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)
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Date |
Source |
Title |
Comment |
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2019-06-13 |
South China Morning Post |
Most meat won’t come from slaughtered animals by 2040, new report claims
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The Guardian |
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2019-01-17 |
CP24 |
Study finds more than half of food produced in Canada is wasted
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The Canadian Press |
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2019-01-21 |
EcoWatch / Common Dreams |
35,000 Protestors in Berlin Call for Agricultural Revolution
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Andrea Germanos |
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2018-11-27 |
Government of Ontario |
Supporting Innovation in Ontario's Food Processing Industry
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Office of the Premier |
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2018-09-18 |
Government of Ontario |
Premier Ford Committed to Helping Ontario Farmers Thrive
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Office of the Premier |
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2018-08-13 |
National Post |
‘Green infrastructure’ a new way of considering our natural assets |
Peter Kenter Sponsored by Friends of the Greenbelt |
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2018-08-13 |
Macleans.ca |
Opinion: What Canadians don’t understand about farming-and what they need to
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Toban Dyck |
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2018-07-31 |
Sdg.iisd.org |
Report Identifies Agriculture as Greatest Source of Water Pollution
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Leila Mead #ProtectOurWater |
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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 |
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2018-03-08 |
Globe and Mail |
Opinion: The future of farming is female
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Trina Moyles |
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2017-11-08 |
Youtube / TEDx Talks |
We Need LESS Food. | Brent Preston | TEDxCollingwood
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Brent Preston |
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2017-09-05 |
OMNY.FM |
Ontario looking to protect prime farmland: Developer's prespective(sic)
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Tasha Kheiriddin Audio 11 mins |
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2017-09-04 |
Washtimesherald.com (USA) |
Harold Allison |
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2017 |
Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA) |
Census data reflects changes in agriculture industry (2017)
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Rejean Pommainville |
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2016-08-15 |
Peterson Farm Bros |
Our Farm Song (Cake by the Ocean, Stressed Out, Can't Stop the Feeling, Fight Song Parody)
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Peterson Farm Bros. |
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2016-01-21 |
Natural.News |
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2015-11-19 |
Better Farming |
Ontario’s agri-food sector is growing
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Susan Mann |
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2014-10-27 |
Peterson Farm Bros |
I'm So Farmer (All About That Bass, Fancy, Let it Go Parody)
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Peterson Farm Bros |
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2014-08-04 |
Youtube / TEDx Talks |
Unprocessed -- how I gave up processed foods (and why it matters) | Megan Kimble | TEDxTucsonSalon
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Megan Kimble |
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2014-06-30 |
Ottawa Citizen |
Andrew Duffy |
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2013-10-10 |
Bloomberg |
James Greiff |
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2013-07-30 |
Todays Farmer |
Ian Cumming - Anthony Scissons - intervener status for the Muslim community - Islam says the male head of the household must perform the slaughter |
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2013-07 |
Farmersforum.com |
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” |
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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 |
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2013-05-13 |
Huffington Post |
Chris Hunt |
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2013-03-25 |
Canada Free Press |
- Anthony Scissons - Muslim celebration of Eid
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The Importance of Soil
See AO News – Soil
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National Farmers Union - Ontario
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