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Here’s your chance

By Laura Rance-Unger April 30, 2012

It’s a common rant in the coffee shops and at the microphone of farm meetings. It’s been the subject of conferences and multi-stakeholder think-tanks. People outside of agriculture just don’t understand what it means to be a farmer. Farm Credit Canada recently consulted with its Farm Vision Panel on the matter and came up with

Country Crossroads, News

Plenty on the plate for food security groups

By Lorraine Stevenson March 29, 2012

Residents of Winnipeg’s St. Vital neighbourhood are digesting the results of a newly released study that reflects what matters to them about food. The Winnipeg suburb is one of several sites in Manitoba to undergo community food assessments in recent months, an initiative to better understand where residents buy or access food, if they grow

News

Better times ahead for organic farmers held on through downturn

By Daniel Winters March 29, 2012

The recession has taken its toll on Canada’s certified organic sector, but the worst may already be over. The number of Canadian certified organic farms peaked at 3,914 in 2009. Then the recession hit and that number fell 4.5 per cent nationwide, with a 16 per cent plunge in Saskatchewan, once home to the largest

News

Food panel releases first study results

By Lorraine Stevenson March 29, 2012

Eating out appears to be a once-a-week occasion for most Manitobans. We have strong views about local food but differing definitions of what “local” means. Most of us have never eaten buckwheat, hemp or flax-based foods. And while a little over 40 per cent of Manitobans buy organic food, an equal number don’t think organic

Beef cattle, Forages, Livestock, News

Experts cautiously bullish on prospects for Canadian cattle producers

By Shannon VanRaes January 12, 2012

The future holds both opportunities and risks for Canadian cattle producers. “In this economic environment, for those who are flexible and willing to look around the corner in their decision-making… there will be opportunities,” U.S. beef market expert Jim Robb told ranchers attending the Manitoba Forage Council’s recent grazing school in Winnipeg. Overseas demand, particularly

News

Farmers Turn To The Web To Burnish Image

By Carey Gillam October 27, 2011

October is a busy month for Kansas farmer Darin Grimm. With 2,000 acres of corn and soybeans to harvest, the third-generation family farmer is running a combine nearly dawn to dusk. But he still makes time to tweet. Whether it s touting the benefits of a new fertilizer, sharing photos of a newborn calf, debating

Cereals, News, Oilseeds

Ottawa Backs Push To Increase Exports Of Organic Foods

October 27, 2011

STAFF / The federal government is spending $195,000 to promote Canadian organic products abroad. The money will go to the Canada Organic Trade Association to enhance the industry s competitiveness in global markets, said Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz. Canada s organic farmers produce some of the world s most wholesome and healthy food, and are

Livestock

New Diets For Cows, Sheep Could Cut Emissions

April 7, 2011

New diets for cows and sheep could reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, research funded by the British government’s Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) shows. Feeding the animals maize silage, naked oats and higher-sugar grasses could reduce the amount of methane they produce, the study by Reading University and the Institute of Biological,

News

U.K. Organic Sales Stable After Recession Fall

By Nigel Hunt February 17, 2011

Sales of organic products in Britain has stabilized after a recession-driven decline which was particularly severe in the meat sector, the incoming director of the Soil Association said on Feb. 9. “Last year we saw a drop (in demand), particularly in some areas. The feeling is very much that it is more stable now and

News

Getting Local Food Into Cafeterias

By Lorraine Stevenson January 20, 2011

AManitoba project is looking for ways to get more locally grown foods served in institutions such as schools, universities, hospitals and other places where cafeterias potentially feed thousands of people on a daily basis. Over the past year, the Manitoba Farm to Cafeteria project has been exploring how to seize the market opportunities these larger

Daily Network News

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U.S. grains: Wheat trades near contract lows under ample global supply

Tag Archives Sustainable food system

Here’s your chance

Plenty on the plate for food security groups

Better times ahead for organic farmers held on through downturn

Food panel releases first study results

Ottawa Backs Push To Increase Exports Of Organic Foods

New Diets For Cows, Sheep Could Cut Emissions

U.K. Organic Sales Stable After Recession Fall

Getting Local Food Into Cafeterias

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