More details on a study, published in January in the science journal Nature, which found "the carbon footprint of food from urban agriculture is six times greater than conventional agriculture."
https://t.co/Isq0HKjhm9
Your voice is needed! Together, OFA, CFFO & NFU-O are asking you to personally tell provincial political leaders that farmland must be protected for farming by June 5, 2023.
Use our Act Now tool below to read more & communicate your concerns: https://t.co/cDMlvsqqN0
#GiveawayAlert 🚨 In celebration of #LocalFoodWeek, OFA will be giving away a BBQ kit & condiment set! To enter, tag us in a tweet with a photo showing your locally-sourced meal. Use the hashtag #ISourceLocalFood to be entered in the giveaway twice. Contest closes June 10.
Today we're excited to announce the launch of four new virtual reality tours! Visit https://t.co/bUvldC31l0 to take a tour of a mushroom farm, veal farm, grain farm, or learn about genomics in agriculture. #FarmFood360
(1/3) Facts on food retail prices, dairy product prices and farm gate milk prices. Food inflation since January 2010 has been 3 times larger than #dairy product inflation
Congratulations to Dairy at Guelph's Dave Kelton @DrDFK on being named to the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences. There are few people focused on dairy cattle research in that distinguished group. Kudos to Dave for his research that contributes to animal and human health.
There are currently three virtual candidates debates scheduled locally: two in Wellington-Halton Hills and one in Perth-Wellington. There will likely be at least one more but details are not yet finalized. https://t.co/3Bsug2YVt4
Wellington Halton Hills All Candidates meeting to discuss Agricultural issues, Sept 9th 7:30 pm. To join via zoom https://t.co/7uztV9TKnS #democracy#ontag#Election2021
An article highlighting a real issue in agriculture, featuring our vet - Dr. Rob Swackhammer
Is the veterinarian shortage real or regional? https://t.co/fvuXThUhdK @harrcroft@RobSwackhammer
Today @mary_ng announced a Canada-wide investment of $33M to encourage Canadians to shop locally. $9M of that total will be invested in Ontario, through the OCC, to support businesses in reopening & staying open so they can thrive as the economy recovers.
https://t.co/QhlopxUki8
Today @mary_ng announced a Canada-wide investment of $33M to encourage Canadians to shop locally. $9M of that total will be invested in Ontario, through the OCC, to support businesses in reopening & staying open so they can thrive as the economy recovers.
https://t.co/QhlopxUki8