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Shannon VanRaes (l) and Allan Dawson.
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Reporters claim national awards

The annual awards ceremony was held this year in Quebec City

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Manitoba Co-operator reporters Shannon VanRaes and Allan Dawson were among several Glacier FarmMedia staff who received national awards at the annual Canadian Farm Writers Federation annual meeting in Quebec City Sept. 28 to 30. VanRaes won the silver award in the press feature category for an article that appeared in Country Guide on halal meat. She
Editorial, Opinion

Editorial: Eliminating sex from agriculture

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There’s no denying that a talk called “Eliminating sex from agriculture to feed the world” is a sexy subject at a writers’ convention. So Tim Sharbel, the research chair in seed biology at the Global Institute for Food Security in Saskatoon, had his audience’s full attention at the recent Canadian Farm Writers Federation annual meeting.
Reporter Shannon VanRaes’ silver-winning photograph was acknowledged at the recent Canadian Farm Writers Federation annual conference.
Local news

Co-operator reporter captures awards

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Manitoba Co-operator reporter Shannon VanRaes has won two awards at the Canadian Farm Writers’ Federation annual conference in Saskatoon. VanRaes earned a gold in the weekly press reporting category for her article “Trade deal promises both problems and possibilities for Canadian farmers,” and a silver in the news photography category for “Beagles protect biodiversity.” Other
“This is a problem that will likely never be solved but the most important thing is to encourage dialogue with consumers.” – Mike Olson, vice-president of fresh merchandising with Overwaitea Food Group.
Crops, Livestock

Attitudes toward food — bridging the rural-urban divide

A group of industry panellists says a lack of food literacy in urban centres and an overload of 
misguided information is furthering the gap between rural and urban residents

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Farmers often remark that today’s consumer is two or three generations removed from the farm, but that works both ways — the farmer is two or three generations removed from the consumer. That makes for some misunderstanding when consumers are asking more about where their food comes from, said panellists at the recent annual meeting
A&W didn’t mean to anger conventional beef producers, and still wants to work with the industry to source beef from cattle raised without added antibiotics or steroids, says company official Trish Sahlstrom.
Livestock

No regrets: ‘Better Beef’ campaign turns out just fine for A&W

Sales are up sharply, and it was the beef industry’s choice not to get 
involved in developing A&W’s antibiotic-and steroid-free program

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Two years after introducing its controversial ‘Better Beef’ program, A&W has few regrets about how the shift to antibiotic- and steroid-free beef played out. “We were the first national chain in North America to do it, and the response has been tremendous,” said Trish Sahlstrom, vice-president of purchasing and distribution for A&W Canada. “We’re selling

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