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CFFO Blog's Blog – June 2012 Archive (4)
The CFFO Commentary: Sustain Ontario takes its Next Step Developing in a Food Strategy
By Nathan Stevens
June 22, 2012
The need for an Ontario or Canadian food strategy has been emerging in the agricultural and health communities. Sustain Ontario is one of the groups that is moving ahead in developing ideas around an Ontario Food and Nutrition Strategy. Their efforts tie agriculture and food production to health and environmental improvement. A recent meeting held by Sustain Ontario focused on three key strategic…
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The CFFO Commentary: Tough Decisions ahead for Growing Forward 2
By Nathan Stevens
June 15, 2012
The federal and provincial governments are working on Growing Forward 2, the five-year policy framework for the agriculture and agri-food sector. Farmers, farm organizations and commodity groups across the country are focused on influencing the outcome of the framework. A realistic assessment of the world around us today points to this agreement featuring harder choices than those made in the original…
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The CFFO Commentary: CFFO helps fill a bus for Agricultural Education
The Christian Farmers Federation of Ontario is placing a strong emphasis on the importance of agricultural education. Earlier this year the Christian Farmers Federation of Ontario announced its scholarship program for students attending post-secondary courses in agricultural studies. Continuing with that direction, CFFO has sponsored a bus full of school children to visit the Ag Museum in Ottawa. Good education involves teaching the history of the…
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The CFFO Commentary: Animal Welfare Expert Temple Grandin Urges Farmers to Share Their Message
Animal welfare is an issue that is gaining in importance for livestock farmers across North America .There are few people more influential in the area of reasonable animal welfare improvements than Dr. Temple Grandin. I recall her sharing her thoughts at a meeting back in 2006 about the future of animal handling and animal welfare. Today, she is calling on farmers to use social media to influence the public discourse on animal welfare in North America, and the strides taken since the…
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