National model codes for building, fire, plumbing and energy have been released prioritizing safety, accessibility and climate readiness. The codes now cover large farm buildings.
- Policy gaps and opportunities are outlined in this new Perspective Report authored by Al Mussell, Ted Bilyea, and Douglas Hedley. Canada’s agri-food system operates in an evolving, global context and it needs to quickly brace for change, especially…
- Canada’s ag minister Marie-Claude Bibeau spent March 26 and 27 visiting Prince Edward Island potato farmers in Crapaud, Victoria, Wellington and O’Leary. Two days earlier, the government announced that the U.S. will soon resume imports of PEI table…
- The federal government is making almost $850,000 available to the Ontario Ginseng Growers’ Association through the AgriMarketing program to develop new markets.
- USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced on March 24 that PEI growers can resume exports of tablestock potatoes to the United States. Additional conditions are to be published.