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Mar. 8, 2019 at 1:13 pm CST

At a recent event entitled ‘AgroEcology and the Economics of Organics,’ Brenda Tjaden of Sustainable Grain offered a presentation on the economic opportunities for organics in Western Canada. In this video, Tjaden looks at how converting over a million acres in Western Canada to certified organic can have little negative […]

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Mar. 1, 2019 at 12:35 pm CST

Read more: Ample supply of organic feed grains putting pressure on prices 

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Mar. 1, 2019 at 12:34 pm CST

By Glen Hallick Glacier FarmMedia staff  With large quantities of organic feed grains in the commercial pipeline, prices have become soft, according to several participants. “There’s a fair bit of feed quality grain out there keeping that margin down,” said Scott Shiels of Grain Millers Canada Corp, adding this has […]

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Feb. 20, 2019 at 3:57 pm CST

By Glacier FarmMedia staff At a recent learning series called “AgroEcology and the Economics of Organics,” Brenda Tjaden, founder and CEO of Sustainable Grain, spoke about the fast-growing consumer shift toward organic foods, some of the challenges facing organic growers as they work to meet demand, and what Sustainable Grain […]

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Feb. 1, 2019 at 9:20 am CST

By Ashley Robinson Glacier FarmMedia staff  Even though it’s technically 2019, in southern Ontario some organic producers are still stuck in 2018 – at least when it comes to harvest. “We’ve still got guys combining (soybeans) with snow on them. It never got dry and they were waiting for them […]

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