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Strategic plan sought to secure future of food and the farm

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Late winter was historically the time of the “hunger moon.” The larder of winter food was low and people waited anxiously for the land to produce again. People could only dream of a time when they would not have to worry they had enough. In Canada “Food Freedom Day” a designation of Canadian Federation of
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Time For An Agri-Food Plan

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Canadians appear to agree it’s time to head down a new path in the agri-food sector, but how to set forth and who’ll take the lead remain key questions. In February the Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute (CAPI) releasedCanada’s Agri-Food Destination: A New Strategic Approacha report, pointing out rough terrain ahead if, as a leading world
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CAPI Report Seeks New Direction For Food Policy

Traceability systems could be the catalyst to get Canadian agriculture participants taking a systems approach that could improve quality, efficiency, competitiveness and profits, David McInnes, president and chief executive officer of the Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute says. McInnes reviewed a report the institute released in February that calls for radical reforms of Canadian agriculture policies
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Farm Programs Need New Direction: Report

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About five years ago, a special committee reviewing Canada’s agricultural policy framework heard a novel idea from chair Ed Tyrchniewicz. Noting that roughly 60 per cent of government funding for agriculture went to business risk management (BRM) programs, Tyrchniewicz suggested spending more on other areas instead. Research, maybe. Or science, innovation and market development. The
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Report Calls For Centre Of Good Food Citizenship

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Anew report that lays out a road map for restoring the health status of Canadians while reviving the nation’s ailing agri-food sector points Manitoba in a direction it is already headed, the executive director of the Manitoba Agri-Food Health Research Network (MAHRN) says. That’s how Lee Anne Murphy reads the newly released Canadian Agri-Food Policy
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Canada’s Food System Needs An Overhaul

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The federal and provincial governments should encourage farmers to ramp up production this year to take advantage of strong prices but also help ease tight world stocks of grain and other commodities, says the Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute (CAPI) and the Canadian Federation of Independent Business. They issued reports in early February urging gover nments
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Functional Food Business A Tough Sell

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“I think we’ll all say that the commercialization piece has been the slowest to happen.” – LEE ANNE MURPHY, CO-ORDINATOR OF THE MANITOBA AGRI-HEALTH RESEARCH NETWORK (MAHRN) Scott Sigvaldason sold part of the family’s 106-year-old farm, rented out the rest and invested about $800,000 of his own money to develop a product that could provide
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Health And Agriculture Need Joint Strategy: Capi

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Linking agriculture and health policy could improve Canadians’ health and, at the same time, revive this country’s agricultural sector, says a new report released by the Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute (CAPI). Canada’s health crisis, a result of rising rates of obesity and diet-related chronic diseases and the farm income crisis could be tackled by what
Oilseeds, Opinion

Farmers As… Health-Care Professionals?

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It’s become common for farmers to refer to themselves as food producers, environmental managers or businesspeople. Now a discussion paper recently commissioned by the Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute (CAPI) aims to radically expand their job description. How about adding “health-care professional” to your resumé? Concluding that farmers’ fortunes and public health are intrinsically linked, the

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