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Owen Roberts
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Vote to keep our agri-food sector vibrant
We’ll vote this week for the people and the party we think will best serve Ontario’s interests for the next five years. Who will those people be? The Liberals and Conservatives are running neck-in-neck, and the NDP is a solid … Continue reading
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Tagged agriculture, election, farmers, farming, food, Guelph Mercury, OMAFRA, Ontario, research, University of Guelph, Urban Cowboy
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It’s harvest time, but check the label anyway
Our zeal for local food is making us look more closely at what we buy – isn’t it? Intrinsically, I think so. But new economic information from the U.S. makes me wonder if we’re reading stickers and labels. Last week, … Continue reading
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Tagged farmers, food, Guelph Mercury, local food, OMAFRA, research, University of Guelph, Urban Cowboy
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New varieties show strength of crop research alliance
It’s the nature of news—what’s hot today usually disappears tomorrow. Such was the case a year or so ago with the Canadian Field Crop Research Alliance, a coming together of field crop research interests in Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec and Atlantic … Continue reading
