U.S. cowboy poet, storyteller and veterinarian Baxter Black, whose work was a fixture for years in farm journals including Grainews, died Friday at age 77, his family reported. Born in New York in 1945, Black grew up in southern New Mexico and graduated from Colorado State University in 1969. He later relocated from Colorado to […] Read more
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U.S. cowboy poet and veterinarian Baxter Black, 77
Black appeared on Carson, NPR and in Grainews
Canada launches offset credits to help tackle emissions
Landfill gas protocols now launched; ag-related protocols soon to follow
Reuters — Canada on Wednesday launched a credit system for greenhouse gas offsets, a major part of its plan to cut carbon emissions, starting with a set of rules stipulating how projects can generate tradeable credits by capturing gas from landfills. The government said protocols for four other sectors including agriculture and forest management are […] Read more
Scotlynn Farm and CEO plead guilty to COVID-19 related charge
Migrant worker advocacy groups disappointed at fine amount and allege continued abuses
Scotlynn SweetPac Farm, one of Canada’s largest migrant worker employers, and its CEO Scott Biddle have been convicted of breaking a workplace safety law. Biddle and the company pled guilty to one count of failing to take all reasonable precautions to protect a worker and agreed to pay a $125,000 fine plus a 25 per […] Read more
What’s next for the EFP?
Core funding, more staff and incorporation with government and private sector goals possible for Environmental Farm Plan
Changes could be coming to the Environmental Farm Plan (EFP) under the next agricultural policy framework. Although changes have yet to be formalized, users say the focus should be on delivery flexibility and improving farm businesses. The Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute (CAPI) hosted a presentation on May 5 detailing how the EFP could change. Researchers […] Read more
Home Grown marks one-year anniversary
OFA's campaign champions the protection of agricultural land
The Home Grown campaign underscores one unalienable truth – you cannot farm without farmland, said Peggy Brekveld. The Ontario Federation of Agriculture’s (OFA) advocacy and awareness campaign is now one year old, and is beginning to gain traction around responsible land planning policies that acknowledge the importance of preserving farmland to support the production of […] Read more
Ontario ag minister returns in another Tory majority
Lisa Thompson retains seat in election
Ontario’s governing Progressive Conservatives will head back to the legislature with their incumbent agriculture minister at the caucus table. Lisa Thompson, Premier Doug Ford’s minister of agriculture, food and rural affairs since June last year, easily held her southwestern riding of Huron-Bruce in Thursday’s provincial election by a spread of 15,594 votes over Liberal challenger […] Read more
Consumer relations could shape the future of agriculture and food
What is the biggest challenge facing Canadian agriculture? Will the sector play a role in creating the future or be forced to react to one that’s built by others? What will food of the future look like? These are the big-picture questions that Christina Crowley-Arklie believes agricultural groups should discuss. She thinks the Canadian agriculture […] Read more
Survey says: Latest census of ag shows farms getting bigger, more valuable
Canada’s most recent agriculture census reveals that farms are getting larger, and larger farms are netting the majority of total revenue. On May 11, Statistics Canada began releasing data from its 2021 Census of Agriculture. This first instalment, which focuses on farm and farm operator data, shows that trends identified in previous census cycles (the […] Read more
Over half Canada’s farm revenue now goes to biggest farms, census finds
More women operators, more sustainable practices, more growing under glass
While it shouldn’t surprise anyone that the number of larger farms by sales in Canada is rising and the number of smaller farms is declining, Canada’s newest ag census also shows larger farm classes now capturing the majority of total ag revenue. Statistics Canada on Wednesday began releasing data from its 2021 Census of Agriculture, […] Read more
‘Mr. 4-H’ appointed Food & Farming Champion
John Drummond of Waterloo has been a 4-H volunteer for 37 years
“I’m glad I didn’t duck out 15 minutes ago,” joked Food & Farming Champion recipient John Drummond. “I’m absolutely gobsmacked by this.” The Food & Farming Champion Award has been presented annually since 1999 by Food and Farm Care Ontario (FFCO) to recognize an individual or group’s commitment to public outreach and support for Ontario’s […] Read more
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