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Brazil Claims Soybean Export Crown

CHICAGO / SAO PAULO / REUTERS Brazil will wrest the mantle of the wor ld s top soybean exporter from the United States in the coming year, in the latest sign of America s slowly diminishing role in global food trade. Just months after data showed the United States would supply less than half of
Crops

Conference Board Of Canada Says Ethanol Doesn’t Deserve Its Bad Reputation

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co-operator contributor / ottawa Using crops to produce ethanol hasn t raised food prices and it positions Canada for a strong bioeconomy, according to a new report from the Conference Board of Canada. What s more, next-generation technologies, flex-fuel vehicles, and supporting policies could extend the role ethanol plays in Canadian transportation and manufacturing, adds
Crops

U.S. Farm Subsidy Reform Favours Midwest

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A plan to reform farm subsidies by guaranteeing revenue levels for farmers is a good deal for corn and soybeans growers but unfair to the rest of the country, senators from wheat states said. The senators demanded changes in a package drawn up by the chairs of the House and Senate agriculture committees. Those leaders
Country Crossroads

Winter Entertainment For Readers

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FREELANCE CONTRIBUTOR If you re looking for a new activity this winter, consider joining a book club. Both rural and urban regions now have this type of club, and if your district doesn t, perhaps you could start one. A few notices or advertising will probably bring out several like-minded people who would love to
Opinion

Climate Change Adaptation Is A Priority

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Here at the Canadian Foodgrains Bank, we ve been saying that a lot over the past couple of years. For smallholder farmers, women, fisher folk and other people especially vulnerable to climate change, support in adapting to the changes they re experiencing is more important than trying to slow those changes. After all, they produce
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CFB Signs New $125-Million Five-Year Agreement

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A new five-year $125-million funding agreement signed between the Canadian Foodgrains Bank (CFB) and the federal government means the Canadian food aid program will continue its quick and early response to global food crisis. Minister of International Co-operation Beverly Oda announced October 26 that Ottawa will provide the CFB, a partnership of 15 churches and
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Kosher Food In Berlin Supermarkets A Sign Of Change

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When shoppers in New York, London or Paris come across kosher food in their neighbourhood supermarkets, it s just one specialty product among many. When the same thing happens in Berlin, it s a statement. Berlin s Jewish community, decimated by the Holocaust, has been steadily growing since Germany reunited in 1990. Thousands of Jews
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Food Bank Use On The Rise In Canada

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Higher food and housing costs are squeezing low-income Canadians and the 4,100 food banks across Canada that try to help them, says a study released Nov. 1. Even with the economic recovery, food bank use has risen 26 per cent since the start of the 2008 recession, Katherine Schmidt, executive director of Food Banks Canada,
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New Vegetable-Processing Plant Putting Down Roots In Portage

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Kelly Beaulieu is cultivating more than freshness these days the former agronomist is growing opportunities and sowing the seeds of success in her hometown of Portage la Prairie. The entrepreneur has spent the last year creating Prairie Garden Puree at the Manitoba Food Development Centre, a base ingredient for food production. This is something that
Country Crossroads

The Jacksons – for Nov. 10, 2011

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That is unequivocally the best apple crisp I have ever had! Karen Toews nudged her husband Grant who sat next to her at the Jackson dining room table still working on his own helping of the sweet, wonderful dessert. Don t you agree honey? Grant finished his mouthful before he spoke. Unbelievable! he said. Better

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