Farming

By Isabella Figueroa Nogueira

“Indigenous Activism in the Midwest: Refusal, Resurgence and Resisting Settler Colonialism” explores how Dakota and Anishinaabe communities in Minnesota continue their relationships to the land and challenge dominant settler narratives about ownership, belonging and identity.

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Matt Stevens, Finite Robotics CEO, said startups sometimes develop great products that are impossible for farmers to integrate into their operations

Fifty-nine per cent of farmers meet the classifications for anxiety and 35 per cent meet the classifications for depression.

Winter conditions in the Great Lakes are getting much shorter — by about two weeks fewer each decade since 1995

Canada’s largest pumpkin patch is looking a little lean.

It was 1940, a time of national emergency. At the start of the Second World War, Hitler’s army ruthlessly swept across western Europe. Britain suffered devastating bombing raids and food shortages due to German blockades. Canadian farms would have to supply hundreds of thousands of tons of food to feed the troops and the starving […]

By Donté Smith 

Despite being surrounded by the largest group of freshwater lakes on Earth, Michigan imports the vast majority of its seafood, between 65% and 90%, according to Michigan Sea Grant. As global aquaculture has grown to meet increasing demand for protein, a small but determined group of inland fish farmers in the Great Lakes region are building a more sustainable, local supply. Researchers say doing so could ease pressure on wild populations, create jobs in rural areas and help restore public trust in the food on their plates. But with high regulatory costs, limited consumer awareness and strong competition from imports, these farms face an uphill swim.

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In addition to farmers using them in Ontario, Quebec and Alberta, they are zapping weeds in the U.S., Europe, Australia and New Zealand

“It’s applying nutrients with a shovel instead of a spoon,” says farmer Don Bender

There were 27 fatalities due to asphyxiation from grain or soil on Canadian farms between 2011 and 2020

Family-run factory south of Woodstock turns milk into award-winning wheels, reflecting Oxford County’s dairy heritage. This is Part Four of Postmedia's How Canada Wins: Love Where We Live summer series.

Kawartha Lakes, through Peterborough, Northumberland and Prince Edward County has received 90 per cent less than normal rain