Reading Time: 3 minutes Canada’s diplomatic juveniles have jeopardized the Canadian target of $75 billion in agriculture and food exports by 2025
Tag: Agriculture
Liberal budget sells the farm along with quotas
Reading Time: 4 minutes From supply management to food strategy to rural Internet to food processing to export targets, the government got it all wrong
Canada is losing its grip on valuable trade with China
Reading Time: 4 minutes Recent missteps suggest we’re run by diplomatic amateurs, casting a shadow on trade. And now a deadly swine disease has hit China
Food-related issues are widening Canada’s rural-urban gap
Reading Time: 4 minutes For years, farmers have tried to tell their stories through social media and elsewhere – and too often failed
Canada’s Food Guide: New dish, with a dash of condescension
Reading Time: 4 minutes After years of celebrating our agricultural know-how, the guide has gone urban – and is more than a little patronizing
Genetic modification a crucial tool in feeding the world
Reading Time: 3 minutes Scientists have found no negative differences in the health of people eating GM and non-GM foods
Farmers pay a high price for the convenience of consumers
Reading Time: 4 minutes The further food moves from the farm, the more the profit is diluted. Unless farmers can sell directly to consumers, they’ll fall back
A bold alternative to pouring money into another Calgary Olympics
Reading Time: 3 minutes Why not pioneer an Alberta climate change caravan resettlement program as part of an emerging new west?
The cash cows of USMCA: how Canada’s dairy industry can survive
Reading Time: 4 minutes A clear vision and strategy for dairy’s future is imperative, with a forward-looking focus on domestic and foreign markets
How USMCA democratized supply management
Reading Time: 4 minutes The new North American trade agreement has forced Canadians to look honestly at our dairy industry