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Four decades later, global hunger still trending

Oct. 16 marked 43 years since the establishment of World Food Day. Yet in 2022, the world is hungrier than ever, with hundreds of millions unable to access enough nutritious food to eat every day. Conflict, climate change and economic shocks have reduced food production and disrupted the supply of affordable nutritious food. With this […]

Feds should align fertilizer plan with farmers’ needs

You may have heard the buzz lately. There has been a lot of talk about emissions, environmental impact, and what the future looks like with a changing climate. As chair of the Grain Growers of Canada, the past few weeks have been dominated by conversations about the Government of Canada’s plan to reduce emissions from […]

Health Canada’s new guidelines for novel foods take hands-off approach

Since 2006, the insertion of foreign DNA has triggered a Health Canada safety assessment of genetically modified plants and foods. In the past decade, new genetic engineering techniques like CRISPR have been developed, giving plant breeders the ability to make new gene modifications without the addition of foreign DNA. Under Health Canada’s recently adopted new […]

Higher federal target needed to curtail fertilizer emissions, says environmental organization

An ambitious target set by the federal government to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with fertilizer doesn’t go far enough, according to an environmental organization that argues Canada needs to restrict its production of synthetic fertilizer. “Canada is one of the worst offenders, with emissions among the highest in the world per capita from […]

Reopening Ukraine’s Black Sea corridor is a humanitarian issue

LONDON, U.K.—“Not all issues have yet been resolved, but the fact that there is movement is already good,” Russian President Vladimir Putin said in Tehran on Tuesday. “We feel that, incrementally, there’s been a little bit more progress made, but there’s nothing to announce at this stage,” said Farhan Haq, spokesman for United Nations Secretary-General […]

Politics This Morning: Trudeau in Germany for G7 leaders’ summit

Good Monday morning, The House and Senate are adjourned until Sept. 19 and Sept. 20, respectively, and Speaker ANTHONY ROTA announced on Friday that all mask mandates have expired for anyone entering the House of Commons precinct. Prime Minister JUSTIN TRUDEAU left Kigali, Rwanda, Saturday night after the Commonwealth heads of government meeting and flew […]

Senator Black hosts a whisky shindig on the Hill

Canadian Senators Group Senator Rob Black (Ontario) hosted the final reception of the season on June 15, in Room 325 of the Wellington Building, to showcase grains and oilseed farmers and, as the Irish poets call it, that golden-brown “elixir of life and philosophers stone” they produce: “whisky me boys.”   The Grain Farmers of Ontario, […]