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Five tips for eco-friendly gardening

May 31, 2017

The word eco-friendly can be used in many areas of our lives: at work, at home, at play. Being eco-friendly in all these aspects is quite a simple concept with incredible opportunities for creativity. The bottom line is eco-friendly is all about working with nature, not against it. As gardeners we play an ever-increasing unique […] Read more

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Seven ways incorporating your farm can improve your operation

By Maggie Van Camp May 31, 2017

Successful farms depend on having smart, strategic people, no matter what structure. However, being incorporated has forced farms to create accrual financial statements and operate under certain rules of engagement, which has jumpstarted more professional behaviour, such as having farm meetings.

Yonge-Dundas Square, downtown Toronto. (Photo courtesy City of Toronto via Flickr)

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Trust in agriculture increases with farm visits: survey

By GFM Network News May 30, 2017

Residents of the Greater Toronto Area who have worked in agriculture or have recently visited a working farm are more likely to be optimistic about job prospects in the agriculture sector. That’s according to a recent survey of 676 residents of the GTA by Grassroots Public Affairs and Delphi Polling and Consulting. The survey highlighted […] Read more

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Stats from 2016 show uptick in net farm income

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News May 25, 2017

Statistics show slightly lower costs for fertilizer, fuel and cattle and calf purchases in 2016, against higher crop sales and program payments, led to a rise in realized net farm income last year. Statistics Canada on Wednesday released data showing Canadian producers’ realized net farm income — the difference between cash receipts and operating expenses, […] Read more

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New Alberta labour standards for paid farm workers tabled

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News May 24, 2017

Waged farm workers in Alberta will be allowed to unionize and get new rules governing vacation pay and youth employment, under a provincial labour bill tabled Wednesday. The new rules are tucked into Bill 17, the Fair and Family-friendly Workplaces Act, which went through first reading Wednesday and, if passed, would take effect Jan. 1, […] Read more

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8 management practices of successful Canadian farmers

May 17, 2017

In our CTEAM program and other activities, we get to meet a range of Canadian farmers, and often we have the opportunity to assess their success both financially and personally, in terms of their ability to meet or exceed personal and family goals. Several characteristics of these successful people become obvious rather quickly. Not all […] Read more

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Ontario to add local weight to land use appeal process

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News May 16, 2017

Ontario’s Municipal Board (OMB), which handles appeals of land use planning decisions across the province, is set to be replaced with a new Local Planning Appeal Tribunal. The provincial government announced Tuesday it will introduce legislation “in the coming weeks” to replace the Ontario Municipal Board with the new tribunal, “mandated to give greater weight […] Read more

U.S. President Donald Trump and Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue participate in a farmers’ roundtable event April 25, 2017 at the White House. (Video screengrab from WhiteHouse.gov)

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Trump reassures farmers immigration crackdown not aimed at their workers

By GFM Network News May 15, 2017

Washington/San Francisco | Reuters — U.S. President Donald Trump said he would seek to keep his tough immigration enforcement policies from harming the U.S. farm industry and its largely immigrant workforce, according to farmers and officials who met with him. At a roundtable on farm labour at the White House last month, Trump said he […] Read more

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The power of a letter to get unstuck

By Elaine Froese May 12, 2017

Sometimes we have to go back to basics in order to keep healthy change happening on our farms. Lately in my transition seminars I have been encouraging frustrated young farmers to write a letter of intent to their founding parents. People who are stuck with a large degree of anxiety and overwhelm from not knowing […] Read more

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Ag census logs more younger and female farm operators

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News May 11, 2017

While people age 55 and over still make up the fastest-growing segment of farmers in Canada, the latest Census of Agriculture shows slightly more producers under age 35 for the first time in five censuses. Statistics Canada’s 2016 Census of Agriculture, released Wednesday, counted 271,935 farm operators — that is, people who make management decisions […] Read more

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Five tips for eco-friendly gardening

Seven ways incorporating your farm can improve your operation

Trust in agriculture increases with farm visits: survey

Stats from 2016 show uptick in net farm income

New Alberta labour standards for paid farm workers tabled

8 management practices of successful Canadian farmers

Ontario to add local weight to land use appeal process

Trump reassures farmers immigration crackdown not aimed at their workers

The power of a letter to get unstuck

Ag census logs more younger and female farm operators

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