Reports of lengthy shipping delays for vessels traveling through the Panama Canal this year have highlighted the critical but often overlooked role that fresh water plays across global supply chains. […] Read more
Tag Archives Other
Opinion: For want of fresh water
Fresh water is a hidden challenge and opportunity for global supply chains
Amish community relocates after nearly 65 years
Skyrocketing land prices spur communal decision
A farming neighbourhood south of St. Marys saw slow but steady changes in the landscape during the past year as a long-established Amish community disbanded and dispersed. Change came in […] Read more
NFU takes demand for ban on investor ownership to Parliament Hill
Organization's youth caucus concerned amid ‘transition crisis’
Members of the National Farmers Union (NFU) gathered on Parliament Hill Wednesday to demand a ban on investor ownership of farmland. The demonstration was organized by the NFU Youth Caucus […] Read more
Feds plan to ease Underused Housing Tax reporting load
New exemption also proposed for employee housing outside cities
Federal Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland’s latest Fall Economic Statement offers to take some of the reporting burden off certain farmers and other Canadians when filing for exemptions from the national […] Read more
Understanding El Niño and La Niña
It has everything to do with the temperature of the Pacific Ocean
Glacier FarmMedia – We are into an El Niño period and there is high probability it will continue through the winter. What is El Niño, and why can it have […] Read more
Canada to boost carbon tax rebate for rural areas
Will also pause carbon tax on home heating oil for three years
Ottawa | Reuters — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Thursday announced a three-year carbon tax exemption for home heating oil and higher carbon tax rebates for people in rural […] Read more
The difference between climate and weather
A warm fall is weather; decades of warmer autumns are climate
When media talk about climate change, a lot of confusion can arise, and that can negatively impact what needs to be done about climate warming. When I write and talk […] Read more
Needed: a long-term vision for Canadian agriculture
Greater collaboration, consultation, and issue ownership required to manage major disruption, says report
What does Canada’s agriculture and food sector need to do to insulate itself from major disruptions? According to the latest Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute (CAPI) report “A Toolbox for Managing […] Read more
Mid-sized rock picker simple but tough
Degelman’s new rock picker designed to reduce the number of rock pickers a farm needs
Glacier FarmMedia – Rocks don’t change. Farmers have been picking and dumping them ever since fields were broken. But farms have changed. Farmers have changed. Farm machinery has changed. That […] Read more
ALUS gets new provincial funding
Program helps farmers pay for projects that protect species at risk
At the Crump farm near Ilderton, runoff from 400 nearby acres, grazing by too many cattle and an elevation change of 35 feet in a short distance led to a […] Read more