The federal government is providing an “initial amount” of $252 million to Canadian farmers and food processors to help them weather the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Tuesday. Trudeau announced a new $77 million fund… »
Highlights / agriculture
COVID-19 threatens Canada’s food supply, farmers warn
Canada’s domestic food supply needs to be the federal government’s highest priority following healthcare in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, says the Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA). Mary Robinson, president of the CFA, which represents more than 200,000 farmers… »
Temporary foreign workers will be allowed into Canada
One of the critical concerns of Canadian food producers in the midst of the coronavirus crisis is that of temporary foreign workers (TFW) and seasonal agricultural foreign workers. Last week the federal government announced travel bans into Canada for non-residents,… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Health
Book: From ‘Dirt to Dinner’-Teaching children about where food comes from
Where does food come from? Do kids really know? It’s an interesting question and the fact is that as society becomes more urbanised, more children don’t realize that food, their hamburgers, bread, eggs, milk, breakfast cereal etc, originates on a… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life
Canadians, farming, food: medium interest, but far less knowledge
We simply cannot survive without food. As food comes from farms one might think there’d be considerable interest in knowing or wanting to know at least a little about how one’s food is created. Apparently not. A new Canadian study… »
Arts & Entertainment, Environment & Animal Life, International
The international plowing match 2019
If you like horses, old tractors, new tractors, antique farm equipment, new farm equipment, crafts, food, old skills, a variety of skills testing and competitions like, oh say, pumpkin launching, and agriculture in general, then you would know about the… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, International, Internet, Science & Technology
‘Super-weeds’- a new and growing problem for farming
You’ve heard of antibiotic resistant “super-bugs”, now we have herbicide resistant “super-weeds” We have long been hearing about the very serious concern of anti-biotic resistant bacteria, but farmers around the world are facing a similar type of problem. Weeds are… »
Economy, International, Politics
Canada confident Italy will eventually ratify CETA, Freeland
Foreign Affairs Chrystia Freeland said Thursday she is confident Italy will eventually ratify a sweeping free trade agreement between Canada and the European Union despite opposition to the deal by the new government in Rome. She was responding to reports… »
Economy, International, Politics
Agriculture minister heads to China to boost Canadian food exports
Canada’s Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Lawrence MacAulay is heading to China on a week-long trade mission to showcase Canada’s agri-food and seafood and boost Canadian agricultural exports, officials said Friday. During his trip to China from May 14 to 18, MacAulay is expected to hold… »
Anxious, depressed farmers need help: foundation
A survey of more than 1,100 Canadian farmers found that 45 per cent had high stress, 58 per cent were classified with varying levels of anxiety and 35 per cent with depression. That’s two to four times higher than farmers… »
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