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Is Salt Becoming The Next Trans Fat?

By Ronald Doering March 25, 2010

While there is always some scientific uncertainty in matters of regulatory science, in our Jan. 21 article (“Hold the salt,” Co-operator, page 5) we saw there is now a strong scientific consensus that Canadians on average are consuming more than double the recommended daily intake of sodium (1,500 mg), and that there is strong evidence

Crops

Agriculture Can Meet Long-Term Food Demand

By Gus Trompiz March 25, 2010

Agriculture has the scope to meet soaring global demand for food by exploiting potential for higher yields and expanded farmland in certain regions, a Societe Generale analyst told Reuters March 18. Achieving large gains in farm output would however take several years and this time lag could bring renewed tensions in food supply in the

News

Global Energy, Food, Water Shortages On The Horizon

By Daniel Winters March 25, 2010

By 2015, the world will have arrived at the summit of global crude oil production, according to John Oliver, president of Maple Leaf Bio-Concepts. After that point, depletion rates of roughly four to six per cent per year in the world’s “easy” oilfields will leave an ever-shrinking pool of the precious resource to power the

Cereals, Crops, Oilseeds

Canola And Peas “Love” Each Other

By Daniel Winters March 25, 2010

Results from intercropping trials are showing that planting two crops together offers higher yields than monocultures. It’s old hat for organic farmers, who have been seeding cover and relay crops since the days when Grandpa seeded peas and oats together, harvested them with a horse-drawn binder, and pitched the sheaves off a hayrack to his

News, Poultry

Organic Foods Finding A Niche, But That’s All

By Brad Dorfman March 25, 2010

The wave of organic packaged foods may have crested at mainstream retailers. Organic foods and beverages are pulling back from startling growth levels in recent years and settling into a small niche space at mainstream retailers, food industry executives and analysts said while attending the recent Reuters Food Summit. The recession put a halt to

Country Crossroads

The Cookbook That Slowed The River

March 25, 2010

Recipe Requests We’ve had several requests for recipes in the last couple of weeks including one from June Carter of Winnipeg who is looking for a recipe for Chinese Stew, from Trinia Kell of Elm Creek who is seeking creamy homemade candy recipes using milk powder, and Betty Nicholls of Portage la Prairie who would

Country Crossroads

Should You Sneak Nutrition Into Diet?

By Julie Garden-Robinson March 25, 2010

A couple of authors have had bestselling books about sneaking vegetables into kids’ diets. Usually, the book authors purée the vegetables and place them in foods, such as spaghetti sauce, where they are barely noticeable. Although the books became bestsellers, sneaking vegetables into kids’ diets has been the subject of mixed responses from nutrition experts.

Country Crossroads

Preparing Food On A Budget

By Connie Burns March 25, 2010

Here are some tips to help you save on the family food budget: When making a meal, make extra amounts of the starch, protein source (meat/dry beans) or veggie and freeze these for later use. For example, while cooking rice for to-night’s stir-fry, cook up extra rice to be frozen for a soup later in

Cereals, Crops, News

U. S. Wheat Exports To Fade As Russia Flexes Muscle

By Karl Plume March 25, 2010

“(Russia is) essentially taking bushel for bushel market share away from the U. S. while we are focused on burning our food (as biofuel).” – BILL LAPP, ADVANCED ECONOMIC SOLUTIONS U. S. wheat production and slumping exports will continue to fade in coming years due to increasing competition in the global marketplace from lower-cost producers

Cereals, Crops, News

Algeria’s Grain Output Drive Starts To Pay Off

By Lamine Chikhi March 25, 2010

Algeria is moving to slash grain imports in coming years as the government enacts urgent reforms to stop farm yields tumbling in times of drought. The authorities were shocked into action in 2008 when the national grain harvest slumped to 2.1 million tonnes and the government scrambled for foreign cereals to feed the population of

Daily Network News

JBS profit falls amid still-challenging US market environment

U.S. grains: Soy hits 17-month high, corn to four-month top as trade braces for U.S. data

Federal budget shows remaining disconnect between agriculture, policymakers, panelists say

Tag Archives food

Is Salt Becoming The Next Trans Fat?

Agriculture Can Meet Long-Term Food Demand

Global Energy, Food, Water Shortages On The Horizon

Canola And Peas “Love” Each Other

Organic Foods Finding A Niche, But That’s All

Should You Sneak Nutrition Into Diet?

Preparing Food On A Budget

U. S. Wheat Exports To Fade As Russia Flexes Muscle

Algeria’s Grain Output Drive Starts To Pay Off

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