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Lentil-based shepherd’s pie being prepared for the children.
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Comment: Sustainability shouldn’t be an optical illusion

We should pay attention to our environmental impact, but not exaggerate it

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Glacier FarmMedia – An interesting email landed in my inbox earlier this fall. It was from a freelance writer and Glacier FarmMedia contributor Rebecca Hannam, and its subject was a press release from Ontario’s University of Guelph, often described as “Canada’s food university.” The document touted how the University of Guelph’s Child Care and Learning Centre (CCLC)
Manitoba is in favour of carrots over sticks when it comes to sustainability programming, and that will factor into any plan, says Derek Johnson, Manitoba Agriculture Minister.
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Assessing the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership

New five-year partnership agreement takes effect April 1, 2023

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As the dust settles around the new partnership agreement signed by Canada’s federal and provincial ag ministers, many wonder what it means for Manitoba. The Sustainable Canadian Agriculture Partnership (SCAP) is the next five-year agricultural policy agreement that replaces the current Canadian Agricultural Partnership, which expires March 31, 2023. The agreement was the outcome of
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Comment: The world’s inefficient food web

The world’s affluent must start eating local food to tackle the climate crisis, new research shows

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The desire by people in richer countries for a diverse range of out-of-season produce imported from overseas is driving up global greenhouse gas emissions, new research has found. It reveals how transporting food across and between countries generates almost one-fifth of greenhouse gas emissions from the food sector – and affluent countries make a disproportionately
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FCC launches sustainable beef incentive

Producers with a loan from FCC and certification from the Canadian Roundtable for Sustainable Beef can apply for an extra payday

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Farm Credit Canada (FCC) wants to pay its beef sector clients for joining up with the Canadian Roundtable for Sustainable Beef (CRSB). On May 24, the company announced its FCC Sustainability Incentive Program. The program promises a yearly payment to producers who are certified through the CRSB, up to maximum of $2,000. Producers can reapply for the payment
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Water management: What’s the plan?

A full-fledged water management strategy has been in the works for over a year

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As Manitobans ride a pendulum swing from too little to too much water, they await the province’s promised comprehensive water strategy — the first update to the plan since the early 2000s. The volatile weather has made plain why it’s needed. “We’re seeing an increase in variability,” said Dimple Roy, director of water management with
Apples-to-apples comparisons sustainability program goal
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Apples-to-apples comparisons sustainability program goal

CASI project aims to show how Canadian farmers stack up globally

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A program to make it easy to compare Canadian sustainability programs against international ones will kick off by comparing Canadian beef sustainability standards against an international carbon certification. “We want to avoid duplication,” said Mary Robinson, president of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA), which leads the project. “We all go through these different qualifying,
Sites like the Princes Creek Dam on Swan Lake First Nation have become a major location for the federal Living Labs initiative.
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How First Nations priorities are informing novel ag practices

Swan Lake First Nation is a major player in a multi-stakeholder initiative looking for new solutions on land and water management

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The goal was to capture the best of both worlds — a productive agriculture landscape while protecting the surrounding natural ecosystem. The unlikely scene is 13 acres of potato land, owned by Swan Lake First Nation (SLFN), and rented out to a neighbouring farmer. The land has newly installed tile drainage to manage water and
New investment in agriculture is no longer about producing more for less. “The game is changing,” says a former director at Harvard Business School.
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Comment: New paths to sustainability are quickly changing the competition landscape

New investment, technology and food products are changing the value proposition

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The agriculture industry could never be accused of being stagnant when it comes to embracing new methods or technologies that enable more efficient food production. It has also made huge strides in improving the sustainability of farming practices while increasing production of affordable food. However, as industry leaders gathered at the GrowCanada conference in Calgary
Many farmers already use digital tools on their tractors and other equipment to generate field work data.
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Agricultural digitization and environmental practices go together

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Besides helping farmers save money on inputs, digital technology could pay dividends if and when governments start reimbursing producers for environmentally friendly farm management practices. So says Kris Kinnaird, product market manager for Farmers Edge, a Winnipeg-based agricultural technology company which markets a digital platform called FarmCommand. This product, and others like it, could enable

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