Tag: farms

  • How We Set In Motion Coffee Global Business

    How We Set In Motion Coffee Global Business

    If you are like me- someone who has drunk much more than one coffee in your life, you might be interested in pondering this question: Why do you think the multi-billion-dollar global coffee industry can be a losing business for the growers, whose hands till the land from where coffee starts? In fact, if you…

  • Ontario Law Protects Bees By Reducing Neonicotinoid Corn And Soybean Crops

    Ontario Law Protects Bees By Reducing Neonicotinoid Corn And Soybean Crops

    On July 1, 2015, Ontario was the first jurisdiction in North America to protect bees and other pollinators through new rules to reduce the number of acres planted with neonicotinoid-treated corn and soybean seeds by 80 per cent. To support this goal, new requirements were put in place for the sale and use of neonicotinoid-treated…

  • Canada Migrant Worker Program Not Perfect But Seen As World Model

    Canada Migrant Worker Program Not Perfect But Seen As World Model

    TORONTO, CANADA – The world’s most successful program connecting seasonal workers with agricultural employers has kicked into high gear. Administered by Foreign Agricultural Resource Management Services (F.A.R.M.S.), the Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program (SAWP) links approximately 14,000 requests for seasonal workers with jobs at Ontario farms this growing season. Not only does the 52-year-old program provide…

  • Why We March Globally Against Monsanto

    Why We March Globally Against Monsanto

    For those who are not aware of Monsanto or its global influence, I would like to provide you with some background information before explaining just why it is important to stand against the corporation and its actions.  Monsanto is an international agricultural corporation which is based out of the United States. It originated in 1901…