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Seasonal agricultural workers treated well says program spokesman
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[BetterFarming.com] - by SUSAN MANN. On Christmas Day, Hamilton-area broccoli grower Ken Forth says he routinely talks by phone to his seasonal agricultural workers who are back home in their Caribbean counties. “We're good people and we have good people working for
Tough year for Canada's food processors
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[BetterFarming.com] - by SUSAN MANN. The food manufacturing industry is struggling through a tough year, according to the Conference Board of Canada. In its report, Canadian Industrial Outlook: Canada's Food Manufacturing Industry, Summer 2012, released Thursday, the
Ontario liberals propose local food legislation
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[BetterFarming.com] - by SUSAN MANN. Local food legislation to boost Ontario's farm product sales is an appealing idea but some farm leaders say more details are needed to tell if it will benefit growers. Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty announced the provincial government's
Ag ministers cut AgriStability funding
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[BetterFarming.com] - by SUSAN MANN. Changes Canada's agriculture ministers approved to business risk management programs in the new agricultural policy framework means two of the programs, AgriStability and AgriInvest, have been gutted, says the Ontario Federation of
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