High commissioner’s past work serves him well because ag issues can be major irritants in trade deals
Glacier FarmMedia – As high commissioner to the United Kingdom, Ralph Goodale is in the midst of issues important to Canadian farmers. Since his 2021 appointment, Goodale has pushed the U.K. to drop what Canada claims to be illegal restrictions on imports of Canadian beef. Canada has also struggled with the European Union over implementation […] Read moreTag Archives Cheese
Farmers like Canadian response to U.K.
WINNIPEG — Canada is sticking to its guns following the United Kingdom’s retreat from bilateral trade talks, refusing to provide extra access to Canada’s protected cheese market and insisting the U.K. stop discriminating against Canadian meat. “The one thing we won’t do is be snookered or get intimidated into signing a bad deal. That’s not […] Read more
United Kingdom needs to abandon its cheesy behaviour
Why should Canada do a special favour for the United Kingdom when that country is discriminating against Canadian farmers and libelling Canada’s food safety standards? That eminently reasonable question has been raised in this space in recent months. It’s also being pointedly asked and discussed on page 12 of this week’s issue by none other […] Read more
Norwegian farmer named world’s big cheese
Jorn Hafslund raises only 12 Norwegian Red cows, but managed to see his gouda named the world’s best cheese last fall
Showing how being the best doesn’t necessarily mean being the biggest, a small farmer from Norway has been selected as the best cheese producer in the world. With a herd of 12 Norwegian Red cows, Jorn Hafslund from Ostegarden won the accolade in November with his gouda cheese, Fanaost. It emerged as the top cheese […] Read more
Unease growing in EU over CETA cheese clause
Canada’s dairy farmers say they have no comment on reports of a spat brewing over cheese allocations under the incoming trade agreement with the European Union. Most measures under the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement are expected to take effect July 1. The agreement will allow an additional 16,000 tonnes of high-quality cheese and 1,700 […] Read more
What’s in a name?
Non-genetically modified certified cheese will be available for sale at Canadian grocery stores sometime in 2017. But the company behind the new product wants to make something clear: It won’t be selling non-GM cheese. It’s more complicated. The company will be using milk from cows fed non-GM grains and oilseeds to make its non-GM verified […] Read more
Manitoba cheese company to tap into GMO-free market
For consumers who want it, cheese produced from the milk of cows fed non-genetically-modified feed will soon be available at grocery stores in Canada. On Tuesday, Bothwell Cheese announced plans to produce and sell this new cheese in 2017. The company, based in the southeastern Manitoba town of New Bothwell, said it would soon launch […] Read more
The art of cheese
Olga Payne didn’t make a special batch of cheese to enter in the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair. The manager of Tiras Dairies simply pulled the cheese out of the cooler shelf and sent it to Toronto for the competition. The Camrose cheese maker won first place in a hard cheese category with her saganaki, second […] Read more
Chef makes gouda special of the day
Glasgow Glen Farms produces 16 flavours of cheese
NEW GLASGOW, P.E.I. — When Jeff McCourt wanted to buy a popular gouda cheese business in his home province of Prince Edward Island, he needed financing. He decided to sell cheese futures. Now those who bought those futures at $1,000 each receive their returns in cheese — six kilograms of artisanal gouda delivered twice a […] Read more
Cheese makers eager to expand product line
LANG, Sask. — Two-year-old Blythe Waddell-Holtom easily handles the livestock on her family’s farm. She carts a squirming Nigerian Dwarf goat kid around until it slides down and kicks out of her grasp, scampering off to join some others. It’s the kind of thing that could occupy a toddler for a while. But the goats […] Read more
