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‘We cannot allow further deterioration of supply management, and keeping supply management healthy does not have to be at the expense of other commodities that need more trade.’
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Comment: Bill C-282 supports supply management

Trade deals cannot keep picking at supply management protections

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Bill C-282, which would amend the Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Act, would ensure future trade deals do not weaken or eliminate the import controls that allow Canada’s supply managed sectors to function. On March 9, the Standing Committee on International Trade held a hearing on the bill, and the National Farmers Union recommended full
A cooked piece of cultivated chicken breast created at the UPSIDE Foods plant, where lab-grown meat is cultivated in January 2023.
Comment, Op/Ed

Comment: Scaling up cellular is agriculture’s biggest challenge

If we perfect cultivated meat, we could hedge against food shortages

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It didn’t get much attention when U.S. President Joe Biden launched a biomanufacturing initiative last September. But it should have. Biomanufacturing is about harnessing nature’s factories – cells – to make just about anything. That includes food. As Biden pointed out, biomanufacturing could boost food security. How? By cultivating meat. Having a roast for dinner
The main drivers of viral emergence in the human population are humans and their actions.
Comment, Op/Ed

Comment: The viral age

From COVID to bird flu and mpox, there are reasons we’re seeing so many viruses emerge

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From the widespread outbreak of mpox (formerly called monkeypox) in 2022, to the evolving bird flu situation, to recent cases of Marburg virus in Equatorial Guinea, COVID isn’t dominating the headlines as much as it used to. Instead, we’ve been regularly hearing about outbreaks of newly emerging or re-emerging viruses. Is the incidence of virus
Opinion: Net zero could be change catalyst
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Opinion: Net zero could be change catalyst

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As keynote presentations go, the kick-off speaker’s at a conference on the sustainability of Canadian agriculture hosted March 7 by the University of Manitoba was a bit of a downer — at least initially. Henry Janzen, a career Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada scientist with who now serves as an honorary research associate with the department’s
A sapper of the State Emergency Service inspects an area for mines and unexploded shells in Ukraine's Kharkiv region on March 21, 2023.
Editorial, Op/Ed

Editor’s Take: A season of uncertainty looms

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The world is once again facing a growing season in the Northern Hemisphere that’s shrouded in uncertainty. A little uncertainty is nothing new, but over the past few years, things have reached a whole new level. As you’ll read on pages 6 and 7 of this issue, few unknowns are larger than what’s going to
Sixty-five per cent of consumers say their behaviours and preferences for shopping and services like grocery have changed.  
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Comment: Food security not all about food price

Addressing social issues also key

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About one in six households in Canada experience food insecurity, but economic barriers are not the only obstacles. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, food security requires not only economic, but physical and social access to food. Physical access is related to infrastructure like roads and availability of transportation. Social
(Photo courtesy Canada Beef Inc.)
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Comment: Protecting our farms for the long term

Farmers are supporting farmers to improve business risk management in the face of climate change

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A recent opinion piece in the Manitoba Co-operator references the Business Risk Management Task Force report that Farmers for Climate Solutions released almost a year ago (“NFU stance on BRM programs mystifying,” Feb. 16).  The article makes a number of claims that are not correct and require clarification. I am a farmer who has been
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Comment: Growing farmland inequality in Prairies a problem for all Canadians

Farmers are uneasy about the ballooning acres of investor-owned farmland, and they’re right to be

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Real estate is a hot topic in Canada. Most Canadians are acutely aware of how home prices and rents have skyrocketed in the last 15 years or so. In large cities, investor ownership of condos and houses has attracted enough attention that the federal government was prompted to crack down on foreign buyers. Since 2014,
If Canadians want improved environmental outcomes at the farm level, farmers need to be compensated accordingly.
Editorial, Op/Ed, Other

Editor’s Take: The window opens

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It’s been a long-held dream of many in the agriculture sector to see farmers paid for the environmental goods and services they provide to society. The argument goes that farmers can do great things for the environment. But as Bill Campbell, past president of the Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP), has often noted, farmers can’t be

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