Second Harvest, Canada’s largest food redistribution organization, is asking food businesses of all types and sizes including farms for input on how to better identify the volume, types and potential sources of edible food. Canada’s commitment to reduce food waste and associated carbon emissions, coupled with the COVID-19 crisis and its impacts on the number […] Read more
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University of Guelph grads have new route to agrologist designation
The Ontario Institute of Agrologists recently launched a re-established partnership between the University of Guelph and the OIA. The partnership created a new entrance stream for University of Guelph recent graduates in 23 programs to automatically enter the OIA professional designation as an Articling Agrologist (A.Ag.). Students who are graduating in 2021 or have recently […] Read more
Ag More Than Ever gets new home
The Canadian Centre for Food Integrity (CCFI) has reached an agreement with Farm Credit Canada (FCC) to assume the leadership of one of the agriculture industry’s top public advocacy forums, Agriculture More Than Ever. “It is important to acknowledge the excellent work FCC has done to promote public trust in the Canadian food system through […] Read more
Activist acquittal could set precedent
Ruling won't have any bearing on charges under new trespass act
Animal activist Malcolm Klimowicz celebrated his criminal charge acquittal with an almost-18-minute video on Facebook. “The fur industry has attempted to punish me for publicizing the rampant animal cruelty I witnessed inside their facilities but now their baseless accusations and plans to make an example of me has backfired,” said Klimowicz. Why it matters: The […] Read more
Mushrooms exposed to UV light produce Vitamin D
Research results could lead to value-added opportunities for producers
New research shows UV-C light treatment increases Vitamin D2 in mushroom caps and stems in both white and brown mushrooms. Why it matters: These new findings provide farmers with the opportunity to better manage their post-harvest handling and storage and can add value and nutritional benefits to consumers. Mushrooms are the only produce containing Vitamin […] Read more
Province to fund worker safety, automation tech
The pandemic created risk where workers had to be close together
Ontario is investing $22 million to try to spark sector-specific innovation, especially related to worker safety. The Agri-Tech Innovation Program is a cost-share initiative spurring large and small farm operations and processors to adopt innovative and new technologies to increase the health and safety of workers and increase efficiencies and productivity. Why it matters: The […] Read more
Editorial: Inflation worries
Gen Xers have enjoyed the stability the economic system has given them
I’ve been lucky to have spent most of my adult life in very stable economic times. Interest rates have been low and steady. Global trade and economic growth have been measured and predictable. Governments mostly spent within their means. Then the pandemic roiled trading systems, supply chains and supply and demand and that’s made me […] Read more
Agriculture workplaces grapple with change
Flexible hybrid work options and managing a return to face-to-face interactions top the trends
A worldwide pandemic, technology and the ability to adapt on the fly have catapulted agriculture-based business into a new hybrid dimension that will likely continue. In rapid succession, the agriculture workplace landscape morphed from a hands-on, in-person machine to one of virtual meetings, touchless billing and payment systems and greater demand for accessible and reliable […] Read more
University of Guelph students win marketing competition
CAMA student team beats 23 other schools with novel yogurt product
For the first time in nearly 20 years, the Guelph student chapter of the Canadian Agri-Marketing Association (CAMA) has won the student competition at the annual National Agri-Marketing Association (NAMA) student chapter marketing competition. Each year, 20 to 30 teams from universities and colleges in the U.S. and Canada participate in this competition, where they […] Read more
‘Right to repair’ rules prove challenging
Creating legislation that enforces a right to repair has been popular around the world, but why has most legislation not passed?
Countries around the world are considering the rights of consumers and farmers to repair everything from medical equipment to phones, but few legislative bills have made it into law, including in Canada. In farm circles, “right to repair” refers to the ability to fix machinery hardware as well as software. The concept has been hotly […] Read more
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