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Canadian Diet Would Emphasize Health-Giving Dimensions Of Domestic Foods

By Lorraine Stevenson March 18, 2010

“It is a concept that would enable people to start to think about Canadian foods as providing an incredible array of healthy foods right across the food spectrum.” – CAPI PRESIDENT AND CEO DAVID MCINNES Those paying attention to a message from Canadian dietitians this month are getting a small taste of the “Canadian diet”

Country Crossroads

Nutrition Month Theme Urges Canadians To Learn About Food Sources

By Lorraine Stevenson March 18, 2010

Dietitians of Canada’s National Nutrition Month Campaign 2010 offers these suggestions for celebrating food from field to table. … In your community Start, support or get involved with local community garden projects. Work with your local school board to create ways to showcase local foods either in the classroom or in the school cafeterias. Ask

News

Options Abound For Improving Phosphorus Management

By Laura Rance-Unger March 4, 2010

“The underlying problem leading to food waste stems in part from consumer behaviours supported by an economic system built to produce more than we need.” Anew report by the International Institute for Sustainable Development outlines several avenues that could be explored to improve phosphorus management: Another case for local food networks: “Cycling phosphorus exported in

Crops

Potato Market Outlook: Bad, Better, Then Outstanding

By Gord Gilmour March 4, 2010

A bear. Then two bulls. That’s how Idaho-based potato economist Joe Guenther sees the North American potato market shaping up in the short, medium and long term. It’s the current crop that’s still in the storage he’s most bearish on, Guenther told the recent Manitoba Potato Days meeting. Last year’s spud acres rose about one

Crops

Include European Pesticide Policy In Free Trade Talks

By Alex Binkley December 24, 2009

Officials negotiating a free trade deal with Europe must get EU officials to clarify the impact proposed pesticide registration rules will have on food imports from Canada, says Ron Bonnett, first vice-president of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture. “We plan to raise this issue with Canadian negotiators,” Bonnett said in an interview after a meeting

Cereals, Country Crossroads

Barley Flour Makes Fantastic Tortillas

By Western Grains Research Foundation December 3, 2009

If it takes a proven health claim to gain consumer acceptance of barley-based food products, then that’s what Nancy Ames plans to do. Ames, a cereal grain research scientist with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada in Winnipeg, used funding from the Western Grains Research Foundation’s Endowment Fund to develop new food uses for barley. “It started

Crops, Oilseeds

U. S. Stops More Canadian Canola Meal

By Rod Nickel November 26, 2009

The U. S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) refused 19 shipments of Canadian canola meal from Cargill in October after finding they contained the harmful bacteria salmonella. The shipments all came from Cargill’s Clavet, Sask. canolacrushing plant, according to reports posted on the FDA’s website. The plant was already under shipping restrictions from the FDA

Cereals, News

Jordan Trade Pact On Table, Colombia On Deck

By Alex Binkley November 26, 2009

Legislation to approve a free trade deal with Jordan was presented to the Commons by Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz Nov. 17, with hopes it will get smoother passage than a bill authorizing a trade deal with Colombia. Two-way merchandise trade between Canada and Jordan totalled $92 million in 2008. The deal would eliminate 90 per

News

Food Manufacturers Thrive In Recession

By Alex Binkley November 19, 2009

Food manufacturers are pulling through the economic recession with minimal damage because both domestic and export demand for their products remains strong, the Conference Board of Canada says. “Consumers have substituted lower-cost and store-brand foods, which usually mean lower margins for food manufacturers,” says a report released by the board. “Fortunately, exports of manufactured food

Country Crossroads

Take Care Of Mental Health: MFWC Keynote Speaker

By Lorraine Stevenson November 12, 2009

Low prices, unpredictable weather, and sector upheaval take their toll on even the most resilient farmers and family members, and intense emotions are normal reactions for tough times. But feelings of self-blame or hopelessness that don’t go away, and a sense that life isn’t very enjoyable anymore can be signs something other than a normal

Daily Network News

USDA defends $12 billion subsidy amid farm economy challenges

Canada December retail sales down 0.4 per cent; seen up 1.5 per cent in January

Feed Grains Weekly: Domestic prices remain flat

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