Canada’s new federal government needs to invest in a strategic trade plan for agriculture and agri-food.
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Trade policy matters, and Canadian agriculture needs to be on the board
Canada’s new federal government needs to invest in a strategic plan for agriculture and agri-food trade
Canola market in an enviable position
Canola exports surpass projected amount as prices near $700 a tonne mark
Old crop canola futures spiked on April 24, which put the oilseed’s July contract in a good position to climb above C$700 per tonne.
Comment: Healthy food needs corporate support
Big food companies can do more to create healthier food environments
Canada’s food environment makes it hard to eat healthy. Delicious, attractive but unhealthy foods are promoted, priced and placed for easy access and consumption. Meanwhile, companies and their shareholders have legally mandated profit-driven interests — interests that may not align with a desire to support public health and healthy eating among Canadians. We studied the
Adobo, manomin and the illegal perogy lady
Local food history book tells the stories of many cultures that call Manitoba home
Many small-town Manitobans have had a “perogy lady” in their lives. For me, it was a perogy couple. They were older, of Ukrainian heritage, and had a deal with my dad. He would trade half a deer’s worth of venison for butchering services. Sometimes the meat would come back with perogies, and those were the
Comment: Canadians left high and dry on water management issues
Federal budget 2024 misses the mark on water-related investments
Canadians are worried as they look ahead to summer. Forest fires in British Columbia are expected to begin earlier and last longer this year and the Prairies are still expecting continued drought. Other Canadians are also bracing for or are already experiencing extreme flood conditions. In the lead-up to the federal government’s 2024 budget, there
Managing CWD means some deer have got to die
Animal removal, including hunting, will be key to nipping chronic wasting disease at the bud
British Columbia, like Manitoba, is in the early days of its fight against chronic wasting disease. Things are moving quickly, and they must. On March 13, the British Columbia government announced it would harvest deer in the Kootenays. The word came six weeks after CWD, a fatal prion disease in deer, elk, moose and caribou,
Comment: No room for raw milk
Bird flu infections in U.S. dairies underscore reasons pasteurization rules are a good idea
I was on the edge of the conversation, waiting for the speaker at the ag-event-of-the-week to finish mingling so I could corner him for an interview. His conversation with a few of the event attendees had turned to dairy. The speaker came from the U.S., where rules on the sale of raw milk for human
Comment: Sovereignty is sovereignty
We must support the right of the people of Mexico to determine their own relationship with corn
In solidarity with Mexico, today (April 8) 31 Canadian organizations including the National Farmers Union stated their objection to Canada’s role in a trade challenge initiated by the United States under the Canada-US-Mexico trade agreement, which aims to end Mexico’s restrictions on the use of genetically modified corn for certain foods. Corn, also known as
Opinion: Improving our food system
Many perspectives will contribute to food production’s path forward
Agriculture’s impact on the planet is massive and relentless. Roughly 40 per cent of the Earth’s suitable land surface is used for cropland and grazing. The number of domestic animals far outweighs remaining wild populations. How humanity feeds itself has created challenges ranging from its contribution to climate change to weaknesses that were exposed by
Comment: The road to success
Federal policy cannot ignore the very real needs of the nation
When Steven Guilbeault recently mused about no longer funding new road infrastructure, I was curious. How does the Minister for Environment and Climate Change have jurisdiction over transportation infrastructure? There is no mention or reference to roadways in his mandate letter from the prime minister. It is a mystery as to why he would suggest,
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