By Cheryl Browne, Barrie Examiner April 9, 2013As the ice thins on the bay and farmers’ minds turn to seeding, a half dozen people rallied on Lakeshore Drive to protest against genetically modified alfalfa....
CORRECTED - In earlier version, comments made by Wilson were incorrectly attributed to Les Stewart. AWARE Simcoe regrets the error. AWARE News Network April 9 2013Natural Resources Minister supports taking another look at options for keeping Springwater Provincial Park open, Conservative MPP Jim Wils...
Agriculture Canada news release April 5, 2013Pierre Lemieux, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture, on behalf of Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz and Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver, announced today that the Asian Long-horned Beetle (ALHB) has been successfully eradicated from C...
Few eaters, growers or food activists can afford $1,000 ticket to Conference Board’s national food summitBy: Catherine Porter Toronto Star Apr 09 2013Canada desperately needs a national food strategy.Our food system is broken.Farmers are now making less money off their farms than they did during the ...
by Brad Pritchard Alliston Herald April 2 2013ALLISTON - The chef and co-owner of a popular Alliston gourmet fast food restaurant says the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is unfairly scrutinizing his business after being told to remove references saying they serve locally sourced products and ...
By Kate Harries AWARE News Network April 6 2012 Springwater Park put its best foot forward as county residents turned out for an impromptu show of support today. “This is beautiful,” people said, breathing in the fresh air of an early-spring day, snow still in drifts under the trees, vernal pools eme...
By Cheryl Browne, Barrie Examiner April 5, 2013SPRINGWATER TWP. - There’s wood piled neatly outside the door and colourful curtains on the windows inside the log home at Springwater Provincial Park.Two First Nations women moved into the cabin nestled amongst the pines five days ago and have settled i...
By: Brad Holden Creemore Echo April 4, 2013 The North Dufferin Agricultural Task Force is rolling out its next phase of advocacy following its successful, if precarious, defeat of the mega quarry proposal in Melancthon. On Wednesday, spokesperson Shirley Boxem brought NDACT’s new “Food and Water Firs...
Chemical treatment would spare ash trees in coming emerald ash borer bug invasionBy Brendan Wedley, Peterborough Examiner April 2, 2013Peterborough’s preparing for the invasion of the emerald ash borer bug, which has killed ash trees across southwestern Ontario and has spread up to the Oshawa area.Ci...
The Associated Press April 4, 2013 TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. -- At least some Asian carp probably have found their way into the Great Lakes, but there's still time to stop the dreaded invaders from becoming established and unraveling food chains that support a $7 billion fishing industry and sensitive ec...
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