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Organic price quotes: Late February

February 28, 2020

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Surplus leaves organic prices flat or lower

February 28, 2020

By Glen Hallick Glacier FarmMedia staff With an abundance of organic grain available, prices either remained flat in February or were lower, according to three buyers across Canada. “The markets seem very full right now, to the point that buyers are overbought. Prices however, have not softened like they normally would when they are this […]

Hemp demand goes organic

February 20, 2020

By Robert Arnason Glacier FarmMedia staff Manitoba Harvest sells hemp food products at more than 16,000 stores in North America. That’s up from about 7,000 stores in 2015, which qualifies as robust growth. But demand for organic hemp foods, granola bars, protein powder and hemp oil is climbing much faster than demand for regular hemp. […]

Organic farm advantages in biodiversity and profits depend on location

February 5, 2020

Washington State University – For organic farms, size matters: not so much the size of the farm itself, but the size of the neighbouring fields. A large-scale analysis published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on Jan. 27 found that organic agriculture sites had 34 per cent more biodiversity and 50 per cent […]

Albertans load up their plates with organic food

August 13, 2019

By Robert Arnason Glacier FarmMedia staff Albertans like organic food. Organic industry statistics suggest that 74 percent of Albertans buy organic food weekly. That’s higher than consumers in Manitoba and Saskatchewan, where 62 percent of shoppers buy organic weekly. The strong demand in Alberta is likely explained by millennials, who tend to self-identify as “ethical” […]

The fake meat trend is just getting started, food exec says

July 24, 2019

By Alexis Kienlen Glacier FarmMedia staff It’s not going to stop with the Beyond Meat burger. Expect to see more plant-based foods in your grocery store as more and more consumers reduce their consumption of meat, says the CEO of a leading organic and natural food company. “You can see tremendous acceleration in the refrigerated […]

Northern Ontario farm serves local market

February 14, 2020

By Ed White Glacier FarmMedia staff What kind of crazy people would set up a vegetable farm from scratch outside Thunder Bay, Ont.? Two southern Ontarians with no agriculture education or background, that’s who. Ten years later, Marcelle Paulin and Brendan Grant have turned Sleepy G Farm into a model for how a small farm […]

Growing – and harvesting – organic hemp

February 7, 2020

Glacier FarmMedia | Grainews – When Marcus Isaac decided he wanted to get into organic production, he thought hemp would be a good fit for his 300-acre farm near Kleefeld, Man. He was already growing alfalfa and he knew hemp would be a good organic crop to rotate with it. He also knew hemp would […]

Is regenerative the next ‘sustainable?’

January 24, 2020

By Jeremy Simes Glacier FarmMedia staff During a first-of-its kind conference in Kelowna earlier this year, producers, soil health experts and advocates gathered to discuss the future of farming. The First Canadian Summit on Climate Action in Food Systems focused on regenerative agriculture, looking at how farmers can be part of the solution in helping […]