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Flowers You Can Eat – for Jul. 29, 2010

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Garnishing with edible flowers can add an exotic and creative touch to a meal, not to mention a splash of colour and culinary interest. Some of the more popular edibles are: marigolds, squash blossoms, dianthus, nasturium and violets. If you add some flowers to your food be sure to follow these precautions: Make sure you
Cereals, News

Speedy Passage Urged For Colombia Trade Deal

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Farm groups are turning their attention to the Senate in hopes of getting legislation approving a free trade deal with Colombia passed. The bill languished in the Commons for months as the NDP and Bloc Quebecois tried to stop its passage over concerns about attacks on trade unionists and reformers in the South American country.
Crops

Obama Criticized For Mexico, Brazil Sanctions

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U. S. Republicans and business groups criticized President Barack Obama’s administration March 11 for failing to resolve a cross-border trucking dispute nearly one year after Mexico slapped retaliatory duties on about $2.4 billion worth of U. S. exports. “Record numbers of Americans are receiving an unemployment cheque instead of a paycheque. We need to make
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Canada Sees Ratifying Colombia Trade Deal

The Canadian government hopes to have Parliament ratify its free trade agreement with Colombia shortly after it resumes sitting on March 3, Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz said Jan. 21. The two countries negotiated the trade deal last spring, but it did not pass through Canada’s Parliament before the Conservative government suspended it last month until
Country Crossroads

End To “Banana Wars” Seen Within Reach

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Adeal to end the world’s longest-running trade dispute over import tariffs on bananas is virtually complete, but a final agreement may not be reached until next week, diplomats involved in the talks said Friday. The European Union and Latin America had hoped to wrap up a deal Friday to end the 16-year-old “banana wars.” An
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Canada-EU Trade Talk A “Big Deal”

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Everything, including supply management, is still on the table six months into talks between Canada and the European Union (EU) on a trade deal that could be more comprehensive than the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), Canada’s chief negotiator says. “We have agreed from the start everything is on the table,” Steve Verheul of
Opinion

Mexican Refugees A Spinoff From NAFTA

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We are working to block the flow of people which is, to a significant extent, a result of our work to speed the flow of goods. Canadians need to understand the context of the July 14 announcement that Mexican citizens will require visas to visit Canada. We also need to understand the root cause of
Beef cattle, News

Beef Trade With Colombia Restored

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Colombia will reopen its doors to Canadian beef and livestock, raising hopes for a breakthrough in Canada’s beef trade with Latin America. Colombia will accept 5,250 tonnes of Canadian beef annually duty free, yielding sales of nearly $6 million a year. Another expected $1 million worth of livestock and genetics sales will make the total
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Brazil To Displace Argentina As No. 2 Corn Exporter

Brazil is set to become the world’s No. 2 corn exporter, displacing Argentina where a drought is expected to slash the harvest, data from the U. S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) showed Feb. 10. Brazil already produces more than twice as much corn as its southern neighbour but uses most of it domestically, as livestock
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Newfoundland To Document Endangered Pony – for Feb. 12, 2009

The now-endangered Newfoundland Pony will be the subject of a new photo archive to preserve the memory of its role in rural development. The Newfoundland and Labrador government plans to work with the Newfoundland Pony Society and Memorial University’s history department to compile a “photographic history” of the pony. The plan for the photo archive

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