Insights and Stories of FBC staff

Corn-based deodorant hits market

Sep. 24, 2007 at 5:09 pm CDT

Terra Naturals, a toiletries manufacturer based in Toronto and Vermont, has rolled out its first “natural” deodorant based on a corn sugar derivative. The company uses 1,3 propanediol, made by a joint venture between chemical company DuPont and sugar processor Tate & Lyle, as a substitute for petroleum-based propylene glycol. […]

Former Cargill chief on port board

Sep. 24, 2007 at 3:01 pm CDT

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CFA blasts GROU container disposal fees

Sep. 21, 2007 at 3:32 pm CDT

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Sask. widens net for CWD survey

Sep. 21, 2007 at 2:45 pm CDT

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Due diligence underway on CWB initials: Ritz

Sep. 21, 2007 at 1:12 pm CDT

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CFIA lowers U.S. rice restrictions

Sep. 21, 2007 at 12:22 pm CDT

Canada will scale back its import requirements on U.S. long-grain rice after having found no reportable levels of two unregistered, genetically modified (GM) varieties that found their way into the U.S. supply. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has tested and sampled long-grain rice from the U.S. for traces of LLRice601 […]

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Maritimes prepare for Open Farm Day

Sep. 21, 2007 at 11:44 am CDT

Thirty-three farms in New Brunswick, 20 on Prince Edward Island and 18 in Newfoundland and Labrador will open their doors to the public as part of those provinces’ Open Farm Day, set for Sept. 23 (Sunday). The event will be held on the same day as Nova Scotia’s Open Farm […]

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Sask. beats feds’ target for EFP uptake

Sep. 21, 2007 at 11:15 am CDT

Saskatchewan farmers have beaten Ottawa’s expectations for the Environmental Farm Plan (EFP) program by almost 40 per cent so far. Federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz and Mark Wartman, his provincial counterpart, said yesterday in Regina that 9,000 Saskatchewan farms have completed EFPs in the past two years, well past the […]

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Man. loans for small-scale energy projects

Sep. 20, 2007 at 11:34 pm CDT

Manitoba Agricultural Services Corp. will now offer loans for Manitobans to develop small-scale ethanol, biodiesel or wind power projects. The province’s new alternate energy loans program, announced Thursday by Agriculture Minister Rosann Wowchuk, will loan up to $525,000 per individual or $1.05 million per corporation or partnership for terms up […]

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Retail promotions tout Prairie wheat

Sep. 20, 2007 at 5:05 pm CDT

In a bid to build the brand of Prairie wheat at home, the Canadian Wheat Board and Robin Hood flour have launched what the CWB calls its first major national foray into co-branding. The promotion will include a wheat quality message and label (“Canadian wheat makes it good” with the […]

By FBC staff