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Long awaited support for local food and farming

Lilian — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 12:58:07 +0000

There was good news in the provincial budget for farmers this week. The Ontario government announced new, permanent risk-management programs that farmers have long been asking for to help bring some much needed stability to notoriously fluctuating farm incomes.

Farm leaders have been making their case both federally and provincially about the need for this kind of [...]

Your chance to tour real Ontario farms

Lilian — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 14:05:34 +0000

If you’re interested in touring real Ontario farms and meeting real Ontario farmers – but have no way of knowing how to go about that – here’s a new option for you.

Yes, this week you can head down to the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair in Toronto and learn all sorts about food and farming in Canada [...]

Farmers fuel Formula One

Lilian — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:28:34 +0000

There’s power in biofuel! The Ferrari team finished one-two at the opening Formula One Grand Prix of the season in Bahrain over the weekend.

Sure, that’s sports news, but what also makes this feed, fuel and farm news is that these race cars were powered by an experimental biofuel made from Eastern Ontario wheat straw.

Shell and [...]

In defense of farmers

Lilian — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:27:12 +0000

I feel the need to get something off my chest this morning.

It seems to be popular in the urban media at the moment to bash farmers, especially those who grow corn and soybeans. These horrible people – or so the theme goes – are ruining the environment by growing large volumes of these crops and [...]

Fuel from wheat straw at the pumps in Ottawa

Lilian — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 12:50:24 +0000

A gas station in Ottawa is the first in the world to sell fuel made with wheat straw, says a major petroleum company.

Shell announced that this blended fuel includes 10% biofuel made from wheat stalks – known as cellulosic ethanol.

Ethanol and biofuels have been heavily promoted recently as a renewable alternative to petroleum that could [...]

New corn to be better for environment

Lilian — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 12:09:07 +0000

Corn uses too much water and too much fertilizer to produce, its critics often charge, making it a bad environmental choice.

Yet millions of people around the world depend on corn as a staple of life - as food for themselves, as feed for their livestock and as a renewable fuel alternative. And that demand is only [...]