sustainability

Sustainability was the main theme of a panel discussion with the CEO of Lovingly Made Flour Mills Inc, Heidi Dutton, and farmer & agriculture advocate Cherilyn Jolly-Nagel at the FFF Global Summit. Dutton talked about sustainability with 620 CKRM AgriNews Director Ryan Young prior to going on stage, as well as the origin story of […]

Among the potash, oil and gas, and agri-business executives at the Food, Fuel, and Fertilizer Summit in Regina was a farmer from the Mossbank area. Cherilyn Jolly-Nagal was there to participate in a panel discussion called “Cultivating Resilience: Sustainable Agriculture Solutions in Saskatchewan”. She also talked about her experience at the conference as well as […]

Community-based organizations and rural communities across Canada needing to fund a project can apply to Farm Credit Canada’s AgriSpirit Fund. $1.5-million is available for registered charities, non-profit organizations, and First Nation, Metis, & Inuit communities who apply for the fund.  FCC’s Manager of Community Investment Carla Warnyca says eligible projects can get between 10 and […]

The Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute is recommending that governments across the country develop a national plan to sustainably manage and use water for the agri-food sector. In a report released Monday, the institute called for ambitious commitments from governments and partnerships with stakeholders to prioritize the critical natural resource. “Water is a strategic asset for Canada, and an increasingly […]

 The Canadian Federation of Agriculture is hoping farmers will have significant involvement in a federal study on the future of farming. Ottawa has launched an on-line consultation process on sustainable farming to the end of March. Federation of Agriculture vice president Todd Lewis of Grey says the CFA is co-chairing the consultation and wants good […]

  Regina-based Farm Credit Canada is offering up to 2 thousand dollars to cattle producers who are certified for sustainability production. The director of sustainability programs at FCC, Curtis Grainger, says eligible producers must be customers of FCC. He says the certified program revolves around five principles, including natural resources, people and community, animal health, […]

  Canada has joined an international sustainable agriculture production and food system coalition. Federal agriculture minister Marie-Claude Bibeau says Canada has joined the Sustainable Productivity Growth for Food Security and Resource Conservation coalition to help deal with climate change. The group comes out of the United Nations Food systems summit last September and includes more […]

Patrick Moore will not be speaking at the 2020 Reimagine Conference this spring in Regina. Mike O’Donnell, who serves on city council and as co-chair for the conference, provided the announcement from Regina City Hall on Friday afternoon. O’Donnell told reporters Moore will not be replaced with a different speaker, adding they want the public […]