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	<title>Food and Farming Canada &#187; environment</title>
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		<title>Reports on pesticide residue may be misleading</title>
		<link>http://www.foodandfarmingcanada.com/2010/07/29/reports-on-pesticide-residue-may-be-misleading/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:20:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lilian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ontario]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[farmers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[food safety]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[local food]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[organics]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.foodandfarmingcanada.com/?p=1837</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
			
				
			
		
We’re in the middle of prime fruit and vegetable season. The heat and sun of the summer bring with them roadside stands, farmers markets and local food stores brimming with fresh, Ontario-grown produce. I, for one, as someone who supports local food production and values Ontario’s farmers, am in my element as I’m revelling in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thermal blanket helps lower greenhouse energy costs</title>
		<link>http://www.foodandfarmingcanada.com/2010/07/27/thermal-blanket-helps-lower-greenhouse-energy-costs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.foodandfarmingcanada.com/2010/07/27/thermal-blanket-helps-lower-greenhouse-energy-costs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:26:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lilian</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[farmers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flowers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[greenhouse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[research and innovation]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.foodandfarmingcanada.com/?p=1825</guid>
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Farmers are looking at many different solutions for dealing with rising energy costs. For one greenhouse grower, the answer lies with a new technology, a thermal blanket installation, which is expected to lower his energy costs by about one-third.
Gerard Schouwenaar of Orchard Park Growers, a St. Catharines-area flower producer, retrofitted a 30,000 sq ft greenhouse [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Farmers take safe pesticide application seriously</title>
		<link>http://www.foodandfarmingcanada.com/2010/06/24/farmers-take-safe-pesticide-application-seriously/</link>
		<comments>http://www.foodandfarmingcanada.com/2010/06/24/farmers-take-safe-pesticide-application-seriously/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 13:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lilian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AGCare]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.foodandfarmingcanada.com/?p=1815</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
			
				
			
		
Sometimes I wonder whether we’re actually hard-wired to be instantly attracted to bad news and shocking revelations. I see negativity often dominating our 24-hour news cycle, leaving the less sensational but equally important good news to fall by the wayside.
More and more people are now writing and reporting about food, farming, science and the environment. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The days of Old McDonald are gone for good</title>
		<link>http://www.foodandfarmingcanada.com/2010/05/27/the-days-of-old-mcdonald-are-gone-for-good/</link>
		<comments>http://www.foodandfarmingcanada.com/2010/05/27/the-days-of-old-mcdonald-are-gone-for-good/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 20:30:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lilian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Canada]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ontario]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consumers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[farmers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[local food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[agchat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[farm]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.foodandfarmingcanada.com/?p=1738</guid>
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The following editorial was published in the Guelph Mercury on May 27, 2010
These days, factory farming is a term used liberally when people talk about agriculture.
Its definition seems to vary depending on who is asked, and I’ve often wondered what it actually brings to mind when people hear it. I talk to people in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Weighing in on wind energy</title>
		<link>http://www.foodandfarmingcanada.com/2010/05/26/weighing-in-on-wind-energy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.foodandfarmingcanada.com/2010/05/26/weighing-in-on-wind-energy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 16:52:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lilian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Canada]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.foodandfarmingcanada.com/?p=1735</guid>
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Wind farming is blowing up controversy in many parts of Ontario these days. 
On the one hand, it is being promoted as a green alternative to traditional energy sources that we desperately need to lessen our dependence on less environmentally-friendly supplies we have been relying on to date. It is also credited with bringing good [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Finding markets for the whole soybean &#8211; even hulls</title>
		<link>http://www.foodandfarmingcanada.com/2010/05/14/finding-markets-for-the-whole-soybean/</link>
		<comments>http://www.foodandfarmingcanada.com/2010/05/14/finding-markets-for-the-whole-soybean/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 May 2010 00:22:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lilian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ontario]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[research and innovation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[soybeans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[farmers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[innovation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[water]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.foodandfarmingcanada.com/?p=1667</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
			
				
			
		
One of the things I enjoy a lot about my job as a freelance food and farm journalist and corporate writer is the chance to learn about really cool new things. 
The story below about soybeans, which I originally wrote for Ontario Grain Farmer and is published in the May/June 2010 issue, is one of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Return of the ash</title>
		<link>http://www.foodandfarmingcanada.com/2010/05/06/return-of-the-ash/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 01:25:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lilian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[IFAJ 2010]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Unusual]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[agricult. communications]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[random musings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[airport closure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Belgium]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eruption]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.foodandfarmingcanada.com/?p=1599</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
			
				
			
		
There was a bit of deja-vu in the air along with the ash as I read in the news this morning that an airport-closing plume had made another appearance in Britain.
It seems a bit like old news now &#8211; but a few short weeks ago, the  impossibly-named volcano in Iceland that had somehow managed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New markets for Ontario ginseng</title>
		<link>http://www.foodandfarmingcanada.com/2010/05/01/new-markets-for-ontario-ginseng/</link>
		<comments>http://www.foodandfarmingcanada.com/2010/05/01/new-markets-for-ontario-ginseng/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 May 2010 00:29:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lilian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Agr. Adaptation Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ontario]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[farmers]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[health]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[research and innovation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ginseng]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[residues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trade barrier]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.foodandfarmingcanada.com/?p=1568</guid>
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An innovative residue extraction process for Ontario ginseng is poised to open up new market opportunities for the high value crop. 
The new method allows for the removal of crop protection residues without affecting the structure and quality of the ginseng, a pilot project has shown.

“Crop protection residues have been one of the main trade [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Luxembourg&#8217;s green wines</title>
		<link>http://www.foodandfarmingcanada.com/2010/04/17/green-wine-in-luxembourg/</link>
		<comments>http://www.foodandfarmingcanada.com/2010/04/17/green-wine-in-luxembourg/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Apr 2010 22:12:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lilian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[IFAJ 2010]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pesticides]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[crop protection]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Luxembourg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pest management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vineyards]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.foodandfarmingcanada.com/?p=1557</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
			
				
			
		
The Moselle region of Luxembourg produces some fantastic wines &#8211; which we&#8217;ve been lucky enough to sample abundantly during our three day visit to the country this week. The tour was part of the International Federation of Agriculture Journalists (IFAJ) congress that is being hosted this week in Ostende, Belgium.
The wines of Luxembourg take many [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Farmers urged to lead food and farming debate</title>
		<link>http://www.foodandfarmingcanada.com/2010/04/09/farmers-urged-to-lead-food-and-farming-debate/</link>
		<comments>http://www.foodandfarmingcanada.com/2010/04/09/farmers-urged-to-lead-food-and-farming-debate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 21:52:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lilian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AGCare]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bruce Vincent]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[environmental movement]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[sustainable farming]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.foodandfarmingcanada.com/?p=1521</guid>
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Farmers must stand together and start leading the discussion on sustainable food and farming.
That’s the message Montana logger and environmental advocate Bruce Vincent told a record audience at the Speakers’ Forum hosted by AGCare and the Ontario Farm Animal Council (OFAC) in Guelph yesterday. 
The public is tired of doom and gloom, Vincent said, and [...]]]></description>
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