Tag: farmers
Are Farmers’ Markets Less Popular in the Prairies?
WINNIPEG — Farmers’ markets may be popping up in urban centres in Toronto and Vancouver, but the same trend isn’t necessarily as prevalent in...
Wheat Harvest Concerns Prairie Farmers
TORONTO — Western Canada Wheat farmers are concerned about this year’s harvest due to rain and flooding combined with competition from international markets, according...
Is Toronto’s Local-Food Policy at Risk?
TORONTO — Toronto City Council is reconsidering a buy-local food policy for long-term care homes, shelters and daycare centres, reports the Toronto Star. ...
Wheat Board to Vote on Grain Sales Monopoly
OTTAWA — The Canadian Wheat Board is set to conduct a farmers’ vote on the future of grain-trade monopoly this summer. Farmers in Western...
Potato Problems
DIEPPE, N.B. — Potato farmers in P.E.I. continue to feel the pinch when it comes to finding buyers for their crop, according to a...
Beef Farmers Unite for Telephone Town Hall Meeting
GUELPH, ONT. — Earlier this week, the Ontario Cattleman’s Association (OCA) corralled more than 1,700 beef farmers for an unprecedented large-scale, province-wide telephone town...
Cutworm Cuts Corn
As if farmers in Ontario and Quebec didn’t have enough to deal with already, now it seems an unwelcome guest, more typically found in...
Seeds of Doubt
While parts of Canada enjoy record temperatures and sunny skies, farmers across the prairies are battling a deluge that is starting to threaten this...
Iggy Pushes for National Food Policy
KING TOWNSHIP, Ont. — Standing at an Ontario farm in place of a campaign stump this week, Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff committed to helping...
Holland Apple Gets Canadian Citizenship
TORONTO — A new produce star has hit grocery stores with a public relations team and Twitter account in tow.The new Red Prince apple,...
