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RealAgriculture Livestock Team: A series of three meetings were jointly held last week led by the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association (CCA) and Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC). The purpose of the meetings was to discuss grazing livestock and their role in building a sustainable food supply system. The meetings and consultations were held in preparation for…

Just in time for barbecue season, Walmart Canada has announced it is now sourcing beef from certified sustainable operations, under standards set by the Canadian Roundtable for Sustainable Beef (CRSB). This season, Your Fresh Market brand beef patties will begin to show a sustainability certification label on each package, a first for Canadian retailers. “Walmart…

About 2,000 Alberta truck drivers are eligible to be vaccinated for COVID-19 under a new program, starting May 10, 2021. Announced today, the program was developed through a collaboration between Alberta and Montana. It allows truckers regulated to transport goods into the United States to receive the Janssen vaccine at a rest stop near Conrad…

The Canadian Mental Health Association’s (CMHA) theme for the 70th year of Mental Health Week (May 3-9, 2021), is “Name it, don’t numb it. #Getreal about how you feel.” In a 2019 study of over 1100 Canadian farmers, scores for stress, anxiety, and depression were higher, while resilience was lower than reported normative data. And,…

Emergency Preparedness Week is a national awareness initiative that encourages all citizens to review their preparation plans for natural disasters, power outages, flooding, fire, and other emergencies. Public Safety Canada and its partners encourage Canadians to take three steps to become better prepared: Know the risks – Although the consequences of disasters can be similar,…

The Canadian Cattlemen’s Association and Nature Conservancy of Canada hosted three virtual summit dialogues last week, in anticipation of the United Nations Food Systems Summit. With the theme Grazing Livestock: Building Sustainable Protein Supply Chains, the dialogues explored three main topics: Nature-based solutions for sustainable production; Sustainable consumption (what that means and looks like); and…

A new collaborative effort across North America is focusing efforts to protect the fast-disappearing Prairie ecosystem By Piper Whelan, Canadian Cattlemen – Photo: Canada Beef Inc. For many who call the Canadian Prairies home, it would be impossible to imagine springtime without the cheerful song of the western meadowlark. That distinct, flute-like call, along with…

What I’ve Learned creator, Joseph Everett, recently published a video entitled Eating less Meat won’t save the Planet. Here’s Why. In it, he speaks with Dr. Frank Mitloehner, Professor and Air Quality Extension Specialist in the Department of Animal Science at UC Davis, about why cows have such a bad rap when it comes to…

Update: Alberta Environment and Parks has extended the deadline from April 30 to May 17, 2021. Albertans interested in providing feedback on an Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) system for plastics and packaging in the province have until May 17 to take the government survey. An EPR system shifts the responsibility for recycling costs from municipalities…