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Canadian farmers can’t ignore public engagement

More than 93 per cent of Canadians admit to knowing little or nothing about how their food is produced

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Have you heard the new buzzwords for farming and food? One is “social licence,” followed very closely by another, “sustainability.” These are not new to other sectors, but seemed to have taken those who farm or produce food in this country by surprise. Are Canadian farmers really in danger of losing their social licence to
Quebec MP Pierre Dusseault is calling for mandatory labelling of GM content in food products.
News

NDP MP introduces GMO labelling bill

MP Pierre Dusseault says Canadians deserve to be able to make informed choices about what they’re eating

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GMO labelling may be back on the parliamentary menu if Quebec NDP MP Pierre Dusseault can convince colleagues to support his private member’s bill. It won’t be debated until next fall at the earliest — if at all — but he will get to test his arguments when the Commons agriculture committee begins a study
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Opinion

Don’t forget agriculture when considering careers

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Dear Graduate, It’s finally here – high school graduation. A long-anticipated, exciting time, perhaps filled with a bit of trepidation of what the future holds. Do you have a clear vision and goal of what you want to do and where you want to go? If not, why not consider a career in agriculture? You
Livestock, News

Worker rules stifle agri-food, Eichler tells Senate committee

The new provincial agriculture minister was speaking to the Senate agriculture committee

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Manitoba’s new agriculture minister says federal rules on temporary and seasonal workers are harming the agri-food sector. Ralph Eichler told the Senate agriculture committee there’s a shortage of skilled labour and regulatory changes are at least partially causing that. “Changes to the Temporary Foreign Worker Program have had significant impacts on the ability of Manitoba
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Livestock, Opinion

Farmers getting caught in regulatory net

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Here in Ontario, over the next four years, poultry and livestock producers who use unvented gas heaters in their facilities will be required to have them verified for proper installation. According to Section 7.36 of the Gaseous Fuels Code, Technical Standard and Safety Authority (TSSA) requires a professional engineer to verify installations for farmers to
Dairy producers say without new processing capacity, the industry can’t be sustainable.
Dairy cattle, Livestock

Aging milk dryers limiting Canadian dairy sector

Without new industry investment dairy producers could 
be stuck in a negative loop as existing infrastructure ages

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Aging milk dryers and industry paralysis on how to move forward and modernize is setting the stage for a prolonged crisis in the Canadian dairy sector. Without a plan to address the situation, milk producers are going to pay the price of this shortfall, says Peter Gould, CEO and general manager of the Dairy Farmers
Feds seek ideas for Growing Forward 3
Crops, Livestock, News

Feds seek ideas for Growing Forward 3

A new website from the federal Agriculture Department gives growers a chance to have their say on farm programs

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Now’s your chance to tell the federal government how farm policy should look in Canada. The federal Agriculture Department has set up a website to seek feedback on what is and isn’t working in Growing Forward 2 (GF2) and what should be in Growing Forward 3 (GF3). In a statement, Lawrence MacAulay, the federal agriculture
Sandra Schillo, a management specialist from the University of Ottawa, says it’s time to listen to more viewpoints in agriculture research.
News

More collaborative research model urged

Input from more stakeholders would mean greater and faster innovation for the agriculture sector

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It’s time for agriculture research to break out of its pipeline approach and look for new ideas wherever it can find them. That means upending the old model where ‘good’ scientific research basically saw data go in, lab work happen, and eventually a new product come out. Now it’s time for that same research to
Food activists such as Vani Hari, also known as The Food Babe encourage consumers to vote with their dollars.
Comment

Building trust from producer to consumer

The majority of consumers is reasonable, intelligent people — especially if their questions are answered with transparency, patience and respect

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People often link a distrust of the food industry on the lengthening of the food chain, the growing distance between production and consumption. For some, the perception is that when everyone knew personally the butcher, the baker and the candlestick maker they had greater confidence in the safety of their food. Yet history shows that
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News

Public trust starts with conversation, says food industry

How to start talking to consumers is the key question for Canadian companies and farmers

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The companies that make up the food supply chain — everyone from farm supply companies to processors and retailers — want and need to build public trust and credibility. Farmers need to be a central part of that effort, a number of speakers told the annual meeting of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture. Chantelle Donohue,

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