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Eat Local To Sustain Farmers, Conference Told

By Ron Friesen February 25, 2010

Lori Stahlbrand is on a 96 per cent mission. It’s estimated only four per cent of the food Canadians consume is grown and sold through local farmers’ markets, community-supported agriculture projects and the like. The rest comes from mainstream retailers, mostly supermarkets. As a result, there’s a huge potential market for the local food economy

News

India Politics Delay GM Vegetable Start

By Bappa Majumdar February 25, 2010

“It is my duty to adopt a cautious, precautionary, principle-based approach.” – JAIRAM RAMESH India has postponed the launch of its first genetically modified (GM) vegetable, saying it would adopt a cautious approach and wait for more scientific studies on the impact of the new variety of eggplant. “The moratorium will be in place until

Opinion

The Colour Of Farm Politics

By Kevin Hursh January 28, 2010

A lot of Europeans travel but don’t seem to worry about consuming GM crops while on holiday in another country. Green is the new Red. In other words, a big part of the Green movement is fuelled by people with a philosophy that used to be called Red – a philosophy that’s anti-business and anti-development.

Crops, Oilseeds

DuPont Urges Curbs On Monsanto

By Carey Gillam January 14, 2010

DuPont has asked U. S. regulators to rein in practices by seed industry leader Monsanto Co., claiming its rival is hindering competition and limiting innovation needed to feed a growing world population. DuPont, which owns Pioneer Hi-Bred International, said Jan. 8 Monsanto is unfairly using monopoly powers to drive up prices and stymie competition. “Monsanto

Cereals, Opinion

Groundbreaking Moments In Global Agriculture

By Reuters January 7, 2010

Chicago | Reuters – Organized cultivation of food crops like wheat and barley began about 10,000 to 12,000 years ago in the Fertile Crescent, what is now the Middle East. Great strides in agriculture have been made since through innovation, technology and genetics to help feed the world’s growing population. Despite this, however, more than

Crops

Patents Won’t Feed People

By Allan Dawson December 10, 2009

In the 1970s, the seed trade said it could feed the 500 million hungry people in the world if governments would allow Plant Breeders’ Rights patent protection. Despite those concessions there are a billion hungry in the world now. “Fifty-nine per cent of all of the patents that have been granted have been granted for

Cereals, News, Oilseeds

Questions Raised About Monsanto Penalties

By Allan Dawson November 12, 2009

Four Ontario farmers found guilty of stealing Monsanto’s Roundup Ready soybean technology are unlikely to find sympathy from fellow farmers who abided by their contracts. But Monsanto’s decision to deny those farmers access to its seed technology for life is raising questions among industry observers concerned about concentration in the marketplace. In 2007, 65 per

Opinion

Globalization Creates A Race To The Bottom

By Garnet Etsell November 5, 2009

Th e Wo r l d Tr a d e Organization’s (WTO) Public Forum, which happens every two years, was held in Geneva at the end of September. There were few farm groups represented at the forum, but the CFA and some of its members did attend. Walking into the plenary session can be likened

Cereals, News

Stewart Wells Not Running For NFU President

By Allan Dawson October 29, 2009

“I think what a lot of people have come to understand is that they can count on the NFU to watch farmers’ bottom lines.” – STEWART WELLS The National Farmers Union (NFU) is like Cassandra of Greek mythology – it predicts the future, but nobody believes it, according to Stewart Wells, who after eight years

Hogs, Livestock

Get Your H1N1 Flu Shot

October 29, 2009

Turkeys on a farm in Ontario have become infected with the H1N1 flu virus, but no birds or eggs from the farm entered the food supply, provincial government officials said Oct. 20. The infection poses minimal risk to human health, Dr. Arlene King, Ontario’s chief medical officer of health, said in a news conference in

Daily Network News

Grocery code of conduct takes full effect

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures surge as second screwworm case announced

U.S. grains: Chicago soybeans fall on competition with Brazilian exports

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