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Parks Canada Proceeds With Selected Elk Cull

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“Their commitment to start removing animals is really positive.” – RAY ARMBRUSTER, CHAIR OF MCPA ANIMAL HEALTH COMMITTEE. Parks Canada has begun the removal of an increased number of suspect elk and deer from an area of Riding Mountain National Park that has had the highest TB infection rates. “TB Alley” along the Birdtail River
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Support Group Eyes Farm Aid North

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Farmers may be singing the blues over uncertain prices and high costs but Farm Tribute Canada hopes to strike a different chord this summer. The farm support group plans to hold a Canadian version of the U. S.’s famous annual Farm Aid benefit concert, to be held at Downsview Park in the north end of
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Subsidy Debate Weighs Farmers Versus Children

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U. S. lawmakers will need to choose between supporting rich farmers or feeding more hungry children amid a slumping economy and surging deficit, U. S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said March 2. Vilsack said he already has heard some questions and concerns about the Obama administration’s plan to redirect subsidy payments for large farmers into
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World food system exploits consumers: activist

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Raj Patel held up a Snickers bar, examined the list of ingredients and proclaimed it the key to understanding the world’s food system. The list included cocoa, likely from the Ivory Coast, the world’s largest cocoa producer and an employer of child labour. It also included lecithin, an emulsifier made from soybean oil, found in
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Hunger still bites in land of plenty

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Some 36.2 million Americans struggle to get enough food to eat and one-third of them go hungry from time to time, according to a government survey taken before this year’s economic downturn. Anti-hunger groups said hunger has worsened since the government’s survey of 45,600 households at the end of 2007. They want Congress to increase
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“Drive away hunger” campaign soars over goals

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“Some children are having one meal a day if that.” – Tilly Morgan Farm Credit Canada’s “Drive away hunger” event exceeded lofty goals in Manitoba. The east tour concluded in Steinbach on Oct. 16, 2008 with the announcement that 120,000 pounds of food had been collected, exceeding the provincial goal of 100,000. The western tour
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Manitobans earn “Golden Carrots” on World Food Day

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“Let’s continue to build on this effort to bring more food security to this province.” – Rosann Wowchuk Organic greenhouse grower and farm and rural advocate David Neufeld of Boissevain is the recipient of one of six “Golden Carrot” awards handed out at the Manitoba legislature on World Food Day last week. This is the

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