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Students tap into water knowledge
Students tackled water health and conservation at the latest Southwest Manitoba Water Festival September 20 near Elgin, Man.

4-H beef program aims at breeding over butchering
A small number of 4-H’ers in the Interlake are turning their heifer projects into purebred herds

Public trust starts with conversation, says food industry
How to start talking to consumers is the key question for Canadian companies and farmers

Mozart and mood lighting, a healthy prescription for chickens?
Combined with probiotics, it all adds up to a reduced need for drugs
Leadership needed in agri-food policy
No greener pastures for beef producers in Europe
Chinese state media kick into high gear to ease GMO food fears

CFIA beefs up food safety rules and sets minimum traceability standards
Food companies and farms selling products in other provinces or internationally will need detailed preventive control plans
Traceability will gain a more prominent place on the menu, and food companies will be required to develop preventive control plans under a new regulatory plan proposed by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. The proposals, which follow the passage of the Safe Food for Canadians Act last fall, still have to be put into theWhat’s a pet to some is dinner for others
What’s food and what’s taboo depends on a lot of things, including how human societies developed, what made sense in different regions, and how humans ordered their world
What’s food and what’s taboo depends on a lot of things, including how human societies developed, what made sense in different regions, and how humans ordered their world Don McMahon gets a mixed reaction when he tells people what was served at his wedding reception in Uzbekistan last year. “Some people are kind of disgustedWFO president optimistic about the future of farming
New World Farmers Organization head says demand needs to be met by yield increases in developing countries
Robert Carlson says it really is different this time. “I’m nervous about saying it but I do believe in my heart and my mind that it is true because we have new factors,” the North Dakota farmer and president of the fledgling World Farmers’ Organization (WFO) told the Keystone Agricultural Producers annual meeting in Winnipeg