December 5 marks World Soil Day, a day set aside by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization to celebrate this critical resource and raise awareness of the challenges of protecting it. This year’s theme, “Caring for Soils: Measure, Monitor, Manage,” underscores the importance of accurate soil data and information in understanding soils characteristics and
World Soil Day celebrates critical resource
Farmers exerting their voice in sustainability debate
There was growing acknowledgement at the Transform Food and Agriculture USA conference hosted by Reuters that farmers are already implementing changes on their farms to address climate change and that they are willing to work with food chain partners to accomplish more.
Critical gaps slow progress towards sustainable food systems
Gaps in technology, policy and investment are making it difficult for farmers and corporations to meet sustainability goals.
Canada’s strategy on trade and farm support needs to pivot quickly
Canada can’t abandon rules-based trade, but it needs a plan B as it adapts to changing geopolitics
Canada can't abandon rules-based trade, but it needs a plan B as it adapts to changing geopolitics.
Getting rural kids to return
The highway to the city remains a one-way route for rural youth
The highway to the city remains a one-way route for rural youth.
Reducing food waste
Hard-pressed consumers are becoming more skeptical of best-before dates
Hard-pressed consumers are becoming more skeptical of best-before dates.
Does soil health pay the bills?
The answer to that simple question is very complex, recent research shows
Accurately measuring the financial gains or losses of prioritizing soil health is very complex, recent research shows
Soil: the great unifier
Senate soil report highlights shifting focus on core issues
Senate report, "Critical Ground: why soil is essential to Canada's economic, environmental, human and social health," marks a pivotal shift in how we value soil and soil health.
Editorial: Grain business consolidation and concentration
Press releases are often notable because of what they don’t say. Then again, sometimes they unintentionally speak volumes. For example, consider the official statements coming from the Glencore team related to their role in the continuing consolidation and concentration of the grain handling business in Canada. In 2012, when Glencore announced it was acquiring Viterra,
Editorial: Prop 12 pork sector proposition a fascinating case study
California’s Proposition 12, which sets minimum space standards for pregnant sows that produce pork destined for sale in California, has become a fascinating case study of voter-consumer behaviours as data emerges on the effects. More importantly, it’s a case study with ominous overtones for Canadian farmers as they watch the coveted U.S. market splinter along
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