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We see animal-free dairy as possibly having some environmental and food security benefits, but with some trade-offs.
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Comment: Milk, without the cow

Cellular agriculture could be the future of farming, but dairy farmers need help

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A new wave of cow-less dairy is hitting the market. In the United States, Perfect Day is using genetically modified fungi to produce milk protein for ice cream at a commercial scale. And pre-commercial companies, like TurtleTree and Better Milk, are engineering mammary cells to produce human and cow milk in laboratories — though these
Before Roundup first hit the market in the early 1970s, farmers only had two options for weed control — cultivation (six or seven times prior to seeding, in some cases) or expensive selective herbicides that left residues. The former wasn’t just causing soil loss but also eroding the bottom line.
Crops, Farmit Manitoba

A world without Roundup is a ‘real threat,’ says New Zealand farmer

But reduced use is an option and can thwart both proposed bans and resistance

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Glacier FarmMedia – Glyphosate changed farming across the globe — but if farmers don’t want to lose the ‘chemical of the century’ entirely, they’d better use it less often. That’s the view of a seed grower from New Zealand who made farming without glyphosate the focus of his Nuffield research. It’s hard to overstate the
Maple Leaf Foods says all its plants — including the one in Brandon — are still in operation despite pandemic pressures.
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VIDEO: Manitoba ag sector wrestles with pandemic-driven staff shortages

The animals need to be fed and grocery shelves must stay stocked, but rising numbers of employees out sick mean have left those critical ag sectors with fewer staff

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The province’s agriculture and agri-food sector is feeling the crunch as more and more workers call out sick with COVID-19. The fourth wave of the pandemic, and the highly transmissible Omicron variant, continue to roll over Manitoba, with public health officials now suggesting that most Manitobans will likely be exposed to the virus in the
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Comment: Meat and dairy gobble up farming subsidies worldwide

But that’s bad both for your health and the planet’s sustainability

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The global food system is in disarray. Animal agriculture is a major driver of global heating, and as many as 12 million deaths from heart disease, stroke, cancers and diabetes are each year connected to eating the wrong things, like too much red and processed meat and too few fruits and vegetables. Unless the world
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Crops

Smoothie cubes pulled for raw elderberry use

Quebec company's 'Immunity' smoothies under recall; illnesses reported

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Federal food safety officials say a Quebec company’s new line of frozen smoothie cubes, sold online, is being recalled over its use of raw elderberries and a resulting potential risk of cyanide poisoning. Montreal-based Evive Nutrition, known in part for its pitch on CBC TV’s Dragons’ Den in 2019, is recalling its Evive brand Immunity
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Dairy cattle, Livestock, Other

Study finds no data to show change in butter consistency

Not enough data to link to palm supplement use, either

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Updated, Jan. 24 — A panel tasked with reviewing complaints of changes in Canadian butter’s consistency has found there’s not enough data out there to support those complaints — nor to support the allegation that palm byproducts in cows’ rations were the cause. The Expert Working Group on Feed Supplementation, set up by Dairy Farmers
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Farm cybersecurity campaign seeks farmer input

CSKA online survey open until Feb. 18

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Canadian farmers are being asked for their input on a federally-backed project to assess and improve cybersecurity in Canada’s ag sector. The Community Safety Knowledge Alliance, the lead organization on the Cyber Security Capacity in Canadian Agriculture project, has put up a voluntary online survey for farm operators, running until Feb. 18, “to look at
Nearly 90 per cent of respondents in a recent survey said that food prices are increasing at a faster pace than their income.
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Comment: Spooked Canadians at the grocery store have plans for 2022

Inflation is causing consumers to re-evaluate their food purchases

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Since the year 2022 is here, it is time to reflect on what has happened this past year and anticipate what lies ahead. Food inflation obviously affected most food categories this year, which is why the last 12 months have been challenging for Canadians both at the grocery store and at restaurants. Canada’s Food Price
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On The Run operator to buy M+M Food Market

Parkland Corp. to pay $322M for frozen-food retailer

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A well-known Canadian food retailer selling flash-frozen meals, entrees, side dishes and desserts direct to consumers is headed to expansion-minded new owners. Calgary-based Parkland Corp., which operates fuel and convenience retail chains and bulk fuel distribution businesses in Canada and elsewhere, announced Tuesday it’s signed an agreement to buy M+M Food Market for about $322

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