The agriculture sector will have a voice on the premier’s Advisory Committee on Climate Change. Ontario Federation of Agriculture President Keith Currie was recently appointed to the new committee. “I’m […] Read more
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Currie appointed to climate change committee
U.S. utilities turn to farms in climate change fight
The United States, and especially California is ahead of Canada in adopting renewable natural gas
Reuters – Joey Airoso has always been proud of his cows, whose milk goes into the butter sold by national dairy company Land O’Lakes. Now he has something new to […] Read more
Editorial: Finding new ways of thinking
It pays to get out of your comfort zone sometimes, pushed to think a bit differently — especially if it’s about your line of work or something about which you […] Read more
Agriculture and climate change
There is a positive side to the story of agriculture and climate change. Why is it so hard getting anyone to listen?
The Canadian Agri-food Policy Institute (CAPI) recently painted a picture of Canadian agriculture and greenhouse gas emissions that runs counter to commonly held public perceptions. The CAPI paper said generally […] Read more
WMO urges drastic action as global average temperature set to rise again
A 2015 treaty signed by 200 nations that set a goal of limiting warming to below pre-industrial levels is being changed
Geneva | Reuters – The global average temperature is set to rise to at least 1.2 to 1.3 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels over the next five years, a World […] Read more
Study looks at how soils hold carbon
Science Notes: Whether carbon is held or released by soil has many influences
Researchers are using synchrotron light to better understand the impact of climate change on more than three trillion metric tonnes of soil carbon around the world. Using the Canadian Light […] Read more
Farm couple each head organic organizations
Gillian Flies takes over as president of Canadian Organic Growers
Dinner-table discussions at The New Farm near Creemore are taking on a heightened significance for Ontario’s organic farming community in 2019, as both members of the farm’s husband-and-wife management team […] Read more
Researchers work together to find high-tech solutions to deal with hotter climate
Scientists are looking at everything from improved genetics to robots to help farmers maintain productivity as the world heats up
London | Thomson Reuters Foundation – In decades to come, African farmers may pool their money to buy small robot vehicles to weed their fields or drones that can hover […] Read more
The natural heritage debate
Provincial land use direction continues to raise concerns with farmers who haven't been consulted
Farmers are worried that a change in the designation of their land to “natural heritage” will affect their ability to farm in the future. Farmers in Huron County are the […] Read more
Table scraps could be used to reduce fossil fuel use
Science Notes: Ontario technology could be more efficient than anaerobic digestion
Wasted food can be affordably turned into a clean substitute for fossil fuels. New technology developed by researchers at Ontario’s University of Waterloo uses natural fermentation to produce a biodegradable […] Read more
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