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Staff and government officials to blame in XL Foods tainted beef outbreak: Review
An independent review of the country’s biggest beef recall says consumers may have been exposed to contaminated beef from an Alberta meat packer on two other occasions in the months leading up t… more →
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Staff and government officials to blame in XL Foods tainted beef outbreak: Review
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wrote 1 week ago: An independent review of the country’s biggest beef recall says consumers may have been expose … more →
Action Alert: 2013 Farm Bill is back on the Senate Floor!
wrote 3 weeks ago: Michigan! The 2013 Farm Bill is back and on the Senate floor! There’s a lot at stake this week … more →
MDP launches agriculture policy: govt to buy, ship local produce
wrote 1 month ago: former President Mohamed Nasheed Reposted from Minivan News byAhmed Naish The Maldivian Democratic P … more →
The Fate of Half the World’s Food Aid
wrote 1 month ago: What does the recent talk about the ‘sequestering’ of the U.S. federal budget have to do with half t … more →
Governments at odds over what 'local food' really means
wrote 1 month ago: The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has ordered an Ontario burger shack to remove the word “lo … more →
President’s 2014 Budget: Overview of USDA, FDA, & EPA | NSAC
wrote 2 months ago: The National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition reports: On Wednesday, April 10, President Obama rele … more →
Rising cost of food has a disproportionate impact on African American families
wrote 2 months ago: Last week, The Root took a look at the impact of rising food prices. Although inflation has remained … more →
The difference between affording organic food and being able to access it
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wrote 3 months ago: Yesterday in the Huffington Post, Tanya Denckla Cobb, an author and lecturer at the University of Vi … more →
Cheeky video tackles Harper's cuts to food inspection
wrote 3 months ago: With omnibus budget after omnibus budget being thrust upon us by our friends in the Harper governmen … more →
Empower women, feed the world
wrote 3 months ago: Women farmers in Burundi. Photo by Picture Contact BV. More and more evidence points to how empoweri … more →
Agricultural and Economic Effects of US Drought
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wrote 5 months ago: In the wake of the hottest year on record for the contiguous US: Figure 1 – NOAA Graph showing year- … more →
Organic programs lost in Farm Bill extension
wrote 5 months ago: The 9-month farm bill extension that went into effect at the start of this year does not include imp … more →
CFIA issues E. coli alert for certain Butcher’s Choice beef burgers
wrote 6 months ago: OTTAWA — The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is warning there could be an expansion of … more →
Troubled Alberta XL Foods meat plant can resume shipments to the U.S., CFIA says
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wrote 6 months ago: OTTAWA — An Alberta meat plant involved in a massive recall of tainted beef over E. Coli conce … more →
More signs that farm bill could be a part of deficit reduction
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wrote 6 months ago: There is still no definitive news about the farm bill, but as the deadline for the “fiscal cli … more →
Government pushes back timeline for deregulation of food container sizes
wrote 6 months ago: OTTAWA—The Conservative government has pushed back a plan to deregulate food container sizes this fa … more →
Food stamp cuts in Farm Bill may lead to action
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wrote 7 months ago: Amid the debates about the “fiscal cliff”– the spending cuts and tax increases to … more →
Government Funds Dry Up for Farmers
wrote 7 months ago: The decreasing financial assistance provided to farmers around the world, though particularly in Aus … more →
THE GLOBAL RESEARCH CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAM
wrote 7 months ago: The Global Development Network that brings agricultural policy researchers and policymakers from the … more →
