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Small farm, big city

Jun. 13, 2012 at 9:12 am CDT

A small farm in the country’s largest city has gotten a new lease on life. Toronto media are reporting a new deal that will keep Riverdale Farm open to the public. It’s a farm and interpretive centre that’s been a long-time draw for young families in Toronto and its future […]

Ag proficiency in Africa needed to feed world

Jun. 8, 2012 at 4:14 pm CDT

By Ralph Pearce

Single CFIA safety model proposed for all food groups

Jun. 5, 2012 at 5:38 am CDT

Former Sask. ag critic named ag minister in shuffle

May. 25, 2012 at 1:23 pm CDT

Canola, cattle lead rise in gross farm revenues

May. 25, 2012 at 4:05 am CDT

PotashCorp to cut staff at U.S. phosphate plant

May. 22, 2012 at 6:35 pm CDT

Saskatoon’s PotashCorp plans to cut about 15 per cent of the workforce at its phosphate mine and fertilizer and feed supplement plant in North Carolina through "voluntary separations" and layoffs. "As a company, we never take these decisions lightly," Steve Beckel, general manager of the company’s plant at Aurora, about […]

Canada asked to address ‘reality’ of food insecurity

May. 16, 2012 at 5:10 pm CDT

A United Nations expert sees Canada’s "export-led" agricultural and trade policies hampering the farming sector’s ability to move to "sustainable and decentralized" food systems. Olivier De Schutter, the UN’s special rapporteur on the right to food, wrapped up his official visit to Canada on Wednesday with a statement that credits […]

By Dave Bedard

Census logs fewer and larger farms, more crops, less beef

May. 11, 2012 at 8:27 am CDT

Canada’s latest Census of Agriculture charts an evolution in Canadian farming that will surprise no one in the sector: fewer, larger farms operated largely by Boomers. The 2011 census, released Thursday, counts 205,730 census farms in Canada, down 10.3 per cent from the previous census in 2006, operated by 293,925 […]

CFIA to consolidate labs, shed quarantine stations

Apr. 26, 2012 at 8:22 am CDT

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s cost-trimming proposals now include plans to shut down lab work in St. John’s, combine some of its lab space in B.C., consolidate other offices and sell off three unused quarantine inspection stations on the Prairies. The federal agency on Wednesday announced plans to consolidate "a […]

FREE to good home: FARM PROGRESS tickets

Apr. 24, 2012 at 2:30 pm CDT

Editor’s Note: Well, that was quick. This contest is now closed. Ticket winners will be notified in the next few days by email, with tickets to follow by mail. Thanks to everyone who entered, and we hope to see you at the show. Haven’t got your tickets yet for Canada’s […]

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