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Nigiri sushi made with cell-cultured snapper and plant-based ingredients created by CELL AG TECH, Toronto.
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New report says Canada can be global leader in cellular agriculture

Cellular ag food innovation could be a $12.5 billion national industry, says a recent science paper

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Canada could lead the cellular agriculture industry and create a $12.5 billion sector if it invests in building the infrastructure now, says a genomics expert. Dr. Bettina Hamelin released a first-of-its-kind Canadian report, ‘Cellular Agriculture — Canada’s $12.5 Billion Opportunity in Food Innovation,’ at the virtual 2021 Canadian Science Policy Conference held in late November. […] Read more
Canadian Drought Monitor map of drought conditions and intensity in Canada at Nov. 30, 2021. (AAFC)
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Precipitation eases drought conditions on Prairies

Hardest-hit Manitoba sees 'modest' improvements

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MarketsFarm — Varied amounts of precipitation are either maintaining or alleviating drought conditions in much of the Prairies, according to the latest nationwide drought map from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s (AAFC) Canadian Drought Monitor (CDM). The latest assessment for the period ended Nov. 30 showed very few areas of worsening drought in the region with […] Read more
Comment: A global methane pledge is great – but only if it doesn’t distract us from CO2 cuts
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Comment: A global methane pledge is great – but only if it doesn’t distract us from CO2 cuts

Climate change: The atmospheric life of methane and CO2 are dramatically different, but we aren’t in an either/or situation

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Leading an alliance of more than 100 countries, U.S. President Joe Biden and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen have launched the Global Methane Pledge – an agreement to cut methane emissions by 30 per cent between 2020 and 2030. Methane is a greenhouse gas that has caused about 0.5 C of global warming, according to […] Read more
Cropland in the Overberg region of South Africa’s Western Cape province. (Nini/E+/Getty Images)

South African plan to allow land expropriation fails to pass

Constitutional amendment defeated by ruling ANC's opponents on both sides

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Johannesburg | Reuters –– A proposal to change South Africa’s constitution to explicitly allow expropriation of land with no compensation failed to win the two-thirds of parliamentary votes that it needed on Tuesday. Lawmakers debated whether to change Section 25 of the constitution to enable authorities to seize land to address racial land inequalities left […] Read more
Container companies are choosing to eliminate the backhaul from Canada, which hurts exports, Pulse Canada says.
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Ottawa urged to tackle shipping container crisis

Pulse Canada says farmers and the entire Canadian economy are being damaged

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The Canadian government must address the container crunch hurting the country’s crop growers and every part of the Canadian economy, says Pulse Canada. “It’s no secret that life is getting more expensive by the day here in Canada, and the lack of containers is playing a big role in driving up the cost of living […] Read more
Although agriculture is exempt from most employment standard rules, any increase in the minimum wage will eventually affect farmers' bottom line.
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Farmers eye potential impacts from minimum wage hike

Despite agricultural exemptions, pay rates are typically affected

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The significant increase to minimum wage recently announced by the provincial government garnered a muted, and in some cases, positive response from Ontario’s agricultural sector. This is a contrast to reaction from the sector in 2018, when the last major increase occurred. According to one of the loudest voices of dissent from 2018, Hamilton-area broccoli […] Read more
As of Nov. 17, eligible expenses for the Enhanced Agri-food Workplace Protection Program will increase to $50,000 from $15,000 per farm and the application deadline is Feb. 1, 2022.
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Province expands eligibility under workplace protection program

Deadline extended to February 2022 to offset costs related to COVID-19

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The Ontario government has made changes to the Enhanced Agri-food Workplace Protection Program (EAWPP) that are expected to increase uptake by farmers. Eligible costs have expanded and the application deadline has been extended. “The health and wellbeing of the workforce in the agri-food sector is, and always has been, a priority for our government,” said […] Read more
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Canada shuts to seven African countries’ travelers

Latest COVID-19 variant spurs decision

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Ottawa | Reuters — Canada is closing its borders to foreign travelers who have recently been to seven southern African nations to help stop the spread of a newly identified variant of COVID-19, Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos told reporters Friday. The European Union, the United States and Britain are among those tightening border controls as […] Read more
Nearly 40 years after the creation of the internet, we are nowhere near to having rural Canadians connected beyond the most rudimentary levels — if at all.
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Comment: Rural connectivity gap widens

Council of Canadian Academies says the social and economic costs are significant

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The release of yet another report highlighting the deepening disconnect between urban and rural Canada over internet connectivity made me think of telephones.  Growing up in rural Manitoba, where our telephone “party line” was shared by six large families, connectivity was often a topic of discussion. Sometimes the line was in use when you wanted it. […] Read more

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