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A waiter walks among diners at Peter Luger Steak House in Brooklyn, New York August 12, 2021.
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No sizzle, no steak

Delta variant, beef prices threaten to take the sizzle out of steak houses seen as key recovery indicator

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Reuters – Just as steak houses are recovering from the first wave of COVID shutdowns, the Delta variant threatens to diminish the appetite for a sector seen as a barometer for full economic recovery. While many top steak restaurants found new customers by reinventing themselves during the crisis, the comeback of the US$5-billion U.S. premium
Nova Scotia Agriculture Minister Greg Morrow. (PCPartyNS.ca)
Crops

Rookie Nova Scotia MLA named agriculture minister

Greg Morrow sworn in Tuesday

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A radio news director from eastern Nova Scotia has been tapped as the provincial agriculture minister for incoming Premier Tim Houston’s Progressive Conservatives. Greg Morrow, the new MLA for Guysborough-Tracadie, was sworn in Tuesday along with the other members of Houston’s 19-member cabinet. Houston’s Tories ousted Iain Rankin’s Liberal government in the Aug. 17 provincial
Climate fund a step toward farm-government partnership: CFA
News, Other

Climate fund a step toward farm-government partnership: CFA

The fund, which opened for proposals August 12, will support farmers to adopt new best management practices

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A federal On-Farm Climate Action Fund is a step towards a government that is willing to listen to and partner with farmers, says the Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA). “It’s a great start. It truly is. It’s something that we’ve been asking for, for a long time,” said Keith Currie, first vice-president of the CFA.
Canada's 44th federal election will be held on Monday, Sept. 20.
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Agriculture recognition election goal

Sectoral leaders say industry will do its best to push its issues onto the agenda

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If agriculture garners attention during the 2021 election campaign, it will likely be as part of a larger discussion as candidates duke it out over climate change, an emerging green economy and post-pandemic recovery. That’s the perception of a number of observers in the province’s agriculture sector who recently spoke to the Co-operator. Why it matters:
File photo of a platter of sliced raw beef served in Singapore for use in shabu-shabu, a Japanese-style hotpot dish. (Kenneth Chew/iStock/Getty Images)
Beef cattle, Livestock

Singapore clears all Canadian beef for import

Country first to lift BSE-era restrictions under new status

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Canada’s new official international status as a “negligible risk” country for bovine spongiform encephalopathy now has its first recognition from a beef-importing nation. Singapore has approved the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s certificate for exports of all Canadian beef, including beef offal, with no restrictions on the age of the cattle from which the beef was
The inconvenient truth about glyphosate is that it’s not harmful, unless used irresponsibly, of course.
Comment, Op/Ed

Comment: Glyphosate. Treating science like a buffet

Health Canada did the agriculture sector no favours with its process

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Canadians had until July 20 to comment on the federal government’s proposal to increase the amount of glyphosate herbicide residue allowed on legumes. Now, due to some deserved public pressure, Health Canada is delaying the entire process. The debate on glyphosate in Canada and around the world is populist, chaotic, political, and simply unsettling. Many
Ironically, those who carry “the burden of impact of these costs are disproportionately borne by communities that are marginalized and underserved…”
Op/Ed, Opinion

Opinion: ‘The true cost of food’

Study says nearly two-thirds of food costs aren’t properly accounted for

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Like any chain, today’s ubiquitous “supply chains” are only as strong as their weakest links. We again learned this elemental lesson last year, when the rapidly exploding Covid-19 pandemic swept the nation’s streets, sidewalks, and pantries clean of cars, people, and groceries. Less evident are today’s still-broken links in the global food supply chain. For
Alfred Lea with Star Wholesale Ltd. office manager Carey Iuliani.
Faces of ag, Farmit Manitoba

Riverton-based potato chip company owner passing on business acumen

Faces of Ag: Alfred Lea recently signed a deal to distribute Tomahawk Chips Canada-wide but leaves time to help young people close to home

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As his potato chip company takes off across Canada, Alfred Lea is encouraging young people to follow their own dreams and build businesses. “Don’t think they can’t do what they want,” he said. Kids need leadership and encouragement — and he aims to give it to them. Lea owns Native Canadian Chip Corporation, which is
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U.S. extends travel curbs at Canada, Mexico land borders

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Washington | Reuters –– The United States on Friday extended the closure of its land borders with Canada and Mexico to non-essential travel such as tourism through Sept. 21 despite Ottawa’s decision to open its border to vaccinated Americans. The latest 30-day extension by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) came after Canada said in

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