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Catering To Affluence

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We often fail to recognize just how rich and spoiled we’ve become. The upward affluence trajectory, happening in much of the world, is having a profound impact on what people want from agriculture. Futurist Lowell Catlett from New Mexico State University recently told the Managing Excellence in Agriculture conference in Saskatoon, that recessions happen from
Country Crossroads

Record-Keeping Workshops Planned

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Canadian Organic Growers and the Organic Food Council of Manitoba are offering two new continuing education opportunities for Manitoba farmers before they get into the field this spring. These one-day workshops are designed to help farmers handle the record-keeping requirements of organic production, learn about the new organic rules that came into force last summer,
Cereals, Country Crossroads

U. S. Food Makers Look For Growth

“The U. S. consumer is all grown up and future growth in consumer spending will be outside the U. S.” – MATT ARNOLD U. S. food makers are looking overseas for more profitable growth over the next few years as they often must rely on short-term price promotions in order to drive sales of their
Dairy cattle, News

Value Chain Benefits Organic Milk Producers

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The farmers had the milk and the processor wanted new business. Between them, they forged a new business relationship for mutual benefit. In December 2008, the Manitoba Organic Milk Co-op (MOM), and Notre Dame Creamery launched Organic Meadow, a new line of Manitoba-produced and processed organic milk. The organic milk sold here had previously come
Opinion

The Colour Of Farm Politics

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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.
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A Road Map To Marketing Success

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“How can you send a message to that person living in the city that when they buy the product off the shelf, they are getting a piece of that dream, even though they don’t get to live it personally?” – DAG FALCK, NATURE’S PATH FOODS Unlike their conventional brethren, organic farmers can’t just dump truckloads
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Organic Farming May Help Meet Climate Goals

The conversion of all U. K. farmland to organic farming would achieve the equivalent carbon savings to taking nearly one million cars off the road, the Soil Association said Nov. 26. Britain’s largest organic certification body, issuing results of a research project, said on average organic farming produces 28 per cent higher levels of soil
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Local Food Plus Coming To Manitoba

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“It’s definitely in the millions of dollars since we’ve started” – LORI STAHLBRAND Local Food Plus (LFP) has crossed the border. The Ontario-based, non-profit local food certifier has begun inspecting local farms and approaching food services outlets and retailers ahead of a planned expansion into Manitoba, according to LFP president Lori Stahlbrand, who founded the
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U. K. Organic Food Needs To Be Cheaper

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Organic food in Britain is often too expensive in comparison with non-organic products and the price gap must narrow if the struggling sector is to return to strong growth, the Organic Trade Board said. Organic bread costs nearly a third more than non-organic, while the differential for Gala apples was 69 per cent. “More than
Livestock

Alberta Organic Farm Producing 100,000 Birds Annually

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Why would anyone earning a good income in the Alberta oil industry quit and go farming? Ask Ron Hamilton. After 25 years as an oilfield surveyor, and without a single day’s worth of experience in agriculture, he and his wife Sheila bought a quarter section of farmland near Armena, Alberta. “We wanted to get out

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