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Federal Support For Organic Marketing

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Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz has announced an investment of more than $150,000 to assist the Canada Organic Trade Association (COTA) in promoting Canada’s high-quality organic products to consumers abroad. COTA is one of several organic organizations across the country that is partnering to make Organic Week Oct. 11 to 16 a success. “This investment will
Crops

Organic Agriculture Is The Future

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Does organic agriculture have a future? For some, such as well-known plant scientist E. Ann Clark, organic is the future. In a paper released earlier this year, the University of Guelph professor joined those who say that the end of cheap oil will mean the end of conventional agriculture as it’s currently practised. “(T)he future
Opinion

Buy Local — But Ignore The “Locavores” Nonsense

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You can’t open the food section of your newspaper these days without another sermon on the virtues of eating local. The eulogy takes as self-evident the moral superiority of the gospel of locavorism: relocalizing the food supply promotes sustainability because it reduces the fossil fuel needed to deliver the food. Buying local makes a good
Crops, Forages

The Role Of Cover Crops In Healthy Soil

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Want healthier soil, higher yields and lower input costs? Then take a page from Mother Nature’s playbook. That was the message from the recent Cover Crop Field Day in Bangor, Saskatchewan, organized by the Parkland Holistic Management club. The highlight of the tour was the farm of Garry Richards who, after taking a holistic management
Crops

Harnessing Natural Alternatives To Synthetic Fertilizers

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For more than 50 years, farmers have been using synthetic fertilizers and pesticides to increase our food production, and with great success. These fertilizers, often made from fossil fuels, used to be relatively cheap and convenient. As prices increase, however, both farmers and consumers are feeling the pinch of higher costs for producing and buying
Beef cattle, Forages, Livestock, News

MCPA Optimistic Aid Program Coming For Manitoba Cattle – for Aug. 26, 2010

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Manitoba Cattle Producers Association (MCPA) president Major Jay Fox is optimistic an aid program will be announced by month’s end for cattle farmers struggling in the wake of excess moisture. Fox met with Manitoba Agriculture Minister Stan Struthers Aug. 17. Following the meeting, Struthers said in a news release “the province will continue to monitor
Livestock

Organic Farm Dream Contest Winner Announced – for Aug. 19, 2010

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An avid backyard gardener who dreams of setting up an organic greenhouse operation is the winner of the Manitoba Farm Mentorship’s “So You Want to be an Organic Farmer!” contest. Drew Bouchard, 21, is currently taking the Prairie Horticulture Certificate Program, specializing in greenhouse crop production. Upon being notified of his win, Bouchard promptly chose
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MZTRA Farm Tests Jumpstart Inoculant On Canola – for Aug. 12, 2010

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An Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada researcher has launched a study to find out whether Jumpstart really works. Ramona Mohr will be examining how the phosphate-solubilizing seed inoculant containing the naturally occurring fungi Penicillium bilaii, will affect growth, P uptake, yield and quality of canola at the MZTRA farm, and a handful of other sites in

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