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Most importantly is not the issue of whether bread should be classed as ultra-processed, it’s the levels of salt that could be more of a problem.
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Comment: In defence of bread

Store-bought bread might be considered ultra-processed, but that doesn’t mean it’s all bad

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Today’s sliced bread often contains so many more ingredients than what our ancestors ate that it is now considered an ultra-processed food. This doesn’t necessarily mean it’s bad for us. There are many definitions of what makes a food ‘ultra-processed.’ The most common is the Nova classification, developed by researchers at the University of Sao
Editorial: Carbon hype is not market reality
Editorial, Op/Ed, Other

Editorial: Carbon hype is not market reality

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It’s easy to understand why farmers want carbon credits to work. They want to be paid for the ecological goods and services they provide. On a more emotional level, it’s nice to be treated like heroes in times when farmers are sometimes painted as environmental villains. The public is increasingly focused on climate change and
Letters: Pork should lead with values
Letters, Op/Ed

Letters: Pork should lead with values

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In response to the May 2 Co-operator article, “Values lead on public trust”: As Amy te Plate-Church, presenter at the Manitoba Pork Council’s most recent annual meeting said, “lead with values” in the debate about industrial hog methods of raising pigs. Let’s do that. The crux of this value debate lies in the reality of
At a time when food insecurity affects almost one in five Canadians, the latest funding presumes that food-insecure households are accessing food charities and that doing so resolves their food insecurity. Both assumptions are simply untrue.
Comment, Op/Ed

Comment: Food charity will not fix food insecurity

Canada’s national food policy is at risk of enshrining a two-tiered food system

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Just two days after the release of the latest statistics on household food insecurity in Canada, Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau announced a new phase of the Local Food Infrastructure Fund. Launched in 2019 as part of Canada’s food policy, this program funds infrastructure and equipment for local food charity programs and is the only federal
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Editorial, Op/Ed

Editor’s Take: Booms and busts

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I’m just old enough to remember the farm bust of the 1980s. I was a teenager at the time, and like all good parents would, my folks tried to shield me from the worst of their worries and woes. But I grew up on a grain farm, and in that era, troubles were unavoidable all
Rice is the modern-day canary in the coal mine warning farmers and governments alike that climate change carries real consequences.
Op/Ed, Opinion

Opinion: World’s most critical food faces uncertainty

The unsteady future of rice is a ‘singing canary’ for farms in general

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Over 50 percent of the food calories eaten per day across the world comes from grains. In impoverished nations, that percentage is 60 per cent. In the poorest, it tops 80 per cent. The three most important grains are corn, wheat and rice. All are critical to global food security, but all are not equal.
'It is vital that governments work together to dismantle barriers and promote an inclusive agricultural trading system.' – Cam Dahl.
Comment, Op/Ed

Comment: The thickening U.S. border

Proposition 12 and rule changes on meat labels threaten U.S.-Canada trade

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The international agricultural landscape is witnessing a troubling trend toward protectionism. In past eras, protectionism was enabled through tariffs that blocked trade. World Trade Organization negotiations and bilateral trade agreements have largely eliminated that from the protectionists’ toolbox but, as evidenced by recent events in the U.S., there are other ways to impede trade. California’s
Letters, Op/Ed

Letters: More hogs, more problems

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In response to the May 26 Co-operator article “Meat industry hits hard times”. Without the benefit of taxpayers’ dollars (read: government support), the Manitoba hog industry (not farming) would have collapsed many years ago.  Born and raised on a farm, I appreciate the proper raising and care of swine. Pigs produced in a factory-type situation
Company executives argued that food price inflation was due to problems with global supply chains in the aftermath of the pandemic.
Comment, Op/Ed

Comment: Grocery Code of Conduct should benefit Canadians and food industry

The code was promised following concerns over grocery inflation

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The cost of filling your grocery cart in Canada increased by 10.3 per cent in 2022 and is projected to increase by an additional five to seven per cent this year. In response to this and other concerns, the House of Commons standing committee on agriculture and agri-food initiated studies on food price inflation and
Previous invasions of varroa mite have been successfully eradicated before establishing, but last year the mite managed to spread in Australia’s southeast.
Comment, Op/Ed

Comment: Australia in unique position to eliminate varroa mite

The parasite is a scourge to the North American honey sector, but Down Under, the pest is still new

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Last year, varroa mites reached Australia. The parasites are notorious in beekeeping circles, and an established population would have significant implications for agricultural food security in Australia, as honeybees are vital for the pollination of many crops. But while Australia is the last continent to be invaded by the mite, it has an opportunity to

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