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Editorial: Have an omelette — cooked in butter

Many farmers bristle at the name Michael Pollan, the author of Omnivore’s Dilemma, and Cooked, two books which are not friendly to what he would call “big agriculture.” But leaving disagreements on issues such as organic food and GMOs aside, farmers might have to give Pollan credit for his dictum on eating properly: “Eat food.



Study suggests red meat cheers you up

Amidst a bevy of studies surgesting red meat consumption is bad for your body, Australian researchers say not eating enough of it is linked to depression and anxiety. Associate Professor Felice Jacka and colleagues from Deakin University’s Barwon Psychiatric Research Unit have studied the relationship between the consumption of beef and lamb and the presence

Study gives more reasons for passing on red meat

(Reuters) People who eat a lot of red meat are more likely to die at any given time than those who go light on the burgers and hotdogs, according to a U.S. study that followed more than 100,000 people over several decades. The more servings of both processed and unprocessed red meat people reported eating

Giving meat a bad name

Laws are like sausages — it is best not to see them being made.” This quote has been widely but wrongly attributed to Otto Von Bismarck, the “Iron Chancellor” of Germany in the 19th century, which proves that misinformation was spreading long before the Internet. However, the Internet is certainly a much more efficient way


Red meat associated with high risk for cancer

People who eat lots of red meat may have a higher risk of some types of kidney cancer, according to a U.S. study of thousands of adults. Researchers writing in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition found that middle-aged adults who ate the most red meat were 19 per cent more likely to be diagnosed

Blame chemicals, not red meat

Regarding the recent article “Red meat boosts cancer risk: study” (Co-operator, April 2, page 1), I wonder if spraying glyphosate on standing crop has a connection. We know that grain loses germination after being sprayed with glyphosate. Seed growers cannot spray standing crop because of the germination factor. Maltsters reject glyphosatesprayed barley. Chemicals could be

Core Buyers Are Loyal To Their Preferred Meats

Martin Gooch of the George Morris Centre has posted detailed reports on consumer surveys for chicken, lamb, veal and pork. It’s the most complete set of data available and was collected with funding from the federal Agriculture Department’s National Advancing Canadian Agricultural and Agri-Food Program. For chicken, the research found that the average Canadian household


Red Meat Boosts Cancer Risk: Study

“I don’t think it paints a picture of what is generally happening with consumers’ dietary habits.” – RON GLASER, BIC Battered by low incomes, trade challenges and other woes, Canadian livestock producers’ latest problem is a new study which says eating red meat can shorten your life. The U. S. study tracked half a million