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Ottawa trying to help increase diversity in agriculture
Few parts of Canada’s agri-food sector can be considered diverse. Food processing is the exception; it employs many new Canadians and represents a huge part…
Household agriculture helps keep Ukraine fed
Growing a garden is more a labour of love than of economy, right? Gardeners are proud of their efforts, from earth to table. If they…
Big farms – and small farms – are growing
Agricultural census watchers have seen farm numbers dwindle ever since the 1940s. They fell from almost 247,000 in 2001 to about 193,500 in 2016, when…
Efforts underway to help farmers grow and raise more food
A big question about the global food supply that hasn’t really been answered is where all the grain is supposed to come from that was…
Farmers’ mental health woes worsen – and affect women harder
The picture of Canadian farmers’ beleaguered mental health just got clearer…and it’s not a pretty sight. A study released Monday by University of Guelph researchers…
Inflation is hammering everyone – including farmers
My students in a class called public information campaigns are creating three-month initiatives to put farmers’ role in the rising cost of food in perspective.…
It was a good Friday for Ukrainian planting forecasts
Perhaps it’s prophetic that Ukraine upped its grain planting forecast just before Easter. Earlier in the Russian invasion, it sure seemed like it would take…
Poll shows public support is huge for Canadian agriculture
Farmers needing a morale boost this busy planting season would do well to check the latest poll showing Canadians are huge fans. On Tuesday, Grassroots…
Emergency plan needed for foreign workers, says food sector
No one wants to return to the food insecurity scare we had at the start of the pandemic. Even though food insecurity turned out to…
Working together: A winning approach to curbing emissions
Synthetic fertilizer is blamed for many environmental ills, such as algae blooms in waterways and contributing to greenhouse gas. Some people want farmers to simply…
