Sustainability
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Conservation efforts take to the air
Glacier FarmMedia – Back in 2007, I was fishing at my favourite wild rice lake in the Whiteshell when I…
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Corporate Canada moves ahead on sustainability
OTTAWA — The public might not be there yet, but some major buyers of farmers’ products are beginning to develop a…
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Inability to measure sustainability hinders action: McCain
OTTAWA — Farmers hear a lot of talk about sustainability but that’s often all they witness — talk, but not much…
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VIDEO: Sustainability apathy high: McCain
OTTAWA — The public says it cares about climate change, but won’t pay for it in money or bother. Canada’s…
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Grassland payment proposal gains momentum
BRANDON — The Canadian Cattle Association has been getting a “warm” reception from the federal government as it proposes a…
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Producer bucks the trend with a mixed farm
Mixed farms, which produce both grain and cattle, don’t get a lot of attention. In fact, you could call them…

Drought, farms and The Beaver Manifesto
Beavers have a water management role — especially during drought — book argues, despite the rodents being less than popular with farmers
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Flax pellet plans move back to Saskatchewan

Food giants set out to sell producers on regenerative ag
Pepsico and Walmart want to see regenerative agriculture practices used on two million North American acres by 2030
HOUSTON, Texas — Adam Kiel has some advice for farmers confronted by the dizzying array of regenerative agriculture programs. “There are many opportunities, and they are confusing, I’ll be the first to admit. But that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t try something,” said the managing director of the Soil and Water Outcomes Fund, a program run […] Read more
Conservation efforts take to the air

Corporate Canada moves ahead on sustainability
Companies such as McCain and McDonald’s aren’t waiting for consumers to catch up as they develop a new food system
OTTAWA — The public might not be there yet, but some major buyers of farmers’ products are beginning to develop a “sustainable” food system. “Consumers, they don’t get it. They don’t. They will, eventually, but we’re not going to wait,” Matt Kohler, McCain Foods Canada’s managing director, said at the Future of Food conference. “Our assumption […] Read more
Inability to measure sustainability hinders action: McCain
Maple Leaf Foods president says farmers and corporations frustrated over the inability to measure sustainable farming
OTTAWA — Farmers hear a lot of talk about sustainability but that’s often all they witness — talk, but not much walk. It’s a frustration not only for farmers but also the commercial powers that see potential in sustainable agriculture but an inability to get it recognized. To Maple Leaf Foods’ president and chief executive officer […] Read more
VIDEO: Sustainability apathy high: McCain

Grassland payment proposal gains momentum
Canadian Cattle Association says Ottawa appears open to a program that would pay producers to maintain grasslands
BRANDON — The Canadian Cattle Association has been getting a “warm” reception from the federal government as it proposes a new strategy to preserve the country’s grasslands, says vice-president Tyler Fulton. Last fall, the CCA, Ducks Unlimited and the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC)developed an idea called the Grasslands Conservation Initiative. The basic concept is […] Read more