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	<title>Food and Farming Canada &#187; government</title>
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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>
				<category><![CDATA[Ontario]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[environment]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[flowers]]></category>
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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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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>Weighing in on wind energy</title>
		<link>http://www.foodandfarmingcanada.com/2010/05/26/weighing-in-on-wind-energy/</link>
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		<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>Ontario&#8217;s Salad Bowl &#8211; at a Cineplex near you!</title>
		<link>http://www.foodandfarmingcanada.com/2010/05/22/ontarios-salad-bowl-at-a-cineplex-near-you/</link>
		<comments>http://www.foodandfarmingcanada.com/2010/05/22/ontarios-salad-bowl-at-a-cineplex-near-you/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 May 2010 02:21:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lilian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ontario]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[carrots]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Holland Marsh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[onions]]></category>

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My husband and I went to the movies on Friday night &#8211; and during the ever longer pre-movie showcase of commercials and ads, I was quite pleasantly surprised to see one featuring the Holland Marsh and Ontario farmer Jason Verkaik.
Verkaik owns Carron Farms near Bradford, where he grows a wide variety of vegetables, although specializes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Connecting rural Canadians to the Internet</title>
		<link>http://www.foodandfarmingcanada.com/2010/05/13/connecting-rural-canadians-to-the-internet/</link>
		<comments>http://www.foodandfarmingcanada.com/2010/05/13/connecting-rural-canadians-to-the-internet/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 02:38:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lilian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Canada]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.foodandfarmingcanada.com/?p=1665</guid>
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For many of us, the Internet is a vital part of our daily lives &#8211; business and pleasure. 
Personally, I have a hard time imagining my life without the Internet in it in some way shape or form. From a work perspective, I&#8217;m a freelance writer and communications project manager and my husband and I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Saving Ontario&#8217;s fruit farms</title>
		<link>http://www.foodandfarmingcanada.com/2010/05/04/saving-ontarios-fruit-farms/</link>
		<comments>http://www.foodandfarmingcanada.com/2010/05/04/saving-ontarios-fruit-farms/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 13:19:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lilian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ontario]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[food]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[marketing]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[agriculture]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[food production]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[peaches]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tender fruit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vineland Research]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.foodandfarmingcanada.com/?p=1583</guid>
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This post is courtesy of fellow blogger and farm and food aficionado Tiffany Mayer. She writes in the Niagara Region &#8211; check out her blog, Eating Niagara or follow her on Twitter. 
Len Troup has been doing something unusual this past week.
The Jordan Station tender fruit grower has been farming.
It’s a drastic change of pace [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ontario farm journalists honoured</title>
		<link>http://www.foodandfarmingcanada.com/2010/05/03/ontario-farm-journalists-honoured/</link>
		<comments>http://www.foodandfarmingcanada.com/2010/05/03/ontario-farm-journalists-honoured/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 18:07:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lilian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Canada]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canadian Farm Writers]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[agricult. communications]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.foodandfarmingcanada.com/?p=1576</guid>
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Two long-time Ontario agricultural journalists were honoured for their contributions to farm writing by the Eastern Canada Farm Writers&#8217; Association (ECFWA) at its annual meeting last week.
Glenn Powell and Jim Romahn became Life Members, a designation awarded by the ECFWA to agricultural journalists who have made outstanding contributions to agriculture, to the ECFWA, to the [...]]]></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>
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		<category><![CDATA[residues]]></category>
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		<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>Plea from farmers: Save our farms</title>
		<link>http://www.foodandfarmingcanada.com/2010/04/06/plea-from-farmers-save-our-farms/</link>
		<comments>http://www.foodandfarmingcanada.com/2010/04/06/plea-from-farmers-save-our-farms/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 14:54:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lilian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ontario]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.foodandfarmingcanada.com/?p=1513</guid>
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Ontario’s farmers are using a town hall meeting in Stratford today to reach out to the public. The Save our Farms forum will focus on the beleaguered state of Ontario’s farming sector and on what the future of an Ontario without farming could look like down the road if nothing is done. 
The past several [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fruit and veg snack program a no-brainer</title>
		<link>http://www.foodandfarmingcanada.com/2010/03/01/fruit-and-veg-snack-program-a-no-brainer/</link>
		<comments>http://www.foodandfarmingcanada.com/2010/03/01/fruit-and-veg-snack-program-a-no-brainer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:25:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lilian</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.foodandfarmingcanada.com/?p=1446</guid>
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We all know diet and nutrition are directly linked to health, and we’re often told we can help make that link by eating plenty of fruits and vegetables.
Yet, as a population, we seem to be getting fatter and unhealthier – a trend that is most alarming in young people as we see childhood obesity rates [...]]]></description>
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