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| NS companies recognized at export awards |
| Source: AtlanticFarmer.com |
| Date: 16-May-2013 |
| The Nova Scotia Export Achievement Awards celebrate and recognize excellence in the province's export community.
This year, nine Nova Scotia companies were honored:
-- Larch Wood Canada, Margaree.
-- Marcato Digital Solutions, Sydney.
-- Phoenix Agritech (Canada) Ltd., Truro.
-- Terra Beata Cranberry Farm, Lunenburg.
-- Cotter's Ocean Products Inc., Lockeport.
-- Van Meeker... (read more) |
| Carrageenan-inflammation link studied |
| Source: ChicagoTribune.com |
| Date: 16-May-2013 |
| Doubts have been surfacing about the safety of a common food additive, carrageenan.
While some have raised questions about its safety, researchers haven't conclusively linked the common food additive to gastrointestinal problems in humans.
Now they're looking harder.
The additive, which is derived from seaweed, is used to give a uniform, creamy texture to food. It can be foun... (read more on ChicagoTribune.com) |
| Farmers' markets studied |
| Source: atlanticfarmfocus.ca |
| Date: 15-May-2013 |
| The economic impact of farmers’ markets across Nova Scotia is the focus of a new study, with results expected this fall.
The results may be used to form strategic business and marketing plans; the data will also provide a better overview of who is visiting the markets, and their behaviors once there.
Kyler Crawford is the project coordinator for a farmers' market economic impact study.... (read more on atlanticfarmfocus.ca) |
| CFIA redefines local |
| Source: AtlanticFarmer.com |
| Date: 14-May-2013 |
| The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is changing the definition of "local", saying the existing rule was "too restrictive."
The federal agency, which has the authority and responsibility for enforcing food labelling regulations, has expanded the local designation from a 50-km radius to cover entire provinces and territories.
Up until now, "local” has meant that an it... (read more) |
| NB launches local food promotion |
| Source: AgriSuccessExpress |
| Date: 13-May-2013 |
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It's the province's first organized campaign to promote local food and value-added products, and it is targeted at both New Brunswickers and visitors.
The province expects to spend between $30,000 and $40,000 on the four-month campaign, which will include: new tourism signage tabs to better promote agri-tourism and aqua-tourism; events to showcase local food; tours for journalists o... (read more on AgriSuccessExpress) |
| Europe ousts Canada for "Safest food" claim |
| Source: agri007.blogspot.ca |
| Date: 10-May-2013 |
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Canadian ministers of agriculture used to boast that we had the safest food in the world - until it became abundantly clear it simply wasn’t true.
Now Tonio Borg, the European Union’s health commissioner, has staked that claim for Europe.
But food-safety communications guru Dr. Doug Powell says Borg may not be safe in that assertion.
After all, the European inspectors failed to spot h... (read more on agri007.blogspot.ca) |
| Cicadas to invade NS |
| Source: ca.news.yahoo.com |
| Date: 09-May-2013 |
| After many years underground, the cicadas from "Brood II" will soon invade Nova Scotia and the northeastern United States.
They are expected to arrive in droves from Nova Scotia down to North Carolina.
Brood II, billions of red-eyed, black-bodied cicadas, will soon emerge from the ground after 17 years.
Cicadas are large, winged insects, about 2-5 cm long when fully-grown. The... (read more on ca.news.yahoo.com) |
| Find your farm-mate |
| Source: OntarioFarmer.com |
| Date: 09-May-2013 |
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“In recent years, dating services for people of different ages, interests and religious backgrounds have proliferated thanks to the internet,” says an online news service called newser.
“But one of the most resilient groups of all goes back to the 1980s and focuses on an increasingly challenging niche: farmers in rural areas, whose numbers are shrinking with the farm population and who don&... (read more on OntarioFarmer.com) |
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| NB to end road restrictions on May 12 |
| Source: AtlanticFarmer.com |
| Date: 09-May-2013 |
| Spring weight restrictions will end on all New Brunswick highways this Sunday, May 12.
"Spring weight restrictions will be removed at midnight on May 12 in southern New Brunswick as well as in northern New Brunswick," said Transportation and Infrastructure Minister Claude Williams. "This is one week earlier than anticipated in northern New Brunswick."
Weight restrictions ... (read more) |
| Burger Love was a smokin' success |
| Source: AtlanticFarmer.com |
| Date: 08-May-2013 |
| The Burger Love numbers are in!
This year during the promotion 46,204 burgers were sold over the course of the campaign - which averages out to 1,593 burgers a day!
That's approximately one burger sold for every three Islanders.
Last year (2012) there were 16,150 burgers sold during the campaign, so this year's results show about a three-fold increase. Now that's success!
... (read more) |
| Natural Beekeeping workshop - additional dates |
| Source: AtlanticFarmer.com |
| Date: 06-May-2013 |
| The Natural Beekeeping workshop will now be offered on additional dates, June 15-16, 2013.
Because the first course filled up very quickly, a second course will be offered on the June l5 weekend.
Klaus and Shirley Langpohl will hold the workshops on Natural Beekeeping on their farm in Plympton, Digby County, NS.
The workshops will take place on May 19-20 and June 15-16.
The works... (read more) |
| "Market intelligence" workshop |
| Source: AtlanticFarmer.com |
| Date: 06-May-2013 |
| Market Intelligence:
What it is, Why you need it, Where to get it
This workshop will be held on May 16, 2013, at the Hilton Garden Inn (Halifax Airport.)
Why should you attend?
Market intelligence can help you make better business decisions, diversify your customer base, understand your competition, and innovate for growth.
This program is designed to help you tap into the tools and ... (read more) |
| Tepper sues government over jail time |
| Source: CBC.ca |
| Date: 06-May-2013 |
| Henk Tepper has launched a $16.5-million lawsuit against the Canadian government over the year he spent in jail in Lebanon.
The NB farmer is claiming that the government did not do enough to secure his release.
"The defendant's conduct constitutes a marked departure from the ordinary standards of decent behaviour and interfered with one of Tepper's most fundamental rights as ... (read more on CBC.ca) |
| Dal Faculty of Agriculture Convocation |
| Source: PEIcanada.com |
| Date: 03-May-2013 |
| Dalhousie University’s Faculty of Agriculture in Truro will celebrate its annual Convocation today, May 3, at 2 pm in the Langille Athletic Centre.
219 students are scheduled to participate.
The schedule for today's events is :
10 am Tribute Awards Ceremony, Alumni Theatre, Cumming Hall.
1 pm Graduation procession forms at Jenkins Hall.
2 pm Convocation ‑ Langille A... (read more on PEIcanada.com) |
| Island Abbey expanding to Quebec |
| Source: The Guardian |
| Date: 30-Apr-2013 |
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Island Abbey Foods Ltd, from PEI, has announced the launch of a new line of Honibe® products that will be made with pure dried honey from Québec for that market.
“We are pleased to offer the French Canadian market in Québec our Honibe Honey Lozenges made with their local honey source,” said CEO John Rowe.
“The demand for the utilization of the local flora in the Québec market has been grow... (read more on The Guardian) |
| Drink's ad campaign gets bashed |
| Source: foodnavigator.com |
| Date: 30-Apr-2013 |
| Branson-backed energy drink earns ASA rap ---
The UK Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) has upheld 156 consumer complaints relating to an energy drink called ‘Pussy Natural Energy’, but the brand insists protestors simply twisted the meaning of an innocent word.
See the promotional video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ibux85e4tCM
... (read more on foodnavigator.com) |
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