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Why and how to plant your own food forest
LoriAnn Bird tends a forest garden in Vancouver, B.C., on September 14, 2024. Jimmy Jeong/The Globe and Mail.
canada
In Ontario, the race for industrial megasites meets farmers’ fury
New Hamburg, Ontario (September 12, 2024) - Dairy farmer Stewart Snyder, 70, owns two farm land properties in New Hamburg, ON since 1976. His family has been farming in the area since 1866 and is now facing expropriation by Waterloo Region and the Ontario government. The region is planning on building industrial mega factories in the area that would make farming for Snyder impossible. This makes the future of his farm being passed down to his son Martin Snyder, 37, a distant dream. Some of the neighbouring farms have already had their corn destroyed for future development. Alicia Wynter/Globe and Mail Martin Snyder moves hay into the barn feeding area for the cows
british columbia
B.C. to ensure fruit growers impacted by co-op closure are paid for past harvests
The British Columbia government says it is taking steps to ensure tree fruit growers are paid for past harvests after the closure of a co-operative that had served farmers for almost 90 years. Workers are silhouetted as they pull a boom while harvesting cranberries at a farm in Pitt Meadows, B.C., Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
opinion
Should farmland be protected from clean-energy projects? A tough conversation
Hugo Cordeau
opinion
Why temporary foreign workers play a vital role in supporting Canadian agriculture and food security
Robert Black and Keith Currie
report on business
China begins anti-dumping investigation into Canadian canola
This Dec. 5, 2017, photo shows flags of Canada and China in Beijing. The CEO and the board of directions for the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation say they are stepping down because of recent politicization surrounding their work. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Fred Dufour, Pool Photo
world
Sicily ‘will become a desert’ as grapes shrivel on the vine and lakes become puddles
report on business
Canadian canola industry could face $1-billion in losses owing to Chinese trade actions, report finds
A canola plant in full bloom is pictured near Cremona, Alta., Monday, July 15, 2024. An international credit rating agency says Canada's canola industry could take a $1-billion hit in the wake of new Chinese trade actions. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
report on business
For Canadian canola farmers, a possible tariff war casts a pall over harvest
Canola fields are pictured near Cremona, Alta., Monday, July 15, 2024. China has announced an anti-dumping investigation into Canadian canola imports. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
newsletter
Business Brief: Canola caught in the middle – again
Storm clouds build over a canola field near Cremona, Alta.
opinion
Subsidies and tariffs are the ugly twins of economic nationalism
The Editorial Board
opinion
By sassing off with EV tariffs, Canada has invited China’s canola backlash
Jeff Mahon
report on business
China launches anti-dumping investigation into Canada’s canola imports in retaliation for EV tariffs
Storm clouds build over a canola field near Cremona, Alta., Friday, July 29, 2022. Environment Canada has issued severe thunderstorm warnings and watches for large sections of central Alberta and parts of B.C., saying large hail, damaging winds and torrential rainfall are possible. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
report on business
In B.C.’s Okanagan Valley, apple growers struggle to keep pace with big-scale fruit farming
BC Tree Fruit Grower Steve Brown is pictured at his Happy Valley Harvest apple orchard in Summerland, B.C., on July 30, 2024. (Aaron Hemens/The Globe and Mail)
u.s. politics
Tim Walz enjoys pork chop on a stick and a vanilla shake at the Minnesota State Fair
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz visits the Minnesota State Fair Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024 in Falcon Heights, Minn. (Glen Stubbe/Star Tribune via AP)
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Companies are crafting new ways to grow cocoa, and chocolate alternatives, to keep up with demand
Alan Perlstein, chief executive officer of California Cultured, reaches for a chocolate callet while being interviewed at the company's lab in West Sacramento, Calif., Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
report on business
White mould is the top threat to Canada’s canola farms. Researchers have found a way to kill it
report on business
Nutrien retreats in Brazil after mishaps, executive departures
Nutrien Tower is seen in Saskatoon on June 25, 2021. Nutrien Ltd. says it earned a record US$1.4 billion in the first quarter as the war in Ukraine drove up commodity prices and raised concerns about global food security. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Liam Richards
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Bioceres genetically modified wheat can be grown safely, U.S. says
FILE PHOTO: Agricultural engineer Maximiliano Marzetti points to wheat seeds genetically modified with a strain called HB4, which has a gene that helps it better tolerate drought, inside a laboratory at Bioceres Crop Solutions in Rosario, Argentina July 19, 2022. REUTERS/Agustin Marcarian/File Photo
report on business
‘Definitely dissuasive’: Skyrocketing farmland prices a struggle for young farmers
Farmer Will Robbins stands for a photograph at his farm near Laura, Sask., Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2024. Robbins, a younger producer who's taking over the family farm, says the prices of farmland are so high that he doesn't consider expanding the farm. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Liam Richards