Food and Farming Canada

Presenting modern agriculture on Nov 4, 2009 in Ont. Farm Animal Council consumers dairy farmers media random musings agriculture farming IFAJ OFAC Here’s a great blog post about modern agriculture and bridging the gap between farmers and consumers. It’s written by Australian journalist Pip Courtney of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (the Aussie equivalent of the CBC here in...

Putting a face to farming on Nov 3, 2009 in Ont. Farm Animal Council Ontario consumers farmers food marketing ag education agriculture OFAC public perception We all eat but most of us likely give it little thought beyond worrying about calories or fat content. We certainly aren’t likely to spend a lot of time thinking about who grew that food and the work that someone somewhere put into producing it...

Canada’s farms not suited to 100 mile diet? on Oct 30, 2009 in Canada Ontario farmers food fruits and vegetables local food exports It’s harvest time in Ontario – a time of bounty and plenty for lovers of local food. But where Canadian agriculture is concerned, it’s not all about buying local and the 100-mile diet, even though everyone seems to be getting in on that...

Farm animal welfare blog launched on Oct 22, 2009 in Canada Ont. Farm Animal Council animal welfare farmers livestock media agriculture farm animal care ...

Alberta Pork’s H1N1 challenges, responses on Oct 21, 2009 in Canada University of Guelph animal health consumers farmers food safety health marketing meat media pork swine food H1N1 human health pigs This post is a continuation from yesterday’s H1N1 topic that explored Alberta Pork’s experiences at the centre of the H1N1 media storm earlier this year. The information is based on a presentation I attended by Lee Funke of Torque Communications...

Inside Alberta Pork’s H1N1 war room on Oct 20, 2009 in Canada consumers farmers food safety health meat media pork swine H1N1 human health pigs It’s hard to imagine what it’s like to be at the centre of a media firestorm unless you’ve actually experienced it. For the staff at Alberta Pork and the communications professionals working with them, the spring of 2009 provided more first-han...

Free farm disposal program starts tomorrow on Oct 19, 2009 in AGCare environment farmers government water clean farms program livestock medicines pesticides sharps Farmers can safely dispose of their obsolete pesticides, unused animal health products and used sharps at collection sites across Ontario this week. The CleanFARMS blitz program starts tomorrow and will run until October 22 as part of an Ontario gove...