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New use for vitamin C: cut your seed cost

Jun. 19, 2012 at 9:54 am CDT

It may or may not cure the common cold, but biochemists at the University of California, Riverside say vitamin C might reduce the cost of your seed by making it produce twins or triplets. Daniel R. Gallie and Zhong Chen found that increasing the level of dehydroascorbate reductase (DHAR), a […]

Weed scientists sound caution on crops grown for biofuel

Jun. 18, 2012 at 3:27 pm CDT

Stripe rust “evolving rapidly” in southern Alberta

Jun. 18, 2012 at 2:17 pm CDT

Pilot project helps Nova Scotia farmers implement health and safety plans

Jun. 15, 2012 at 10:27 am CDT

CROP CHECKUP: Potential for four generations of diamondbacks

Jun. 14, 2012 at 4:34 pm CDT

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Cross-country combine “Prairie Belle” retired

Jun. 14, 2012 at 3:12 pm CDT

After travelling 4,000 kilometres across Canada, and four years helping harvest crops and raise funds at the Big Quill Canadian Foodgrains Bank Community Growing Project, the Prairie Belle has been retired. The 1980 Massey Ferguson 860 combine became well known in 2000, when owner Nick Parsons drove it from his […]

Vancouver’s Kwantlen Polytechnic launches new bachelor of applied science in sustainable agriculture program

Jun. 14, 2012 at 11:45 am CDT

Kwantlen Polytechnic University is now accepting students for its new bachelor of applied science program in sustainable agriculture beginning September 2012. The program combines classroom and field-based learning designed to prepare students for professions including small scale farming, community organization leadership, government staff, consulting and public service. "The sustainable agriculture […]

New website helps consumers understand natural trans fats

Jun. 14, 2012 at 11:27 am CDT

It’s time for fresh thinking on trans fats – from health recommendations, to food choices to nutrition labeling. And now there is a new website to help. New research has unveiled that not all trans fats are created equal. A growing amount of evidence continues to suggest that industrial trans […]

By meristem-land

Thousands of rural kids to participate is agricultural safety education

Jun. 14, 2012 at 11:20 am CDT

The Canadian Agricultural Safety Association (CASA) says more than 13,500 children and participants in Canada will take part this year in Progressive Agriculture Safety Day events, the largest rural safety and health education program for children in North America. More than 70 Canadian events are scheduled across rural communities in […]

Quebec grocer and social movement group team up to deliver CSA produce

Jun. 13, 2012 at 2:32 pm CDT

The Quebec-based Metro supermarket chain is partnering with the social change organization Equiterre for a pilot project supporting Community Supported Agriculture (CSA). From June to November three of the chain’s stores – in Granby, Joliette and Trois-Rivieres – will serve as a drop off point for produce baskets from operations […]

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