PRNewswire-USNewswire, April 25, 2012 Thousands more jobs created than in conventional food
Producing U.S. foods organically creates thousands more jobs than if that food were produced using conventional agricultural methods, according to a new economic study released today here at the Organic Trade Association’s (OTA’s) Policy Conference. The report, “2010 Impacts of the U.S. [...]
By David Boderke Farmers Guardian, 4 May 2012
A new virtual institute to help farmers produce more efficiently and an updated software ‘tool’, which helps farming and food industries to calculate their carbon footprint, are being launched this week. The open-source tool can be downloaded free from the Cool Farm Tool Institute website.
by Melissa Benner Soiled & Seeded, May 2012
Erica Lemieux has ingeniously incorporated all three of these elements into her urban agriculture business, City Seed Farms. As the planting season begins, you’ll find her cycling between backyards in the High Park and Junction neighbourhoods of Toronto, with a trailer full of tools and [...]
The Ontario Sheep Marketing Agency, Ontario Goat, along with the Canadian Sheep Federation, Canadian Sheep Breeders Association and the Canadian Livestock Genetics Association, would like to express their collective concern over the 41 missing Shropshire sheep.
On April 2, 2012, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency notified the public of a breach of quarantine in [...]
Carmen Ugarte, University of Illinois Ed Zaborski, University of Illinois eOrganic
Importance of Nematodes in Agricultural Systems
Nematodes contribute to a variety of functions within the soil system. In agricultural systems, nematodes can enhance nutrient mineralization and act as biological control agents.
Nematodes and Soil Fertility
Soil nematodes, especially bacterial- and fungal-feeding nematodes, can contribute [...]
By Bette Jean Crews,
Director Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA)
A provincial initiative is underway to create a food and nutrition strategy for Ontario. Sustain Ontario – a coalition of health and food industry professionals – is among a group of organizations contributing to the document, which is available on the group’s website until [...]
In North America billions of federal taxpayer dollars are used to subsidize unhealthy, processed foods instead of the fruits and vegetables recommended for a healthy diet. But it doesn’t have to be this way.
The US Congress is currently debating practical changes to agricultural policies that can shift priorities to provide greater support to [...]
On the morning of Sunday April 15 I headed up to Fergus to Ewenity Dairy and met Eric and Elizabeth Bzikot for the first tour in the Skill Building Farm Tours Ecological Livestock Series! In the morning we toured the dairy where they receive sheeps milk from a network of farmers who [...]
The Cornell Small Dairy Team has released a series of new resources to help small dairy farms. Although some of these resources are specific to the New York area, Ontario farmers may find the following case studies to be of interest.
Small Dairy Case Studies: Highlights unique solutions of how small [...]
April marked the start of the Ecological Market Gardening, and Ecological Livestock Skill Building Farm Tours. April’s Market Garden Tour featured Caitlin Hall of re-root organic farm. Caitlin was a terrific hostess, welcoming sixteen of us out of the drizzly rain into her cozy farmhouse near Harriston ON. Everyone packed in around the fireplace [...]
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