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Here’s a second chance for small- and medium farms
People who value the image of old-time agriculture and traditional farm values will be pleased to know small- and medium-sized farms could be poised to…
Technology gets another look as Africa feeds growing pop.
The “Help Feed Africa” mantra that, with good intentions, once dominated aid and development to the continent, shifted decades ago to “Help Africa Feed Africa.”…
Being ethical should come naturally to the grocery sector
Canada’s grocery industry is in the throes of creating a code of conduct. And given the way it’s raked in profits in the face of…
New emphasis put on farming sustainability and resilience
Overall farm incomes in the US have reached record highs. That doesn’t look good, given the price of food. Yet nearly half of farm households…
Less-protected trade has arrived for farmers
Since the 1970s, Canada’s supply-managed sectors (dairy, poultry and eggs) have been protected from imports by federally imposed restrictions. The sectors had long said they…
Health and wellness tops this food trends list
Staying healthy just keeps getting more important – ask anyone staring down a waiting line in a hospital emergency ward over the holidays. Illnesses that…
Will 2023 be the Year of The Farmer?
The idea that corporate farms are rampant in agriculture is false. But like many untruths, it won’t go away, so it needs to be constantly…
Farming innovations are lost on many of us
Farmers are using all kinds of technologies and innovations to grow your food. You’ve read about some of them here – genetically modified crops, targeted…
Revving up the agri-food “moonshot” against cancer
Reaching for an awesome, near-impossible, almost unimaginable height – that’s a moonshot, a term that’s crept into our vernacular, relating back to 1969 when the…
Farmland and environmentalists kick back at Greenbelt grab
Predictably, once he was re-elected, Ontario Premier Doug Ford took almost no time to break his Greenbelt preservation promise. Last month he announced plans to…
