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Going Green In The Greenhouse

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On first glance they looked like various sizes of peat pots but they were actually Cow Pots. The greenhouse industry is not known for being particularly environmentally friendly. Most of the containers used in plant production are non-recyclable plastic and most of the planting medium used is peat based. The extensive use of plastics, derived
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Local Food May Have A Downside

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Cadmium in Surface Soils 49 116 56 116 Calgary Edmonton 110 Saskatoon Regina 102 ppm Winnipeg Cd < 2mm fraction 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.1 94 1273 samples 56 94 49 Cadmium may be present in Manitoba’s soil, but plant-breeding research and other strategies are keeping it out of our food. Soft, bluish white,
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Melamine Scandal Resurfaces In China

China has arrested three more people for dealing in milk and milk powder tainted with melamine, a compound used in plastics and fertilizer that caused a massive food safety scandal last year, the Xinhua news agency said. The tainted milk powder dates to mid-2008 but was sold to dairy firms and food companies in late
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Bioeconomy Remains Important To Farmers’ Future

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Biofuels and the fledgling bioproducts industry continue to provide an important economic opportunity for farmers despite troubles the industry has experienced in the past year, says Gordon Quaiattini, president of the Canadian Renewable Fuels Association. A recent report from the International Energy Agency should clear up charges biofuels are a greater source of greenhouse gases
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Creating A New Generation Of Smart Materials

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Some things are not meant to last forever. This includes biodegradable plastic products made from Solanyl. Solanyl Biopolymers Inc., based in Carberry, Man., manufactures starch-based biodegradable polymers that are used to create new and innovative environmentally friendly products. The company was established in 2005 by potato farmers Derek and Earl McLaren, who wanted to further
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EU To Tackle Breakfast Cereals Cancer Risk

The European Union will try to set maximum levels of a potentially cancerous chemical after several countries recalled breakfast cereals that contain it on the packaging, the EU executive said March 5. Several EU countries, including Belgium, Germany, Greece, Portugal and Spain, are believed to be affected but the problem is not seen as serious,
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China Introduces New Food Safety Law

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China said March 2 that food security remains “grim” after a series of health scandals, the most recent being last year’s tainted milk formula that killed at least six toddlers and made almost 300,000 sick. A new food safety law, approved Feb. 28 in an accelerated process after the milk scandal came to light in
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Biofuel industry growing internationally

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Despite the controversy over crop production for food versus fuel and the shock of the financial credit squeeze, the biofuel industry is recording steady growth in many countr ies, the Canadian Renewable Fuel Summit was told in early December. But it has a long way to go before it reaches the level of global petroleum

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