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In Brief… – for Jan. 20, 2011

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Vet fined:A Manitoba veterinarian has been fined $10,000 for certifying uninspected cattle for export. Dr. Earl Van Assen pleaded guilty in a Winnipeg court to two counts of contravening the federal Health of Animals Act. Court was told Van Assen submitted certification documents in Feb. 2009 for 42 cows shipped to the United States, stating
News

Washington’s Tough New Food-Safety Law Could Affect Canada

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While it’s too soon to tell for sure, the new U.S. food-safety law could become another big headache for Canadian food exporters. The law, to be implemented over the next 18 months, gives the U.S. Food and Drug Administration powers similar to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, namely the authority to proactively protect the food
Cereals, Crops

The Ultimate Hit List — The Top 100 Food Crops

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Picking the world’s most important food crops is no small feat, given tastes differ around the world and there are many ways to measure value. But Ernest Small had one fundamental criteria in mind when he wroteTop 100 Food Plants: The World’s Most Important Culinary Crops. “Obviously, we can rank them on a dollar-value basis,
Opinion

Government Can’t Do Much More Against Scary Stories

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Every time we get a recall of imported food we have another round of huffing and puffing that we’re not doing enough to protect Canadians; the media spend a day or two pushing scary stories about the awful dangers of imported food. The most recent alarm originated from the release of an internal Canadian Food
Crops, Oilseeds

Biotech Round Table Needed

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The federal government should create a round table to create a dialogue between organic farmers and growers who raise genetically engineered crops, says Liberal MP Frank Valeriote. Given the often acrimonious relations between the two camps, the Guelph MP asked biotechnology experts testifying before the Commons agriculture committee whether a round table format would bring
Crops

New Book Takes Aim At Global Food Issues

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The continuing exodus of rural peasants to urban centres is the result of “capitalist agriculture” and hampers the planet’s ability to feed itself, according to a new book published by the National Farmers Union. Rural depopulation is the legacy of Britain’s 18th century pursuit of mercantilist dominance of global trade which promoted urbanization as progress
Dairy cattle, Livestock

Panel Of Experts To Keep Eye On CFIA

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The man who helped create the Canadian Food Inspection Agency in the 1990s has been asked to ensure it is doing its job. Ron Doering, who also served as the agency’s president for four years, will head what’s called a “ministerial advisory board.” He will be joined by six other experts who will advise Agriculture
News

Potash Important To Canada’s Future, Ritz Says

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Canada must protect its future as a supplier of food but also of the fertilizers used to produce them, says Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz. “When we look at a strategic resource like potash – which is the basis for fertilizers and so on around the world – we do a tremendous job of supplying both
Opinion

Our “Response Ability”

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But can it feed the world? The question routinely arises when the conversation turns to organic agriculture. Conventional wisdom says organic agriculture is a nice niche for those who can afford to pay the higher premiums as compensation for the farmers’ lower yields. But the production system can’t possibly achieve the productivity that will be
Opinion

Buy Local — But Ignore The “Locavores” Nonsense

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You can’t open the food section of your newspaper these days without another sermon on the virtues of eating local. The eulogy takes as self-evident the moral superiority of the gospel of locavorism: relocalizing the food supply promotes sustainability because it reduces the fossil fuel needed to deliver the food. Buying local makes a good

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