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Britain expands horsemeat tests to more products

February 22, 2013

London/Reuters / Britain is expanding meat testing to a wider range of products, including ready-made meals, as the scandal spreads over the sale of mislabelled horsemeat, the country’s food regulatory agency said on Tuesday. The Food Standards Agency said that as well as its original plans to check 224 samples of raw beef products for

News

Celebrate Food Freedom Day February 14

By Canadian Federation Of Agriculture February 12, 2013

Coined Food Freedom Day by the Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA), February 14 is the calendar date when the average Canadian will have earned enough income to pay his or her grocery bill for the entire year. “Food Freedom Day is a chance to acknowledge the abundant, safe and secure food supply we enjoy in

International news, News

Feast and famine for Africa farm investment

By Helen Nyambura-mwaura October 17, 2012

African agriculture has a big investment problem: lots of private equity interest but few opportunities because most farms and companies are too small to absorb the cash or provide attractive returns. With only a third of its 630 million hectares of arable land under cultivation and large quantities of water flowing untapped, Africa is the

Opinion

Food security not a supply issue

By Ron Bonnett May 30, 2012

There has been a lot of debate in the news lately about the Canadian food system. UN Right to Food Rapporteur Olivier De Schutter recently visited Canada and indicated there are currently 800,000 Canadian households that are food insecure. He concluded that Canada has a lot of work to do in making sure more people

Livestock, News

Injured meat animals can now be killed on farm

By Alex Binkley May 30, 2012

The Canadian Federation of Agriculture and the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association have sided with Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz in a political dispute over a change to Meat Inspection Regulations. CFA president Ron Bonnett said the change in regulations to cover the rare instances of livestock put down on the farm “will provide a more practical, outcome-based

Cereals, Opinion

The Brand X elevator and corporate control of the food supply

By Les Mcewan May 17, 2012

The potential for contracted acres to be linked to herbicide and fertilizer purchases as well as point of delivery was already there

When Manitoba Pool Elevators and the Alberta Wheat Pool amalgamated in 1998 to become Agricore, I joked at the local watering hole that we really needed to invent an elevator sign that was Velcro backed. Even then, it was apparent that there was a lot of work involved in rebranding trade names on very tall

News

Expert says agriculture needs a rethink

By Shannon VanRaes April 7, 2012

Climate change is real and is one of the issues that will force farmers to change their practices, according to the head of the Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute. Many people are in denial about climate change, Craig Pearson told attendees at the University of Manitoba annual Bendelow Lecture in an address entitled “Changing Agriculture to

Livestock, News, Other livestock

FAO raises alarm over new foot-and-mouth disease strain

March 29, 2012

reuters / A new strain of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) has hit Egypt and threatens to spread throughout North Africa and the Middle East, jeopardizing food security in the region, the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said March 22. There have been 40,222 suspected cases of the disease in Egypt and 4,658 animals, mostly

International news, News

India’s farmers struggle to adapt to changing consumer tastes

By Jo Winterbottom, Rajendra Jadhav January 27, 2012

Ajit Govind Sable’s family have owned their farm in India’s western Maharashtra state for 10 generations, which even for a region that has been farming for more than 10,000 years is long enough to witness plenty of changes. Two generations back, they started cultivating sugar cane here in Shivthar, a village in Maharashtra’s highlands near

International news, News

Probe finds Italian crime syndicates control a big part of food business

January 27, 2012

Organized crime in Italy controls agricultural and food businesses worth 12.5 billion euros (US$16 billion) a year, or 5.6 per cent of all criminal operations in the country, according to a parliamentary investigation. It has spread its involvement through the entire food chain from acquisition of farmland to production, from transport to supermarkets, said Coldiretti,

Alberta crop conditions improve: report

U.S. grains: Corn sets contract lows on expectations for big US crop

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Alberta crop conditions improve: report

U.S. grains: Corn sets contract lows on expectations for big US crop

U.S. livestock: Cattle strength continues

Tag Archives food chain — page 2

Britain expands horsemeat tests to more products

Celebrate Food Freedom Day February 14

Feast and famine for Africa farm investment

Food security not a supply issue

Injured meat animals can now be killed on farm

The Brand X elevator and corporate control of the food supply

FAO raises alarm over new foot-and-mouth disease strain

India’s farmers struggle to adapt to changing consumer tastes

Probe finds Italian crime syndicates control a big part of food business

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