of meat or potatoes in party platforms for Canada's ranchers and farmersOpinion · Calgary Herald · Sep 16, 2021
• Verboven: Butter-gateOpinion · Calgary Herald · Apr 8, 2021
• Opinion: Possibly coming to a grocery store near you, fresh Alberta salmonOpinion · Calgary Herald · Feb 21, 2021
• Opinion: Potential urban chicken farmers need protection mostly from themselvesOpinion · Calgary Herald · Dec 28, 2020
• Opinion: Food surplus/aid program has noble goal, but there are too many unanswered questionsOpinion · Calgary Herald · Aug 31, 2020
• Opinion: Food surplus/aid program has noble goal, but there are too many unanswered questionsOpinion · Calgary Herald · Aug 31, 2020
• Opinion: Is there a shelf life for Alberta's huge beef-processing plants?Opinion · Calgary Herald · Jun 3, 2020
• Opinion: Is there a shelf life for Alberta's huge beef-processing plants?Opinion · Calgary Herald · Jun 3, 2020
• Opinion: Keeping meat processors open needs co-operation from all playersOpinion · Calgary Herald · Apr 24, 2020
• Opinion: Keeping meat processors open needs co-operation from all playersOpinion · Calgary Herald · Apr 24, 2020
• Opinion: Thanks to hoarding, our food supply can become precarious in the short termOpinion · Calgary Herald · Mar 22, 2020
• Opinion: Thanks to hoarding, our food supply can become precarious in the short termOpinion · Calgary Herald · Mar 22, 2020
• Opinion: Canadian union needs to shed its U.S. alliance on meat labellingOpinion · Edmonton Journal · Feb 12, 2020
• Opinion: Canadian union needs to shed its U.S. alliance on meat labellingOpinion · Calgary Herald · Feb 12, 2020
• Opinion: UCP restores common sense to farmworker rightsOpinion · Calgary Herald · Nov 25, 2019
• Opinion: Ottawa's dairy farmer cheques do nothing to find a solutionOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Aug 22, 2019
• Opinion: Ottawa's dairy farmer cheques do nothing to find a solutionOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Aug 22, 2019
• Opinion: Ottawa's dairy farmer cheques do nothing to find a solutionOpinion · Calgary Herald · Aug 22, 2019
• Opinion: More research needed to prevent chuckwagon horse deathsOpinion · Calgary Herald · Jul 21, 2019
• Opinion: Fake meat marketers will prey on gullible burger eatersOpinion · Calgary Herald · Jun 6, 2019
• Opinion: Agriculture largely ignored in Alberta election campaignOpinion · Calgary Herald · Apr 5, 2019
• Opinion: Take a holiday where you are appreciated — and it’s not B.C.Opinion · Calgary Herald · Mar 1, 2019
• Opinion: We're not done with meat yet, despite surveyOpinion · Calgary Herald · Feb 1, 2019
• Opinion: Does the Canada Food Guide matter anymore?Opinion · Calgary Herald · Dec 3, 2018
• Opinion: Does the Canada Food Guide matter anymore?Opinion · Edmonton Journal · Dec 3, 2018
• Opinion: Milk producers need to move on to Plan B, such as moving more production westOpinion · Edmonton Journal · Oct 9, 2018
• Column: Milk producers need to move on to Plan B, such as moving more production westOpinion · Calgary Herald · Oct 9, 2018
• Verboven: Don't give rural folk a rough ride for wanting bus serviceOpinion · Calgary Herald · Jul 20, 2018
• Verboven: It's hard to believe dairy farmers hold the key to NAFTAOpinion · Calgary Herald · Jun 15, 2018
• Verboven: Local food will continue to thrive without help from governmentOpinion · Calgary Herald · Apr 10, 2018
• Verboven: It seems hunting is senseless only when the prey is prettyOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Jan 4, 2018
• Verboven: It seems hunting is senseless only when the prey is prettyOpinion · Calgary Herald · Jan 4, 2018