The Common Ground Canada Network will tackle questions of how social factors intersect with sustainable agriculture. Photo: stevegeer/iStock/Getty Images

Teasing out the social angle of sustainable ag research

Recently funded network to bring together social scientists, agriculture and community groups

The federal government pledged the cash March 19 to launch the Common Ground Canada Network. The initiative will be led by Dalhousie University’s Karen Foster, Canada research chair in sustainable rural futures for Atlantic Canada.

Port of Manila, Philippines. Photo: 	Tupungato/iStock/Getty Images

MacAulay opens Indo-Pacific ag office

Moment 'pivotal' for the hog sector, Canadian Pork Council says

The Canadian Pork Council joined federal ag minister Lawrence MacAulay in Manila, Philippines, to open Canada's first Indo-Pacific agriculture office, it said today, calling the opening a "pivotal moment" for the Canadian pork sector.