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This image of a family walking in a field is from a new campaign from the Canadian Centre for Food Integrity.
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Campaign aims to share food system stories

The Canadian Centre for Food Integrity hopes the campaign will help build public trust

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The Canadian Centre for Food Integrity (CCFI) is stepping into a new role with the launch of a media campaign that tells the story of Canada’s food system. The CCFI is funded by players throughout the food system from producers to retailers. It has, since its founding in 2016, focused on researching consumer attitudes toward […] Read more
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Livestock

COVID-19 knocks Agribition off 2020 calendar

Organizers look to 2021, plan 'new digital experiences' in meantime

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Another of the Prairies’ major agricultural exhibitions has removed itself from the 2020 schedule. The 50th edition of Canadian Western Agribition, which was scheduled for Nov. 30 to Dec. 5 this year at Regina’s Evraz Place exhibition park, has been postponed to Nov. 22-27, 2021. Organizers of the not-for-profit event said Wednesday they made the […] Read more
Producers of strawberries, grapes, fruit trees and other commodities are worried they’ll have nobody to take their crop off in the coming months.
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Delays continue for foreign worker arrival

Office closures and conditions in other countries continue to be a major barrier

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Glacier FarmMedia – Canada’s immigration minister says Canadian officials are facing challenges in working with other governments to ensure farm workers get to Canada. “There are conditions outside of Canada, in other countries that cause the offices to be closed so we’re still addressing the issues with our partners outside of Canada to improve the […] Read more
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Markets

CERB plan, U.S. border closure both extended

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Ottawa | Reuters — Canada will extend by eight weeks federal income support for those who lost their jobs amid the COVID-19 outbreak, and the border with the United States will remain closed to non-essential travel, the prime minister said on Tuesday. The Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB), which delivers $500 per week to those […] Read more
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Ontario Federation of Agriculture to develop ag jobs support system

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The Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA) has received funding to develop a comprehensive support system for agriculture and food employers and job seekers. The funding comes from the federal-provincial Canadian Agricultural Partnership and and is part of a targeted intake created April 17 to help address labour supply and training challenges in agriculture and food. […] Read more
Can icons simplify chemical labels?
Machinery, News

Can icons simplify chemical labels?

Experts argue an internationally used set of icons could make labels easier to update and understand

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Glacier FarmMedia – Judging a herbicide by its label can sometimes be as difficult as judging a book by its cover, especially if you’re reading product labels on your tiny smartphone screen. The Pest Management Regulatory Agency database on labels is made up of PDF files, which are often difficult to use when projected on […] Read more
Safety is key for young children around a farm. The Maw family has had seat belts installed in all tractors if they didn’t come with one. Their kids wear safety vests, ear protection, workboots/shoes and gloves for their protection while helping with farming.
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When the farm becomes the school

Farm families with school-age children find ways to make schooling work

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Since COVID-19 cancelled school, farmers have been learning how to juggle schoolwork for their children and farm work at the same time. While there’s no one route through the new normal for families with school-aged children, most are happy to have their farm as a backdrop for developing learning and fun activities for their stay-at-home […] Read more
It’s important to remember that we're living in extraordinary times that won’t last forever.
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Editorial: The blessing and curse of being essential

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It was never in doubt that agriculture and the rest of the food system would be declared an essential service during COVID-19. There is little more essential to human life than food. Most of us celebrated quietly, as that designation meant that farm businesses could continue and the nature of most farms and the supply […] Read more
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Details on federal food surplus program expected in ‘days’

Ottawa already at work with businesses, minister says

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Ottawa — Detailed plans of the federal government’s food buyback program are expected soon, according to Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau. Ottawa tabbed $50 million of its COVID-19 response funds for agriculture to buy surplus food from farmers and redistribute it to communities in need. The challenge Bibeau and her federal colleagues are faced with is […] Read more

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