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Manitoba Ag Days Inventor's Showcase: Invention from the Netherlands could make big impact on the Prairies
Museum curator Diana Bizecki Robson hopes it helps public deepen their understanding of all types of pollinators and to take actions that help these organisms thrive
Laying the blame for a collection of environmental issues at the feet of a single technology is very convenient, but hugely overly simplistic
The costly consequences of breaking the rules
Organic crops had 18 to 69 per cent higher concentrations of antioxidant compounds meaning consumers get more nutrition per calorie
Critics have little confidence in Health Canada reviews of pesticides because its assessments are based on data supplied by industry
The U.S. EPA wants to better protect approximately two million farm workers from exposure to pesticides
Farmers of North America say Canada’s overly onerous regulations mean cheaper generic farm chemicals are hard to find north of the U.S. border
Afederal agency that’s supposed to help farmers get their hands on cheaper generic pesticides is instead throwing up roadblocks to their introduction, according to critics. Ottawa introduced regulatory changes three years ago to speed up the introduction of generic versions of off-patent pesticides, but the Pesticide Management Regulatory Agency “has not bought into that agenda,”
