Province of Manitoba, Canada Promises New Supports for Smaller Farmers and Processors

The Co-Operator

A small organic market garden in Manitoba. PinP photo.

The report says support to grow food-processing sector must extend to all sizes of players. Story here.

Farmer Ain’t in the Dell. A "Toe-Tapper" With a Message! (Video).

Song written and performed by Genevieve Charbonneau.

Nearly 7 Million Litres Of Drilling Waste Spills From North Dakota Pipeline

ClimateProgress

Almost 3 million gallons of saltwater drilling waste spilled from a North Dakota pipeline earlier this month, a spill that’s now being called the state’s largest since the North Dakota oil boom began. Story here.

Food Diversity Under Siege From Global Warming, U.N. Says

Reuters

Climate change threatens the genetic diversity of the world's food supply, and saving crops and animals at risk will be crucial for preserving yields and adapting to wild weather patterns, a U.N. policy paper said on Monday. Story here.

'Seedy Business': New Report Digs Beneath Agrichemical Industry's High-Cost PR Machine

CommonDreams

A typical "industrial-style," GMO farm  in Manitoba. PinP photo.

'The tremendous amount of money spent speaks to depth of public unease about GMOs,' says lead author. Story here.

Robert Redford: Stop the Big Polluter Agenda. PLEASE SIGN!

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Kate Storey Selected to Run Again for the Green Party of Canada in Dauphin – Swan River - Marquette.

Onanole, MB.  by Larry Powell - Green Party of Canada.

“It’s time to end ‘top-down’ politics in this country,” Storey declared, as a group of dedicated supporters voted unanimously to again endorse her this weekend as their party’s choice in the federal election later this year. "Vote Green and give your MPs the ability to actually represent the people for a change,” she declared.

If elected, Storey promised to dedicate herself to fight against the scourges of climate change, and for the principles of social justice and democracy.

Kate Storey, candidate, Green Party of Canada.
Dauphin - Swan River - Marquette.

She and her husband, Doug have been operating an organic farm near Grandview for years. They’ve become living examples of how sustainable agriculture can succeed in a sea of industrial farms, where genetic modification, pesticides and monoculture are increasingly compromising the quality of our food and the very survival of precious pollinators, such as honeybees. 

Storey comes to the candidate’s job with a wealth of political experience, having run both federally and provincially on previous occasions.

“I may not win,” she declares, “but I’ll be bringing an important message to you during the campaign which would otherwise be lost in the now familiar, but cynical clamor of the ‘old-line parties.'”