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Food Safety A Priority

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When Parliament resumes next mo n t h , t h e Harper government should make introduction of long-promised food safety improvements a priority, says a food industry coalition. The Canadian Supply Chain Food Safety Coalition, which represents farm, food industry and consumer groups, wants the government to start consulting now. Many factors need to
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Italy Court Allows A Farmer To Grow GMO Maize

Italy’s highest Appeals Court has ordered the Agriculture Ministry to allow a farm to grow genetically modified maize – overruling a de facto ban on GMO cultivation and causing an uproar in the country fiercely opposed to GMO crops. In 2007, the ministry denied authorization to grow a GMO variety of maize already allowed in
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Indonesia To Limit Foreign Ownership In Food Estates

Indonesia will limit foreign ownership in food estates, such as rice cultivation, to less than 49 per cent, Agriculture Minister Suswono said Jan. 28, a decision that could discourage investor interest. Saudi Arabia, China and other countries are acquiring farmland abroad as part of efforts to achieve greater food security, following sharp increases in food
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Argentine Farmers Urge Action On Wheat Prices

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Argentine farm leaders called on the government to guarantee higher prices for wheat farmers Jan. 12, warning growers could resume strikes and other protest measures if their demands are not met. Argentina, a leading global wheat exporter and Brazil’s key supplier of the grain, has restricted shipments in recent years to guarantee domestic supplies and
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Largest U. S. Farm Group Rallies Against Climate Bill

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The largest U. S. farm group will oppose aggressively “misguided” climate legislation pending in Congress and fight animal rights activists, said American Farm Bureau Federation president Bob Stallman Jan. 10. In a speech opening the four-day AFBF convention, Stallman said American farmers and ranchers “must aggressively respond to extremists” and “misguided, activist-driven regulation … The
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Big Sky Outcome May Test Sask. Party

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The Saskatchewan Party government is proving you can lean a little bit to the right without upsetting too many people. The province’s $20 bounty on coyotes has drawn some adverse reaction, but isn’t contentious for most people who understand the explosion in the coyote population. As a kid on the farm, coyote sightings were rare
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Cuba To Reorganize State Farms, Trim Bureaucracy

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“The urgency of reducing imports and increasing food production has accelerated solutions to this old problem…” Cuba’s Agriculture Ministry will cut thousands of bureaucratic jobs and reorganize its large state-run farms into smaller plots in a bid to reverse steadily declining food output, official media said Nov. 10. Communist Party newspaper Granma said that 89,000
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In Brief… – for Oct. 22, 2009

Mexico tries GM corn: Mexico, considered by many to be the cradle of corn, has issued permits to grow genetically modified corn for the first time in a bid to eventually boost production of the grain. Mexico’s Agriculture Ministry said the two permits will allow only experimental genetically modified (GM) corn crops, which will be
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New Ag Boss Faces Conflict

Argentina’s government, which has been locked in a bitter dispute with farmers for 18 months, upgraded its top agricultural position to full ministry status and named a new minister on Sept. 30. Julian Dominguez, a lawmaker in Buenos Aires Province, was named as agriculture minister and will replace Agriculture Secretary Carlos Cheppi, Cabinet Chief Anibal
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New Report Promotes Food Security For Manitoba

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“I do think there is an unmet consumer demand for local food.” – KREESTA DOUCETTE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF MANITOBA FOOD CHARTER Anew report released in Manitoba this week could help this province set a national example in improved food security, say proponents. Those who helped create the Manitoba Food Charter in 2006 have now released

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