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January 6, 2012 Agriculture

It Takes a Village to Raise a Vegetable

Food consciousness coalesces at ACORN conference

November 21, 2011 Agriculture

Bye, Bye, Wheat Board?

Small farmers raise concern as Conservatives prepare to cut board's monopoly

March 10, 2011 Agriculture

Sludge Storm

Conference organizers want biosolids out of Nova Scotia

February 9, 2011 Agriculture

Murky Waters

Contentious mink farm development given green light

December 23, 2010 Agriculture

Hemp Wanted

Once illegal material promises dizzying array of green energy uses

September 27, 2010 Agriculture

Farmland Frontier

New wave of agricultural land-grabs reaches Canada

September 22, 2010 Agriculture

Prison Farms on Death Row

Feds invest $9B in prisons, progressive rehab program phased out to save "pocket change"

August 2, 2010 Agriculture

The Land that Feeds

Rural community divided over proposal to rezone farmland

May 10, 2010 Agriculture

Algae Blooms Controversy

Nova Scotian mink industry blamed for water woes

May 3, 2010 Agriculture

Cranberry Co-operative Goes Big in Rogersville

Ocean Spray to take over 3,400 hectares in New Brunswick

March 24, 2010 Agriculture

Norwegian Farms Poison the Wild Run

BC's salmon stocks plunge; sea lice, salmon farms to blame

March 17, 2010 Agriculture

Growing Farmers

Canada needs policies to support young farmers: NFUY

January 31, 2010 Agriculture

Connecting the Dots with Jason Kenney

Why food sovereignty can solve the climate crisis and how Canada's immigration policy serves our free trade interests

December 13, 2009 Agriculture

Not on the Backs of Farmers

Who pays for food security in Nova Scotia?

January 7, 2009 Agriculture

A Costly Commute

Foreign migrant workers provide long hours of cheap labour on Canadian farms

November 26, 2008 Agriculture

Peru's Farmers Demand Healthy Land

Criminalization of anti-mining dissent strengthens resolve

October 11, 2008 Agriculture

Not In Anyone’s Backyard

Farmers in Alberta growing rural resistance to development

June 27, 2008 Agriculture

Death in the Field

An interview with Arturo Rodriguez of the United Farm Workers of America

April 25, 2008 Agriculture

Golden Opportunity for Abandoned Farms

Organic beekeepers co-op fighting to keep Cape Breton free of varroa mite

October 21, 2007 Agriculture

The Tar Sands and Canada's Food System

Are beans the only cure for natural gas?

May 24, 2007 Agriculture

¡Si, Se Puede!

Field workers in Florida say “Yes we can!” - and are

May 10, 2007 Agriculture

Opposition Grows

Will a B.C. Federal Minister Break the Wheat Board…or the Law?

November 30, 2006 Agriculture

The Canadian Wheat Board's Last Stand?

CWB_fp.jpgAnna Kirkpatrick investigates proposed changes to the CWB that farmers fear will decrease their viability and increase transnationals' profitability.

Farmers fear that proposed changes in the CWB will mean that farmers lose out and transnationals cash in

October 27, 2006 Agriculture

Will Eliminating Subsidies Help Poor Farmers?

Grain-Elevator_fp.jpgDru Oja Jay investigates how corporate control of markets goes missing in discussions about "free trade."

The NFU's Darrin Qualman discusses how corporate control of markets goes missing in discussions of "free trade"

April 23, 2006 Agriculture

Farm Out!

calf_fp.jpgCammie Harbottle investigates biodynamic agriculture and discovers that farming is about the earth - and the moon.

Biodynamics will change the way you think about agriculture

March 30, 2006 Agriculture

Throwing Tomatoes

CIW_fp.jpgCarole Ferrari talks to the people at the bottom of McDonald's food chain and investigates a new campaign targeting the fast food giant.

Field workers in Florida target McDonalds buying policies

January 19, 2006 Agriculture

Your Local Farmers Marketing

quinte_fp.jpgDru Oja Jay investigates how small farmers are cutting out the 'middle man' and doing the marketing themselves.

Ontario organic farmers form cooperative to offset razor-thin margins

November 24, 2005 Agriculture

McOrganic?

IA_fp.jpgHillary Lindsay investigates the new corporate organic landscape and its impact on Canadian farmers.

Is corporate organic changing the organic landscape in Canada?

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The Dominion is a monthly paper published by an incipient network of independent journalists in Canada. It aims to provide accurate, critical coverage that is accountable to its readers and the subjects it tackles. Taking its name from Canada's official status as both a colony and a colonial force, the Dominion examines politics, culture and daily life with a view to understanding the exercise of power.

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