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Burger King pledges to end deforestation by 2030

By GFM Network News June 23, 2017

Rio de Janeiro | Thomson Reuters Foundation — The owner of Burger King has pledged to eliminate deforestation from its supply chains by 2030 but scientists say the company is not moving fast enough to stop its hamburgers from destroying rainforests and the communities who depend on them. Restaurant Brands International, one of the world’s […] Read more

Crops

Study finds organic’s sustainability ‘context-dependent’

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News March 11, 2017

When weighed for sustainability, the purported benefits and costs of organic agriculture can actually “vary heavily” from case to case, a new University of British Columbia study finds. The UBC study, titled “Many shades of gray: The context-dependent performance of organic agriculture,” published Friday in the U.S. journal Science Advances, sets out to “systematically review […] Read more

Columns, Crops

That’s the way we’ve always done it

How much can large-scale farmers to change to meet urban consumer demands?

By Toban Dyck January 14, 2016

Traditions are thoughtless, lazy, convenient, oh, I could go on. Because you’ve always done something a certain way is not a reason for anything. It’s not an argument. And it’s certainly should never be used to retaliate against new ideas, new ways of doing things, that creep up in the agriculture world. Before you get […] Read more

Beef Cattle, News

McDonald’s touts profitable sustainability

Chain restaurant rep says McDonald's is committed to Canadian ag's long-term success

By Julienne Isaacs October 27, 2015

Sustainable agriculture must be pre-competitive.” This phrase was repeated several times by Jeffrey Fitzpatrick-Stilwell, McDonald’s Canada’s senior manager for sustainability, during a seminar at the University of Manitoba on September 28. Fitzpatrick-Stilwell’s lecture, “McDonald’s Perspective on Sustainable Food Systems,” was put on by the Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences, and sponsored by the National Centre […] Read more

A McDonald’s restaurant in Toronto. (McDonalds.ca)

Beef Cattle, Livestock

Consumers want sustainable beef, but defining that may be murky

By GFM Network News October 13, 2015

CNS Canada –– McDonald’s plans on using sustainable beef by 2016, and intends on sourcing at least part of it from Canadian producers. The fast food giant’s latest step toward sustainability is to define what exactly that means. Defining sustainability is important, according to a beef brand officer, because in some cases it’s something consumers […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Cattleman’s Corner

Is it my job to feed the world?

Point of View: A southeast B.C. farmer raises the question about where farmer priorities should be — looking after the family and community or feeding the world? 

By Darcy Goodrich May 14, 2015

There is an unwritten law it seems in agriculture these days; whispered on the wind from coast to coast and pole to pole. Proclaimed and prophesied around tables from kitchens to cafés by old men, it has spread to the blogs and blundering of Internet chat rooms and Facebook foodie folklore. Many in mainstream agriculture […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Cattleman’s Corner

Seeing the value of your farm beyond beef and grain

There may not be an immediate cash market for tranquility, but the day is coming 

By Sean McGrath May 14, 2015

It is definitely catalogue season. Based on past purchases and connections through work I generally receive around 150 to 200 bull sale catalogues each year, as well as lots of general farm supply and auction catalogues. All of this glossiness has spurred a lot of thinking about the products we sell from our farms and […] Read more

Features

New tool measures farm operation sustainability

Demand for “field print” calculations is on the rise

By Rebecca Hannam April 21, 2015

Energy consumption, land use, erosion and climate impact are key to environmental management. Consumers and food retailers are now demanding this type of information. But how do you measure your efficiency? A new calculator can help. Denis Tremorin, director of sustainability at Pulse Canada, is the driving force behind the Canadian Field Print Calculator project and […] Read more

Cattleman’s Corner

“Sustainability” in all its forms

Industry sustainability is built  one farm at a time, anticipating and being prepared for change

By Sean McGrath March 31, 2015

The “S” word (sustainability) has been in popular use for several years among industry and developers and it has recently undergone a major surge of interest in the beef industry. Sustainability really reflects the long-term viability of the industry in terms of the three pillars of the environment, economics and social demands. It would be […] Read more

Cattleman’s Corner, Poultry/Eggs

Same standards apply to all livestock sectors

The livestock industry as a whole is on the same track in aiming to produce a high-quality product

By Lee Hart March 31, 2015

I can’t talk much about the situation across Canada, but I certainly get the impression poultry producers in Alberta are doing their best to produce meat birds and eggs to deliver a high-quality product raised with the best production practices possible. Poultry operations don’t have a big fit with Cattleman’s Corner, but looking around the […] Read more

GFM Network News

Huge crops in South America says analyst

U.S. livestock: ‘Cattle on feed’ report supports prices

U.S. grains: Wheat trades near contract lows under ample global supply

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