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Irish farmers raise volume on opposition to Canadian imports in CETA 
The Irish Farmers Association has released its strongest statement to date opposed to Canadian demands for higher beef and pork quotas in the Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement. The IFA is asking the Irish trade and agriculture mini... 
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Saskatoon Research Centre creates new variety of canola
Saskatoon researchers may have found a way to save Canadian farmers millions of dollars.
Scientists at the Saskatoon Research Centre have developed the first crucifer flea beetle-resistant strand of canola. [cjme.com, May 20, 2013]...
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Compound in Mediterranean diet makes cancer cells 'mortal'
New research suggests that a compound abundant in the Mediterranean diet takes away cancer cells' "superpower" to escape death. [ScienceDaily, May 20, 2013]...
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Border collies enlisted to keep geese from experimental farm
Canada geese have destroyed hundreds of thousands of dollars in research at the Central Experimental Farm in recent years, so much so that border collies have now been hired to keep the pesky birds away. [CBC News, May 20, 2013]...
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Swine virus confirmed in Iowa, Indiana hog herds
Farms in two of the nation's leading pork producing states have tested positive for the potentially fatal porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV), U.S. pork industry veterinarian official said Monday.
Three farms in Iowa and one Indiana operation h...
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Why we need to put the fish back into fisheries
Overfishing has reduced fish populations and biodiversity across much of the world's oceans. In response, fisheries are increasingly reliant on a handful of highly valuable shellfish. However, new research by the University of York shows this approac...
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Making ice cream more nutritious with meat leftovers
Most of the animal proteins found in the meat industry waste have, until now, been underutilised. The challenge is to transform such waste into food of higher functionality and added value. Thanks to the findings of the EU funded PROSPARE project, it...
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ADHD in childhood may feed obesity in adults
Men who were diagnosed with ADHD as children are more likely to be obese in adulthood, according to a new study. [Shots, NPR, May 20, 2013]...
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Drought in US accelerates use of drugs to beef up cattle
Cattle feeders in the U.S. are coping with reduced herds and high corn costs in part by increasing their use of growth-inducing drugs designed to bulk up animals, get more pounds of beef from each carcass and circumvent the drought's withering effect...
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Why Americans should worry about China's food safety problems
If a diner in the U.S. consumes a lunch of tilapia, mushrooms and spinach, there’s a decent chance the entire meal was imported from China. And the overwhelming odds are that none of those foods were inspected by the Food and Drug Administratio...
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U.S. pesticide makers seek answers as bee losses sting agriculture
Monsanto Co is hosting a "Bee Summit." Bayer AG is breaking ground on a "Bee Care Center." And Sygenta AG is funding grants for research into the accelerating demise of honeybees in the United States, where the insects pollinate f...
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Labs fail to detect cases of bacterial food contamination
Foodborne illnesses are a continuing problem in the U.S., but labs that are supposed to detect the presence of pathogens aren’t up to snuff, according to a new report.
The analysis, presented at the 113th General Meeting of the American So...
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Age amplifies damage from obesity, study finds
After age 50, excess body fat hardens the arteries, potentially increasing the risk of dying from cardiovascular disease, according to a new study.
The blood vessels of young people can adapt to the effects of obesity, but this ability is lost aft...
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New testing and labelling safeguards at federal meat plants
As part of the Safe Food for Canadians Action Plan, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has put in place additional safeguards at federally-registered meat plants. These new requirements were published on May 17, 2013 and will come into effect...
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The health toll of immigration
A growing body of mortality research on immigrants has shown that the longer they live in this country, the worse their rates of heart disease, high blood pressure and diabetes. And while their American-born children may have more money, they tend to... 
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New era of fisheries policy needed to secure nutrition for millions
A new study published in PNAS argues that for fisheries policies to be effective they must take in to account not just fish stock conservation and environmental issues, but also research data on the patterns and dynamics of fish trade, markets and us...
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Fuel cell technology boosts long-distance fish shipping
A maritime milestone will be set this week as a container of 18 tons of fresh salmon from Chile is offloaded from a cargo ship in California after a month at sea -- without being frozen.
How, you ask. By using fuel cell technology in a new way.
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Bacon lovers begone as Vancouverites urged to go vegetarian on ‘Meatless Monday’
In what is likely to be every bacon-lover’s worst nightmare, Vancouverites are being urged to go vegetarian for a day as the city cooks up its first ever “Meatless Monday” event.
Mayor Gregor Robertson will be proclaiming June 10...
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10 years later: How the Mad Cow crisis changed an industry and a province (with videos)
What would eventually become one of the worst crises in Canadian agriculture history began quietly in late January 2003, when Marwyn Peaster, a former catfish farmer from Mississippi trying his hand at cattle ranching in Alberta, sent a sick cow to a...
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Climate change impacts ripple through fishing industry while ocean science lags behind
A growing number of scientists, as well as fishermen like Mirarchi, recognize that another factor -- global warming -- is sending the already delicate and opaque mechanics of marine ecosystems into a period of rapid flux. Some research suggests, for ...
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