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Wine from B.C.’s 2024 vintage faces wipeout as province faces ‘catastrophic crop losses’ from cold
A new report says British Columbia's wine industry is anticipating "catastrophic crop losses" of up to 99 per cent of typical grape production due to January's intense cold snap. A picker collects grapes at the Okanagan Valley's River Stone Estate Winery in Oliver, B.C., Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2016.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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B.C. wine grapes facing up to 99% production drop due to January cold snap, report says
A new report says British Columbia's wine industry is anticipating "catastrophic crop losses" of up to 99 per cent of typical grape production due to January's intense cold snap. A picker collects grapes at the Okanagan Valley's River Stone Estate Winery in Oliver, B.C., Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2016.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Aging population will widen labour gap in Canadian agriculture industry, report says
Migrant workers pick strawberries at a strawberry farm in Pont Rouge Que., on August 24, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot
food & wine
Three chefs show how regenerative agriculture ends up on your plate
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Canadian shoppers increasingly turning to so-called ‘imperfect produce’ as grocery prices rise
Anna Stegink, owner and operator of online grocer Eat Impact, poses for a photograph at the company's warehouse in Barrie, Ont., on Thursday, February 8, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov
opinion
Our federation helped make Alberta rich in water. Now, that dam is breaking
Sam Anderson
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How the grocery supply chain works, from wheat fields to weekly flyers
Experts say the main factors that have driven grocery prices up over the past couple of years are global ones. People shop at a Loblaws store in Toronto on Thursday, May 3, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
international business
Corn, soybeans touch new multi-year lows on grain glut worries
FILE PHOTO: Corn plants are pictured in a farm near Zarate, in the outskirts of Buenos Aires, Argentina April 23, 2022. Picture taken April 23, 2022. REUTERS/Agustin Marcarian/File Photo
world
EU scraps anti-pesticides proposal in another concession to protesting farmers
Farmers gather outside the European Parliament for a protest, in Strasbourg, eastern France, Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024. The European Union's executive on Tuesday shelved its anti-pesticides proposal in yet another concession to farmers after weeks of protests blocked major capital and economic lifelines across the bloc. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)
on commodities
What is happening in the global wheat market?
Richard Reid drives a combine while harvesting a wheat crop near Cremona, Alta., Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
international business
World food price index fell to near three-year low in January, UN agency says
A worker sifts wheat before filling in sacks at the market yard of the Agriculture Product Marketing Committee (APMC) on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, India, May 16, 2022. REUTERS/Amit Dave/File Photo
opinion
Big Milk’s supply management sank yet another trade deal – it holds too much influence
Kevin Yin
world
Farmers on tractors create chaos outside an EU summit to protest rising costs and bureaucracy
Smoke rises from objects set on fire as people gather in front of the European Union headquarters as Belgian farmers use their tractors to block the headquarters, as they protest over price pressures, taxes and green regulation, grievances shared by farmers across Europe, in Brussels, Belgium February 1, 2024. REUTERS/Yves Herman
world
France’s government announces new measures to calm farmers’ protests, as barricades squeeze Paris
Farmers take part in a protest called by local branches of major farmer unions FNSEA and Jeunes Agriculteurs, blocking the A35 highway with tractors near Strasbourg, eastern France, on January 30, 2024, amid nationwide protests called by several farmers unions on pay, tax and regulations. (Photo by Frederick FLORIN / AFP) (Photo by FREDERICK FLORIN/AFP via Getty Images)
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France’s protesting farmers encircle Paris with tractor barricades, vowing a ‘siege’ over grievances
French farmers drive tractors to take part in a road block protests on the A6 highway near Ormoy, south of Paris, on January 29, 2024, amid nationwide protests called by several farmers unions on pay, tax and regulations. Local branches of major farmer unions FNSEA and Jeunes Agriculteurs announced on January 27, 2024, a "siege of the capital for an indefinite period" starting at 2 p.m. on January 29, 2024, as some farmers deem the government's announcements in favor of the sector are insufficient. (Photo by EMMANUEL DUNAND / AFP) (Photo by EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP via Getty Images)
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France steps up security as Paris farmers’ protest looms
Farmers use tractors to blockade the A16 highway, near Beauvais some hundred kilometers north of Paris, on January 28, 2024, part of a nationwide campaign of protests called by several farmers unions on pay, tax and regulations. Farmers have fumed at what they say is a squeeze on purchase prices for produce by supermarket and industrial buyers, as well as complex environmental regulations. (Photo by JULIEN DE ROSA / AFP) (Photo by JULIEN DE ROSA/AFP via Getty Images)
world
French farmers aim to put Paris ‘under siege’ in tractor protest as activists hurl soup at Mona Lisa
Farmers block a highway, near Agen, southwestern France, Saturday, Jan. 27, 2024. French farmers have vowed to continue protesting and are maintaining traffic barricades on some of the country's major roads. The government announced a series of measures Friday but the farmers say these do not fully address their demands. (AP Photo/Fred Scheiber)
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