Agriculture News – Farming Culture

 

“The Ontario agri-food sector contributes more than $34 billion to the provincial economy and employs more than 700,000 people.” Ontario Serves Up Local Food Bill news release (25-Mar-2013)

 

What is Farming to You?

 

There is more to farming than the simple job of growing food or raising animals. 

 

For the farmer, it’s a lifestyle, a calling, a deep commitment, a living.

 

For city-folk, it’s an offering of food on Styrofoam trays, in paper bags, frozen or in tin cans as reliable and right as the dawning of a new day or the approach of a glittering night.

 

For country-folk, it’s an awareness and appreciation for clean air, pristine water, fresh food and good earth. 

 

Each has their views, which perhaps surprisingly, often conflicts, although the goal is the same. 

 

We all have to eat.  We all need to live. The future of farming must be sustainable.

 

 

Anthony Scissons

 

In 2012, Ottawa area farmer, Anthony Scissons, sold live lambs to 3 Muslim men who (in accordance with Dhabihah) proceeded to slaughter the animals on the farm for their own use.

 

The Ministry of Natural Resources, reacting to a complaint filed by a local Muslim slaughterhouse, charged the farmer with running an illegal slaughterhouse, selling un-inspected meat and failing to have the animal inspected before and after slaughter.

 

The Muslim men were not charged.

 

Constitutional Charter challenges have been made under sections 2, 8, and 15.  Section2 deals with freedom of religion, section 8 with illegal search and seizure and section15 with equal treatment under the l aw. (article)

 

At issue is whether people have the right to slaughter animals for their own use.

 

 

NEWS – Farming Culture

(reverse chronological order)

 

Date

Source

Title

Comment

2019-06-13

South China Morning Post

Most meat won’t come from slaughtered animals by 2040, new report claims

 

The Guardian

2019-01-17

CP24

Study finds more than half of food produced in Canada is wasted

 

The Canadian Press

2019-01-21

EcoWatch / Common Dreams

35,000 Protestors in Berlin Call for Agricultural Revolution

 

Andrea Germanos

2018-11-27

Government of Ontario

Supporting Innovation in Ontario's Food Processing Industry

 

Office of the Premier

2018-09-18

Government of Ontario

Premier Ford Committed to Helping Ontario Farmers Thrive

 

Office of the Premier

2018-08-13

National Post

‘Green infrastructure’ a new way of considering our natural assets

Peter Kenter

Sponsored by Friends of the Greenbelt

2018-08-13

Macleans.ca

Opinion: What Canadians don’t understand about farming-and what they need to

 

Toban Dyck

2018-07-31

Sdg.iisd.org

Report Identifies Agriculture as Greatest Source of Water Pollution

 

Leila Mead

#ProtectOurWater

2018-03-27

Wakingtimes.com

Farmer converts 40,000 acres into Largest Organic Farm in Canada

Phillip Schneider

- Travis Heide, Organics Canada Ltd., Moosomin, Saskatchewan

2018-03-08

Globe and Mail

Opinion: The future of farming is female

 

Trina Moyles

2017-11-08

Youtube / TEDx Talks

We Need LESS Food. | Brent Preston | TEDxCollingwood

 

Brent Preston

2017-09-05

OMNY.FM

Ontario looking to protect prime farmland: Developer's prespective(sic)

 

Tasha Kheiriddin

Audio 11 mins

2017-09-04

Washtimesherald.com (USA)

Land a community to love, use with respect

Harold Allison

2017

Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA)

Census data reflects changes in agriculture industry (2017)

 

Rejean Pommainville

2016-08-15

Peterson Farm Bros

Our Farm Song (Cake by the Ocean, Stressed Out, Can't Stop the Feeling, Fight Song Parody)

 

Peterson Farm Bros.

2016-01-21

Natural.News

After contaminating U.S. chicken with arsenic for more than 65 years, FDA finally phases out last arsenic-based drug used in animal feed

 

 

2015-11-19

Better Farming

Ontario’s agri-food sector is growing

 

Susan Mann

2014-10-27

Peterson Farm Bros

I'm So Farmer (All About That Bass, Fancy, Let it Go Parody)

 

Peterson Farm Bros

2014-08-04

Youtube / TEDx Talks

Unprocessed -- how I gave up processed foods (and why it matters) | Megan Kimble | TEDxTucsonSalon

 

Megan Kimble

2014-06-30

Ottawa Citizen

What is Dhabihah? And why is it in the news? (1.5 mins)

Andrew Duffy

2013-10-10

Bloomberg

What Was Arsenic Doing in Our Chicken, Anyway?

James Greiff

2013-07-30

Todays Farmer

On-farm slaughter case now a constitutional challenge

Ian Cumming

- Anthony Scissons

- intervener status for the Muslim community

- Islam says the male head of the household must perform the slaughter

2013-07

Farmersforum.com

Farmer faces $150,000 in fines for operating slaughterhouse

Tom Collins

- farmer, Anthony Scissons, sold sheep to Muslims, who then proceeded to slaughter the animal on the farm in accord with Islamic law “Dhabihah”

2013-06-24

CBC

Muslim men describe ritual slaughter at sheep farmer’s trial

- Anthony Scissons

- lambs must be top quality:  a certain age, they can’t be castrated, they must be males, they have to have their tails and if they have a horn, the horn can’t be damaged because that’s not pure

2013-05-13

Huffington Post

The Arsenic in Your Chicken

Chris Hunt

2013-03-25

Canada Free Press

MNR Strikes Again! Still Spying on Farmers

- Anthony Scissons

- Muslim celebration of Eid

 

 

 

The Importance of Soil

 

See AO News – Soil

 

 

Other Information:

 

Canada’s New Cannabis Industry

 

Farmers Feed Cities

 

National Farmers Union - Ontario

 

“Out there, no food or drink, how many days do you think you’d last with all your diamonds and your pearls?” Dave Matthews Band, Squirm, Big Whiskey & the GrooGrux King

 

 

 

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