Where is the excess phosphorus load in Lake Winnipeg really coming from? A network of citizen science water samplers hopes to help answer that question.
Tag Archives Sustainability
On the hunt for Lake Winnipeg’s phosphorus problem
Citizen science initiative aims to help pinpoint sources of Lake Winnipeg’s excess nutrients
Funds for low-carbon industry coming to agriculture
Three-quarters of newest Low Carbon Economy Fund supported projects related to agriculture: government
The governments of Canada and Manitoba announced they will invest $10.9 million in Manitoba initiatives through the Low Carbon Economy Fund (LCEF).
Incentives boosted for marginal acre conversion
DUC, FCC and PespiCo team up to help producers get the most from unproductive cropland
Ducks Unlimited Canada and Farm Credit Canada have a new partner for their sustainability initiatives. DUC announced in late May that multinational food company PepsiCo will help support FCC’s Sustainability Incentive Program. It links with DUC’s efforts to encourage producers to convert low productivity farmland into perennial cover. DUC’s Marginal Areas Program helps producers absorb
Sustainability demands pressure livestock feed industry
Farmers and the animal nutrition industry need to understand that feeding livestock today requires thinking about what comes out of an animal as much as what goes in, according to many at the Animal Nutrition Conference of Canada.
Teasing out the social angle of sustainable ag research
Recently funded network to bring together social scientists, agriculture and community groups
The federal government pledged the cash March 19 to launch the Common Ground Canada Network. The initiative will be led by Dalhousie University’s Karen Foster, Canada research chair in sustainable rural futures for Atlantic Canada.
Comment: Agroforestry can be a financial win or a trendy flop
Farmers must be set up for success if agroforestry is to live up to its promises
Imagine adding one thing to a field and suddenly, as well as producing food, it also generates building materials, fuel and fodder. At the same time, this change would nourish the health of the soil, regulate the micro-climate and support pest-controlling wildlife like beneficial insects. Or maybe that addition could produce a whole other crop.
Future growth in agriculture will require investment
Canadian ag at forefront of growth: FCC president
Glacier FarmMedia – Farm Credit Canada’s president is bullish about the future of Canadian farming. “Consumers around the world are counting on us to increase sustainable food production and, to do so, we will need to take on new risks, new beginnings and form new partnerships,” said Justine Hendricks at Canada’s Agriculture Day in Ottawa
Canada-made sustainability index gets funding boost
A pilot version of the index was published in May of 2023
The federal government has pledged more than $3.1 million for the continued development of a made in Canada sustainability index for agricultural products.
Editorial: Production, productivity and climate change
A tantalizing report from Farm Credit Canada recently estimated the riches that would flow if the productivity growth of the decades leading into the 21st century were to return. “Assuming the Canadian agriculture industry returns productivity growth to the plateau we recorded two decades ago, this would add as much as $30 billion in net
JBS improves record on cattle buying, audit finds
Less of the firm’s beef is coming from ranches with environmental or human rights issues
Reuters – JBS, the world’s largest meatpacker, has reduced cattle purchases from ranches with “irregularities” such as illegal deforestation, federal prosecutors found in their latest round of audits in the Amazonian state of Para, released Nov. 9. Prosecutors said in a briefing that six per cent of JBS’s audited cattle purchases came from farms potentially
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