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Source:ThinkFarm
ThinkFarm is considering holding a regional workshop on farm taxes. If this topic is of interest to you, please take a few minutes to complete this very short anonymous survey so that we can design a workshop that will meet your needs, as well as gauge interest across the province... (read more)
Source: ThinkFarm
Increase your awareness of food safety principles for producing foods sold directly to Nova Scotian consumers. As a re-offering of sessions held in 2010, this course is designed to provide small and medium scale value-added food marketers with knowledge of food safety principles for products found... (read more)
Source: The Globe and Mail
We want their cheese on our pizza. They want to sell us their cheese. Why won’t Ottawa let this happy relationship be? Canadian pizza producers have long tried to import economical American mozzarella, but were always blocked by Canada’s protectionist supply-management rules. Then they found a loophole... (read more)
Source: NSCP
The Nova Scotia Cattle Producers Annual General Meeting will be held on Saturday, February 22, 2014 at the Best Western Glengarry in Truro starting at 10 am. Annual Zone Meetings have been booked as described on our website. This year is an election year in Zone 3 (Marilyn Carter) and Zone 6 (Wayne MacKay)... (read more)
Source: NSWOOA
Nova Scotia Woodlot Owners and Operators Association is committed to being your best source for information about sustainable forestry. We do not offer silviculture or harvesting services; our interest is only in the protection and enhancement of the native forest ecosystems of Nova Scotia... (read more)
As the year winds down, NPR is looking at a few key numbers that explain the big trends of 2013. Today's number: 1.6 million. That's 1.6 million acres – about the area of the state of Delaware. That's how much land was removed this year from the federal Conservation Reserve Program, or CRP, which pays farmers to keep land... (read more)
Source: NSFA
As a result of the response from farmers who have participated in the Workplace Education Courses, the Nova Scotia Federation of Agriculture is planning to offer additional sessions aimed at assisting farmers to improve their farm management capabilities. These courses are for 40 hours in total... (read more)
Source: The Aurora
In a show of unity, the Mayors of Labrador City and Wabush called a news conference this week to urge Premier Dunderdale to take immediate action to ensure hydro availability for industrial development in Labrador West. Labrador City Mayor Karen Oldford and Wabush Mayor Colin Vardy say... (read more)
Source: Troy Media
When you pass from one geologic age to another there is very little fanfare. There is no commemorative ceremony and no plaque. When you're talking millions of years you're not going sweat the exact year the Neolithic age began. But it was on the roof of a new office building, hardhat on my head and camera around... (read more)
Source: Nova Scotia Department of Education and Early Childhood Development
Public meetings for the consultation on the school review process will begin in January and the schedule is now available. Education and Early Childhood Development Minister Karen Casey announced the consultation and released... (read more)
Source: NSFA
An article in the Manitoba Co-operator reports on Agri Recovery and the slow response to smaller disasters. The report by auditor general Michel Ferguson points out that for smaller disasters it took Agri Recovery 15.5 months to make payments, far short of its goal of 10.5 months. “Providing quick assistance to... (read more)
Source: BBC
Cattle are the biggest source of greenhouse gases, accounting for more than three-quarters of all emissions from global livestock, a survey shows. The assessment, described as the most detailed of its kind, identified Europe and the Americas as the world's epicentres of beef production. Annually... (read more)
Source: The Chronicle Herald
Financial aid for strawberry growers won’t be enough to win the battle against a destructive virus, say farmers. “The program falls way short of what we hoped for,” Charles Keddy, owner of Keddy Nursery Inc. in Lakeville, Kings County, said in an interview Wednesday. The $2.3 million that West Nova... (read more)
Source: ThinkFarm
A great gift for the Urban or Market Gardener, Commercial Producer and Processors on your Christmas List! The gift of extending life after harvest… Post Harvest Management Course, Feb. 17-19, Kentville, N.S... (read more)
Source: The Chronicle Herald
After more than 40 years of study, the U.S. government says it has found no evidence that common antibacterial soaps prevent the spread of germs, and regulators want the makers of Dawn, Dial, and other household staples to prove that their products do not pose health risks to consumers. Scientists at the Food... (read more)
Source: Epoch Times
Back in April 2013, NDP leader Thomas Mulcair went down to Washington to rubbish Canada’s environmental reputation before its greatest trading partner. Now, the stomp-Canada shoe is on a different wearer: Marc Jaccard, a professor at Simon Fraser University, has gone down to the States to sing... (read more)
Source: Queen Mary University of London
A nectar-feeding bat that was thought to eat insects in passing has been discovered to target its moving prey with stealth precision, according to new research by scientists at Queen Mary University of London. The researchers uncovered for the first time that the Pallas long-tongued bat use echolocation – a complex physical... (read more)
Source: NPR
To feed all seven billion of us, address climate change, and live longer, we all need to eat less meat. From Al Gore to the Meatless Monday movement to Harvard epidemiologists, that's been the resounding advice offered to consumers lately. But hold up a minute, says the chief research scientist at Australia's... (read more)
Source: NSDNR
Every year, many animals and birds risk being poisoned by ammunition that contains lead. Starting Dec. 20, Natural Resources staff will stop using lead ammunition when they put an animal down. The ammunition will be collected and turned over to the RCMP for disposal. “This is the right thing to do; there is enough... (read more)
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