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Higher grain prices not source of higher food prices: report

Nov. 2, 2007 at 1:59 pm CDT

Food prices in Canada are up but directly linking this trend to higher grain prices is an over-simplification according to a new report by the George Morris Centre. The independent agriculture think tank, based in Guelph, Ont., says drawing a straight line between the four per cent increase in food […]

Ottawa backs HACCP for grocers

Oct. 31, 2007 at 1:33 pm CDT

By FBC staff

Planet Organic sales up 47 per cent

Oct. 30, 2007 at 4:31 pm CDT

By FBC staff

B.C. to freeze rural representation

Oct. 25, 2007 at 10:45 pm CDT

By FBC staff

Health Canada launches food recall database

Oct. 24, 2007 at 4:36 pm CDT

By FBC staff

Grains boost Scotiabank commodity index

Oct. 24, 2007 at 1:56 pm CDT

The agricultural index in Scotiabank’s Commodity Price Index jumped 6.7 per cent month-over-month during September, helping pull the commodity index out of a three-month decline. Patricia Mohr, the company’s vice-president of economics and commodity market specialist, wrote in a research report Wednesday that agriculture and energy helped the overall index […]

By FBC staff

Input sought on Jordan FTA

Oct. 24, 2007 at 11:27 am CDT

With eyes on a possible free trade deal, the federal government wants to hear from Canadians on their views and experiences dealing with the kingdom of Jordan. A call for consultations, issued Monday, stems from talks in July between Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Jordan’s King Abdullah II, where the […]

By FBC staff

Farmers await “actual deliverables” from Throne Speech

Oct. 17, 2007 at 2:25 pm CDT

Farm groups say they’re looking forward to movement on some or all of the farming-related points in last night’s federal Speech from the Throne, but also wonder about the government’s plans on issues left unmentioned. The speech, delivered Tuesday evening by Governor General Michaelle Jean on the Tory government’s behalf, […]

By FBC staff

Alta. to offset farmers’ costs with $165M

Oct. 16, 2007 at 7:11 pm CDT

Alberta will soon launch a provincial farm recovery plan with $165 million in “transitional” payments to help offset its farmers’ rising feed, fuel and fertilizer costs. Agriculture Minister George Groeneveld announced in a release today that the province will start delivery of the farm recovery plan (AFRP) for eligible farmers […]

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Market potential limited for “local food”: report

Oct. 16, 2007 at 6:59 pm CDT

Demand for “local food” is on the rise but can’t expand nearly as far some of its promoters claim it will, according to a report released today by the George Morris Centre. Martin Gooch, a research associate at the Guelph-based agricultural think tank, writes that “the extent to which some […]

By FBC staff