Kate Neale
As the cost-of-living crisis bites into our household budgets, growing or foraging food can save you money.
Second-generation dairy farmer David Janssens walks through a pasture of dairy cows at a farm in Surrey, B.C., in August 2018. Canadians and policymakers should support systems that allow for valuable food industries to flourish, rather than dismantle them.
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If Canada wishes to preserve domestic farms and enhance food security, officials must have limits on what they can concede to American and other foreign interests.
Seeking greenhorns with green thumbs.
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It’s part of a decadeslong trend.
The corporate rush to reduce the environmental footprint of their food supply chains poses several challenges for farmers.
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Big name food brands are pursuing decarbonisation – but they are squeezing farmers in the process.
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Recent study investigated how fast genes are being transferred between distantly related species.
Fulani herdsman at Kachia Grazing Reserve, Kaduna State, Nigeria, in April, 2019.
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Ecowas regulations on pastoralism discourage big investment in livestock and need to be reformed in line with present day realities.
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Farming has made crop plants reliant on synthetic fertilisers, but we can reactivate their ability to engage with beneficial microorganisms and make them more independent.
Cocoa farmers in Ghana struggle with poverty.
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Ghana and other west African cocoa growing countries must harness their combined bargaining strength to address the challenges plaguing cocoa farming.
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September 29, 2023
Aaron Simmons , University of New England ; Annette Cowie , University of New England ; Beverley Henry , Queensland University of Technology ; Brian Wilson , University of New England ; David Pannell , The University of Western Australia ; David Rowlings , Queensland University of Technology ; Elaine Mitchell , Queensland University of Technology ; Matthew Tom Harrison , University of Tasmania ; Peter Grace , Queensland University of Technology ; Raphael Viscarra Rossel , Curtin University ; Richard Eckard , The University of Melbourne , and Warwick Badgery , The University of Melbourne
A group of agricultural and soil scientists has serious concerns about the way credits are awarded for soil carbon sequestration in Australia.
Farming needs substantial investment in on-farm infrastructure and equipment.
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Financing is available to farmers. What’s in contention is whether what’s available helps farmers enter the industry, expand and grow.
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Our research has found 30,000 farm dams which could be used as energy storage. Solar by day, hydro by night.
Placing vertical solar panels on farming land allows for energy production and higher yields.
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Using agricultural land for both solar and food production presents huge opportunities for Canadian farmers, especially in Alberta.
A photo taken by a migrant farm worker from a vineyard located in South Kelowna on August 18, 2023. Wildfires have burned large areas in region.
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Natural hazards like wildfires are adding yet more challenges to the difficulties many migrant workers face.
Cannabis plants.
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Contrary to popular views, it was not just uneducated and socially deviant individuals who were engaged in cannabis farming or trade.
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Too much red meat – and especially processed meat – is linked to cancer and heart disease. But moderation is the key – alongside better farming practices
Indonesia’s Mount Merapi spews lava during an eruption on May 23, 2023. Over 250,000 people live nearby.
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For some people, it’s a choice based on cultural beliefs or economic opportunities provided by the volcano. Other times it’s less a choice than the only option.
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Consumers’ main concerns regarding farm monitoring are food safety, animal welfare and water quality. Many would like to see Māori values and land practices incorporated.
By only focusing on how to keep food costs low, we risk ignoring the underlying causes of why people cannot afford food in the first place.
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Many people are experiencing the sticker shock of higher prices at grocery stores. But the amount we pay for food often does not reflect the real social, environmental and human costs of production.
A well in Afanasyeva village, Mykolaiv region, damaged by flooding after the Kakhovka Dam breach.
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Breaching the Kakhovka Dam and reservoir had all the hallmarks of a scorched-earth strategy. Two expert observers of the Russia-Ukraine war explain this event’s destructive long-term effects.
Rice is widely eaten in Nigeria.
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Nigeria can produce more rice to feed its burgeoning population by harnessing its wastewater.