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...protein is increasingly being used as a political weapon to fight climate change, not just for nutrition.
Op/Ed, Opinion

Opinion: Politicizing proteins

Dietary choices are personal, not political, and undue coercion is unacceptable

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During the current election campaign in La Belle Province, one political party recently proposed a protein shift in public cafeterias and institutions by offering a menu made up of 50 per cent plant-based protein meals. In the same vein, the party also suggested that 70 per cent of food products served in public institutions be
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Province funds nutrient budgeting app, biocarbon project

The province pledged $1.5 million through its Conservation and Climate fund

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An app that calculates available soil nutrients and a research project that turns human waste into biocarbon are among 14 projects funded through the Conservation and Climate Fund, the province announced Sept. 22. “These environmentally responsible initiatives will help protect the environment while advancing the Manitoba government’s priority to transition the province to a sustainable, low-carbon
Koch Brandon nitrogen plant earns efficiency rating
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Koch Brandon nitrogen plant earns efficiency rating

The facility is the first fertilizer plant in Canada to earn the certification

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Koch Fertilizer Canada’s Brandon plant has earned a 2021 Energy Star for Industry certification from Natural Resources Canada. It’s the first fertilizer plant in Canada to receive the rating, which signifies the facility “…performs in the top quartile of similar facilities in Canada and the United States for energy efficiency,” the company said in a
Research so far has suggested microplastics play havoc with soil structure, release contaminants and harm the soil biosphere.
Comment, Op/Ed, Other

Comment: The problem of microplastics

Natural fertilizers contain them, yet we know next to nothing about their environmental and health impacts

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Fertilizer, especially nitrogen, uses a lot of energy in its production, particularly natural gas. That means higher prices as natural gas prices rise, something that’s been kicked into overdrive with the war in Ukraine and Russia’s attempt to blackmail Europe by shutting down its Nord Stream 1 pipeline.  It’s caused many to wonder if there
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Comment, Comment/Feedback

Comment: Taxes out, subsidies in

Australia and the U.S. are passing major climate bills – without taxing carbon

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At last, there’s action on climate change. The United States recently passed its largest climate bill ever and Australia is set to usher a 43 per cent emissions target into law, although the Greens will try to amend the bill so the climate impacts of new gas and coal projects are considered. Good news, right?
People work to clear the way after heavy rains and deadly floods hit the central Italian region of Marche, in Cantiano, Italy, Sept. 16, 2022. A new report says climate change will lead to “uncharted” destruction.
News, Other, Weather

Climate impacts heading to ‘uncharted territories of destruction’ —UN chief

World Meteorological Organization says world headed ‘in the wrong direction’ on climate

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Reuters – The impacts of climate change are “heading into uncharted territories of destruction,” U.N. secretary-general António Guterres warned on Sept. 13, with the release of a multi-agency scientific report reviewing the latest research on the subject. The report, led by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), warns that the world is “going in the wrong direction” on climate change. With greenhouse
“I was personally interested to quantify the concerns I had seen anecdotally in the farm press and elsewhere.” – Greg Dunlop, iFusion.
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Fertilizer emissions view split on party lines: survey

Farmers generally pessimistic, distrustful of government’s emissions target

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Farmers who vote Liberal or NDP are far more likely to think the federal fertilizer emissions reduction target is feasible than farmers who vote Conservative, a recent survey indicates. That meant the majority of survey respondents were pessimistic about the government’s goals, as 77 per cent said they’d vote Conservative. In an Aug. 29 survey,
File photo of a rapeseed field in southern China’s Yunnan province. (YuenWu/iStock/Getty Images)
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One-third of China’s land protected under ecological ‘red line’ scheme

Authorities crack down on farm encroachment

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Shanghai | Reuters — Nearly a third of China’s land is now off-limits to development under a scheme known as the “ecological protection red line,” a senior official said at a news briefing on Monday, bringing the country in accord with global biodiversity targets. China first proposed its “red line” scheme in 2011 to put
The federal government’s twin goals of growing agriculture exports and reducing fertilizer emissions seem to be at odds.
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Farmers and industry say government’s emissions plans at odds with export goals

Groups ask for goals to be based on emissions per bushel but this may not reduce emissions long-term

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The federal government’s goal to reduce emissions from nitrogen fertilizer is at odds with plans to increase agricultural exports by 55 per cent, say agriculture and fertilizer groups. “This 55 [per cent] increase is attainable; however, it is unlikely to be achieved by the shackling of grain, pulse and oilseed farmers through the reduced use
Unlike synthetic meat, which can struggle to match the complexity and texture of animal meat, synthetic milk is touted as having the same taste, look and feel as normal dairy milk.
Comment, Op/Ed

Comment: Synthetic milk not like the udders

‘Synthetic milk’ made without cows may be coming to supermarket shelves near you

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The global dairy industry is changing and among the disruptions is competition from alternatives not produced using animals, including potential challenges posed by synthetic milk. Synthetic milk is produced without animals. It can have the same biochemical makeup as animal milk, but is grown using an emerging biotechnology technique known as “precision fermentation” that produces

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