COASTAL COMMUNITIES AND THREATS FROM THE OCEAN … BUSINESS EXCELLENCE SKILLS FOR FARMERS’ MARKET VENDORS … TSILHQOT’IN LAND CLAIM DECISION COULD AFFECT FOREST PRODUCTS COMPANIES … PREMIER PROMOTES NOVA SCOTIA AS CLEAN ENERGY INNOVATOR … GREEN PARTY UNVEILS PLAN TO CREATE NEW FORESTRY ACT … OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST...

COASTAL COMMUNITIES AND THREATS FROM THE OCEAN
Source: The Sierra Club
Please join the SMU School of the Environment Seminar for our first seminar of the new academic year! All are welcome! “Coastal Communities and Threats from the Ocean” by Barbara Paterson. Wed. Sept. 17, 4pm in Loyola Building room 173. (read more)

BUSINESS EXCELLENCE SKILLS FOR FARMERS’ MARKET VENDORS
Source: ThinkFarm
Back by popular demand, FMNS will run the Business Excellence Skills for Farmers’ Market Vendors training program in many regions this fall (Mid-October to end of November):HRM (Halifax) – weekdays; Annapolis Valley (Berwick) – six full day sessions held on weekdays; South Shore (Mahone Bay); Yarmouth and area (Yarmouth); Cape Breton Island and area (Location TBD). Each training can accommodate – and will require – 12 individuals. This is without a doubt excellent training and there is nothing else like it. You will gain the skills and ideas needed to take your business to the next level – whatever you dream of that being. (read more)

TSILHQOT’IN LAND CLAIM DECISION COULD AFFECT FOREST PRODUCTS COMPANIES
Source: Pulp & Paper Canada
A recent Supreme Court decision on the land claim of the Tsilhqot’in Nation changes the landscape and forest products companies may get caught up in the turmoil, warns Aboriginal legal expert James O’Reilly. (read more)

PREMIER PROMOTES NOVA SCOTIA AS CLEAN ENERGY INNOVATOR
Source: Premier’s Office N.S.
Premier Stephen McNeil highlighted Nova Scotia’s leadership in clean energy to delegates at a new leaders’ conference of the World Economic Forum today, Sept. 10, in Tianjin, China. Nova Scotia is committed to generating 40 percent of its electricity from renewable sources, like tidal and wind power, by 2020. Premier Stephen McNeil highlighted Nova Scotia’s leadership in clean energy to delegates at a new leaders’ conference of the World Economic Forum today, Sept. 10, in Tianjin, China. Nova Scotia is committed to generating 40 percent of its electricity from renewable sources, like tidal and wind power, by 2020. (read more)

GREEN PARTY UNVEILS PLAN TO CREATE NEW FORESTRY ACT
Source: CBC.ca
The Green Party is taking a stand against the state of forestry production in New Brunswick. Leader David Coon announced Monday the party would cancel current contracts, signed by the Alward government, and create a new sustainable Forestry Act. Their aim is to give back some control to independent mills in New Brunswick. (read more)

OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST

THIS BREEDER IS WORKING ON “ORGANIC READY” CORN THAT BLOCKS GMO CONTAMINATION
http://civileats.com/2014/09/05/this-breeder-is-working-on-organic-ready-corn-that-blocks-gmo-contamination/#sthash.e0SK75xe.dpuf

CONSUMER CONFIDENCE IN FOOD SUPPLY STILL HIGH
http://westernfarmpress.com/markets/survey-consumer-confidence-food-supply-still-high

PROFIT TRACKER: FEEDING MARGINS ABOVE $220 PER HEAD
http://www.agweb.com/article/profit_tracker_feeding_margins_above_220_per_head_NAA_Greg_Henderson/

GOOD THINGS IN STORE FOR PELLETS
http://biomassmagazine.com/articles/10850/good-things-in-store-for-pellets