Insights and Stories on General

China’s sovereign wealth fund says to invest more in agriculture

Jun. 18, 2014 at 3:22 am CDT

Singapore | Reuters — China’s sovereign wealth fund is eyeing more investments in agriculture, including partnerships with governments and other institutional investors, its top executive said in the Financial Times, in the latest sign that China wants a bigger foothold in the food industry. China Investment Corp. would also strive […]

Replacement named for retiring Farm Credit chief

Jun. 16, 2014 at 12:48 pm CDT

By Staff

Anti-spam rules to weigh on all commercial email

Jun. 16, 2014 at 12:56 am CDT

By Staff

Sustainability, health, development hooked into NDP food plan

Jun. 4, 2014 at 6:30 pm CDT

By Dave Bedard

AAFC’s ag adaptaton program renewed, trimmed

May. 27, 2014 at 4:18 am CDT

By Staff

World food prices drop in April due to falling dairy

May. 9, 2014 at 8:13 am CDT

Rome | Reuters — Global food prices fell in April, led by a sharp drop in dairy prices due to reduced buying by China and Russia and an extended season in New Zealand that boosted stocks, the United Nations’ food agency said on Thursday. The Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) […]

Farming scholarship application deadline looms

Apr. 15, 2014 at 2:44 pm CDT

Applications for the 2015 Canadian Nuffield Farming Scholarship Trust are due by April 30. Up to three scholarships of $15,000 each are available. Application forms are available online. Nuffield scholarships are awarded to enthusiastic individuals with a passion for agriculture and a desire to expand their knowledge, pursue new ideas […]

By Nuffield

Extended in-laws

Apr. 4, 2014 at 9:20 am CDT

When you are marrying you are also becoming part of the extended family web Note: DIL equals daughter-in-law, MIL equals mother-in-law, FIL equals father-in-law When we think of in-laws, we often think of DILs, MILs, FILs, but in-laws also include the sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law who may be involved in the […]

By Elaine Froese

World food prices jump again in March, FAO says

Apr. 3, 2014 at 6:03 pm CDT

Rome | Reuters — Global food prices rose to their highest in almost a year in March, led by unfavourable weather for crops and political tensions over Ukraine, the United Nations food agency said on Thursday. The Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) price index, which measures monthly price changes for […]

By Naomi O'Leary

Local victory

Mar. 28, 2014 at 12:48 pm CDT

A decade later, it looks like local food has more staying power than anyone imagined It wasn’t exactly launched by a book, although Alisa Smith and J.B. MacKinnon’s best-seller The 100-Mile Diet: A Year of Local Eating did give a major boost to the local food market in 2007 by shining […]

By Helen Lammers-Helps