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Greenhouse manager Carmen Grey lifts a raft of lettuce to show the roots underneath.
Farmit Manitoba

Synergistic farming system teaches kids business, science

MBTI’s aquaponics operation grows fish and fresh produce in the heart of Winnipeg

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Outside snow is piled high and despite the bright sun, it’s a frigid Winnipeg afternoon. Cars whiz by on McPhillips Street. But out of sight of traffic and the railway tracks, fish swirl past the windows of two blue tanks and lettuce, chard and herbs dangle roots from bobbing Styrofoam rafts. In a warm, sunlit
Jeff Veenstra grows vegetables on Wild Earth Farms near Birds Hill Park, northeast of Winnipeg.
Farmit Manitoba

Acreage requirement drop for veggie insurance first step for small-scale farmers

Move shows MASC is listening to call for scale-appropriate BRMs, says Direct Farm Manitoba

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A drop in acreage required to insure vegetable crops has opened a door for smaller-scale and direct-marketing farmers. “This has really changed our ability to be insured quite significantly,” said Jeff Veenstra who farms northeast of Winnipeg. On January 25, the province announced it would reduce the minimum required acres for vegetable acreage loss insurance
File photo of Canadian farm-grown blueberries. (LittleCityLifestylePhotography/iStock/Getty Images)
Crops, Weather

Prizes put up to develop year-round berry production in Canada

Weston Foundation's new challenge backed with $33 million

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A philanthropic foundation focused on improving public health now wants to improve diets by finding ways to juice up Canada’s home-grown fruit supplies. The Weston Family Foundation on Tuesday pledged $33 million over six years for what it calls the Homegrown Innovation Challenge, a prize challenge pitting ideas against ideas with the goal of extending
“French fry?” McIntosh talks potatoes with a youngster in this undated commercial, posted to YouTube nine years ago.
Farmit Manitoba

Peak of the Market president to retire after 27 years

A Toronto kid with no ties to agriculture, Larry McIntosh learned to love Manitoba, then its vegetable farmers

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The face of Manitoba vegetables, Larry McIntosh, is retiring after 27 years with Peak of the Market. “There’s no question, I’m going to miss the people and the positive environment,” Larry McIntosh told the Co-operator. “I love coming to work every day. We have a lot of fun.” Under McIntosh’s direction as president and CEO,
Ben Hartman and Rachel Hershberger grow vegetables on just over half an acre near Goshen, Indiana.
Farmit Manitoba, News

Ruthlessly cutting waste can allow small farms to prosper

A mindset originally developed in the rice fields of Japan still translates to the modern North American farm

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Ruthless cutting of waste in all its forms has long allowed farmers — from 1600s Japan to reconstruction-era Alabama — to make a living on tiny plots of land. It’s how today’s small-scale farmers can do the same, says farmer and author Ben Hartman. “Turning waste into useful channels should be the slogan of every
The first crop of AppHarvest’s beefsteak tomatoes grows at its flagship farm in Morehead, Kentucky in an undated photograph.
Crops, News

Investors seed indoor farms as pandemic disrupts food supplies

Some see it as an environmental panacea, others as a disaster in the making

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Reuters – Investors used to brush off Amin Jadavji’s pitch to buy Elevate Farms’ vertical growing technology and produce stacks of leafy greens indoors with artificial light. “They would say, ‘This is great, but it sounds like a science experiment,’” said Jadavji, CEO of Toronto-based Elevate. Now, indoor farms are positioning themselves as one of
Onions are sold at a market at Dharavi, one of Asia’s largest slums, in Mumbai, India on April 7, 2020. (File photo: Reuters/Francis Mascarenhas)
Crops, Markets

High food prices hurting India’s poor

Inflation pain expected to persist for months yet

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New Delhi | Reuters — India’s retail inflation may stay elevated for at least three more months after hitting a six-year high in October, as excess rain has damaged standing crops and seedlings, while edible oils that the country imports have become expensive. The high prices are a particular cause of concern for India’s hundreds
Before the pandemic hit, the food industry’s labour shortages were barely on the public’s radar.
Editorial, Op/Ed

Editorial: Our food security is vulnerable

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A common theme that emerges when talking to food-industry observers about the ongoing pandemic is that while Canada’s agriculture and food systems are highly efficient and productive, they lack resilience. Six months into a pandemic that shows no signs of being over any time soon, cracks that were virtually invisible before are now becoming impossible
Los Angeles County firefighters patrol the front fire lines Friday night from the Bobcat Fire near Juniper Hills, California on Sept. 18, 2020.
Comment, Op/Ed

Comment: As California burns, so does our winter lettuce

Canada has always relied on imported fresh fruits and vegetables in the winter months

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California is on fire. Although most of the fire-affected territory has nothing to do with agriculture, the smoke is so intense that it could damage many crops. As the fall approaches, the California fires could affect our food supply in Canada for the coming months. Like the labour issues affecting farmers this summer domestically, this
(File photo by Greg Berg)
Crops

Newfoundland farmers may shoot problem moose at night

Province to provide permits to qualified farmers

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Moose causing crop damage on farms in Newfoundland and Labrador may now be shot by farmers at night under a new special permit system. Farmers dealing with “problem moose” can now apply for permits for night shooting, via provincial agriculture development officers in their areas, the provincial fisheries and land resources department said Thursday. The

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