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Advocacy Group Demands Details of City of Winnipeg Water Deal

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September 22, 2010 - CBC Manitoba The Council of Canadians has filed a complaint…

CropLife Canada Report Spells Out Case for Innovation

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Manitoba Co-Operator - Staff - 9/22/2010 CropLife Canada (CLC) has published its case for the continued use of pesticides... Crop sprayer and pesticide container collection site. l.p. photos EDITOR'S NOTE: "CLC" calls its report, "We Stand for Sustainability ." The purest definition of that word came from the Bruntland Commission many years ago. "...living today in ways that do not undermine the ability of future generations to live." Once again, the chemical industry has bastardized the word to suit its own purposes...i.e. pour more and more of our products on your crops, just so you can stay even with last year! l.p.

Corporate Lobbying is Blocking Food Reforms, Senior UN Official Warns

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Juliette Jowit guardian.co.uk, 22 September 2010 Farming summit told of delaying tactics by large agri-business and food producers on decisions that would improve human health and the environment (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

Torrential Rains Spawn An Epidemic of Vegetable Disease. Is Climate Change Already Taking a Toll on Prairie Food Supplies?

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- by Larry Powell Roblin, Manitoba, CA Se.22 - '10. Record rainfall and a disastrously wet season have already ruined millions of hectares of grain crops on the Canadian prairies this year. A soggy, unharvested canola field in western Manitoba. PinP photo Now, another scourge, also related to excess moisture, has emerged. Gov't. of MB photos A disease identified as “late blight” has decimated backyard vegetable crops, notably potatoes and tomatoes in Manitoba. Widespread reports from vegetable gardeners tell of crops ruined by the blight, which is a highly-contagious pathogen. It can linger in the soil and even spread in the wind. My wife & I lost our entire tomato crop this summer. l.p. Mandy Lewick of Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives (MAFRI) in Roblin, says wet weather, such as

Rethink Alberta (Video) UK version