Tag: Norfolk County Farms
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Contraband Tobacco solution requires more than Federal legislation ‘tinkering’
SOLVING ILLICIT TOBACCCO A National Strategy There is no debate that the global trade in contraband tobacco has far-reaching implications for society. Too much evidence exists today to deny that the black market in tobacco draws in the involvement of a host of problems for public safety and national security. Complicating the picture is the…
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New Ontario Gov’t Tax Credit to Benefit Farmers and Communities
A new tax credit is helping put nutritious, fresh, locally grown food on the plates of those who need it most. The Food Donation Tax Credit for Farmers — the only one of its kind in Canada — is giving farmers a tax credit valued at 25 per cent of the fair market value of…
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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…
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Unique Ontario Bill 36 (designed to promote Local Food) passes final Vote
Ontario is moving forward to help promote the good things that are grown, harvested and processed in Ontario with today’s passage of the Local Food Act, 2013. The new legislation is part of a strategy http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/about/localfood.htm to build Ontario’s economy by making more local food available in markets, schools, cafeterias, grocery stores and restaurants. This…