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NDP ag critic Alistair MacGregor speaks Feb. 3, 2023 in the House of Commons. (Alistair MacGregor video screengrab via Facebook)
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Federal NDP ag critic to handle food inflation file

Mini-shuffle follows new critic portfolio

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Canada’s federal New Democrats have appointed their critic for agriculture and agri-food to a new point position on a major issue for the fourth-ranked opposition party. After the House of Commons resumed sitting last Monday (Jan. 30), NDP leader Jagmeet Singh on Friday named Alistair MacGregor, MP for the Vancouver Island riding of Cowichan-Malahat-Langford, to
File photo of a provincial border marker in Lloydminster. (Michele Gervais/iStock/Getty Images)

Borderline city hosts interprovincial food trade pilot

Trade barrier on pause for two years for food businesses serving Lloydminster

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The idea of loosening interprovincial trade in certain foods made by provincially-inspected processors will get a major test in one of Canada’s very few province-crossing municipalities. The Saskatchewan, Alberta and federal governments on Jan. 19 announced the start of a two-year pilot project within the limits of Lloydminster, a city of over 31,000 people straddling
Grocers have begun to realize there might be a problem.
Comment, Op/Ed

Comment: A face-saving code for grocers

Food retailers are facing a crisis in public confidence and need the code as much as consumers do

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As reported in recent days, the grocer code of conduct is coming to Canada. Both the United Kingdom and Australia, where grocer oligopolies exist, have a similar code already. This is great news for consumers. In fact, it should be considered a minor miracle. It all started a few years ago with the announcement of
Editorial, Op/Ed

Editor’s Take: Apocalypse soon-ish?

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It’s the job of the commentator to be a bit provocative and to make people think. Geopolitical economist Peter Zeihan, who gave a keynote address at last week’s Ag Days, certainly accomplished that. Pulling many threads together, from the war in Ukraine and Russia’s historic borders, past the sclerotic regime in Beijing incapable of adapting,
File photo of a combine at work during a harvest in Germany. (Abadonian/iStock/Getty Images)
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Germany considering withdrawal from crop-based biofuels by 2030

Lawmakers seek to boost biofuel made from wastes

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Hamburg | Reuters — Germany’s government is considering proposals to phase out the use of biofuels produced from food or animal feed crops by 2030, the German biofuels industry association (VDB) said on Tuesday, adding the measure could increase carbon emissions. German environment minister Steffi Lemke said Jan. 17 she will soon send proposals to
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China to stop testing chilled, frozen foods for COVID

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Reuters — China’s meat trade is celebrating the end of testing and disinfecting chilled and frozen foods for COVID-19, more than two years after Beijing started the controversial practice, adding substantial costs. The State Administration for Market Regulation ceased testing chilled and frozen foods for COVID-19 from Jan. 8. It will also no longer require
roasted chickpeas
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Learning to love the musical fruit

FOOD | In this economy, beans had everything to offer except taste – or so I thought

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Who among us, as a child, wasn’t forced to eat food they didn’t like? One of my aunts, young and newly married into the family, tried to force five-year-old me to eat my breakfast cereal – with milk. Big mistake! Fits were thrown. When my parents got home, they were told in no uncertain terms
Traceability in food products is moving beyond the spheres of food quality and safety and into sustainability.
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Improving agriculture traceability through blockchain firm’s aim

Manitoba company taps into blockchain to solve stubborn supply chain issues

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A Manitoba software company uses blockchain technology to connect the dots between producer and consumer in the agriculture sector. TheoryMesh is the brainchild of Manitoba software developer Chris Bunio. He spent 18 years in business development at Microsoft before returning to Winnipeg during the pandemic to launch TheoryMesh. He spoke at the recent Fields on Wheels conference at the University
The ultimate objective of agri-environmental groups is to turn the entire world organic, which is neither sustainable nor desirable.
Comment, Op/Ed

Comment: The politics of diet

There are groups that don’t even want the industry to be able to speak

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The COP15 meeting on biodiversity brought thousands of delegates to Montreal to address critical issues our planet is facing. Related to food systems, delegates discussed agroecology, food systems intensification, and consideration of fisheries in food security. One issue catching some people’s attention is diet and overconsumption. That’s right, food was discussed in Montreal. Many believe

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