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Source: BBC
Shale gas extraction through fracking can boost the economy and encourage businesses to come back to the UK, Prime Minister David Cameron is to say. Cameron, who is attending the World Economic Forum at Davos in Switzerland, will say fracking is already “flooring” energy prices in the U.S., and could be a “fresh driver” of UK growth... (read more)
Source: New York Times
The mysterious mass die-offs of honeybees that have wiped out roughly a third of commercial colonies each year since 2006 may be linked to a rapidly mutating virus that jumped from tobacco plants to soy plants to bees, according to a new study... (read more)
Source: The Telegram
Where it has become more difficult for regional players to remain competitive in Atlantic Canada, this transaction will accelerate Scotsburn’s growth... (read more)
Source: ThinkFarm
Perennia and the Department of Agriculture are pleased to be bringing Dr. Allen Williams back to Nova Scotia by popular demand! Williams will speak on forage quality, selecting cattle for grass-fed production, marketing grass-fed beef, and his personal story. .. (read more)
Source: Island Farmer
Watershed organizations from the Wheatley River, the Hunter-Clyde and the West River and the PEI Model Forest Partnership invite the public to attend the 4th Annual Winter Woodlot Tour on February 1... (read more)
Source: Random Lengths
Trading in various framing lumber species was more active in studs than in random dimension. Trading was mixed geographically, as well. Buyers in the Upper Midwest were held back by winter weather, while sales in warmer markets generally picked up... (read more)
Source: The Chronicle Herald
Port Hawkesbury Paper has received the green light from the provincial regulator to join a Nova Scotia Power pilot project involving large industrial electricity users. The Utility and Review Board ruled Monday that the Point Tupper paper mill can be included in a program aimed at reducing the number of service interruptions some large customers experience when the utility has to temporarily reduce load... (read more)
Source: NPR
If you’ve ever shopped at Whole Foods, you’ve probably noticed that some of the foods it sells claim all kinds of health and environmental virtues. From its lengthy list of unacceptable ingredients for food to its strict rules for how seafood is caught and meat is raised, the company sets a pretty high bar for what is permitted on its coveted shelves... (read more)
Source: ThinkFarm
Are you interested in growing energy on your farm? There are opportunities emerging in Nova Scotia for the production of hay, specialty grasses (e.g., Miscanthus), and short rotation woody crops (e.g., hybrid poplar) for sale to energy producers. Attend ThinkFarm’s free information session on February 19 to learn more about whether energy crop production would be a good fit for your farm... (read more)
Source: AtlanticFarmer.com
The Princess Louise Park Show Centre in Sussex, N.B. will host 4-H members and volunteer leaders from around the province to compete in the 2014 4-H Annual Provincial Show from August 26-28. This is the 34th annual 4-H show and appropriately will be held in Sussex, the birthplace of 4-H in New Brunswick back in 1916. This event will combine fun activities and competition for 4-H members. Selections will be made... (read more)
Source: The Chronicle Herald
The group involved in leading a herd of wild horses to a new Hants County, N.S. location is brainstorming about when and how the move will occur. “Right now, we’re still working out the details of the plan and trying to get everybody in one place at one time who’s going to be involved,” Jackie Morash said in an interview... (read more)
Source: NPR
Lots of consumers are smitten with local food, but they’re not the only ones. The growing market is also providing an opportunity for less experienced farmers to expand their business and polish their craft... (read more)
Source: Ecojustice
Ecojustice lawyers have filed a lawsuit, on behalf of Ecology Action Centre and Living Oceans Society, against the federal government for permitting the manufacture of genetically modified salmon in Canada. This would be the world’s first genetically modified food animal to go into production and we believe it’s important that the government's assessment of this organism be done in a comprehensive… (read more)
Source: NS Renewables.ca
Two tidal turbine developers will win the chance to demonstrate their technology in the Minas Passage in the Bay of Fundy, home to the world's highest tides. Nova Scotia’s recent tender for a berth at the Fundy Ocean Research Center for Energy (FORCE), has attracted three qualified bidders, and two will be chosen to advance to commercial demonstration. .. (read more)
Source: Family Farming Campaign
Debating the future of the family farm has been a popular pastime in policy circles in the past 50 years. Opinions ranged from those who viewed family operations as quaint but economically inefficient and something to be gently guided into obsolescence, to those who argued they play a multi-functional role that needs to be preserved at all costs... (read more)
Source: CNN
The Cherokee Indians are preserving the roots of their heritage with a program that allows officially recognized members of the tribe to access seeds that are unique to the Cherokee Nation... (read more)
Source: NPR
When a federal ban on slaughtering horses to produce horse meat was lifted several years back, ranchers including Rick De Los Santos, a New Mexico rancher and owner of Valley Meat Co., stepped up to start operations with an aim to export the meat. But, as NPR has reported, his plans for a horse meat slaughterhouse have hit major roadblocks... (read more)
Source: The Chronicle Herald
An audit of Port Hawkesbury Paper has exposed problems with how the Cape Breton paper mill manages woodlands. The recent Forest Stewardship Council audit found four major non-conformance issues and four minor ones. The council is an independent certification body that promotes sustainable forestry... (read more)
Source: The Canadian Swine Health Board
The CSHB's national strategy for dealing with Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea (PED) calls for diligence of all swine industry stakeholders. As the cause of the PED outbreak detected in mid-May in the Midwest U.S. remains a mystery, the Canadian industry is taking proactive steps to help prevent its spread to Canada... (read more)
Source: NPR
Like other animals and many living things, we humans grow when we’re young and then stop growing once we mature. But trees, it turns out, are an exception to this general rule. In fact, scientists have discovered that trees grow faster the older they get... (read more)
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