farmers

The path to low-emissions agricultural production must ensure sustained food production and support the viability of farming operations.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government is looking at how it can provide targeted aid to farmers who are struggling with inflation.

Feds eyeing 'variety of options' for planned firearm buyback program: Mendicino

Restaurants, grocers, farmers and food companies are increasingly turning to chemistry and physics to tackle the problem of food waste.

The Liberal government is listening to concerns that some of the firearms it's looking to ban are used primarily for hunting, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Monday, December 5, 2022. 

Farmers across New Zealand took to the streets on their tractors on Thursday, October 20, 2022, to protest government plans to tax cow burps and other greenhouse gas emissions, although the rallies were smaller than many had expected.

New Zealand's government has proposed taxing the greenhouse gases that farm animals make from burping and peeing as part of a plan to tackle climate change.

Despite some rainfall, the state is still suffering from an extreme water shortage driven by the climate crisis — and La Niña may worsen it.

The head of the World Food Program is urging countries to follow Canada in trying to avert a looming famine in East Africa, which he warns could get even worse due to sanctions against Russia.

A new industry-led report suggests Canada’s farmers can likely only achieve half of the federal government’s targeted 30 per cent reduction in fertilizer emissions by 2030.

Time will tell whether they get around to dumping actual manure onto major highways in protest, or whether we’ll merely have to contend with the metaphorical version being thrown at our federal government, writes columnist Max Fawcett.

During his undergraduate studies at St. Mary’s University in Halifax, this 22-year-old helped discover there are many more bees in Nova Scotia’s salt marshes than previously thought. 

These pollinators are critical for growing food, but little is known about the native bee species supporting the island’s farmers.

For Canadian agriculture to meet its 30 per cent fertilizer emissions reduction target by 2030, it is critical to reduce the overall amount of nitrogen fertilizer used in Canada.

Canada's public safety minister says a proposal to reform the country's gun laws isn't meant to target farmers or other rural gun owners who use firearms recreationally or to help keep wildlife off their properties.