Sustainable Agriculture
Written by admin on Aug 31st, 2010 | Filed under: Agriculture
Food safety is also linked to the health of the environment. Policies that support farmers taking more sustainable approaches, such as restrained use of pesticides and the introduction of integrated pest management, benefit food safety as well because they help to reduce food contamination due to potentially harmful levels of chemical residues.
The Food Quality Protection, which strengthens the U.S. pesticide regulatory system, offers us unprecedented opportunities to provide greater health and environmental protection, particularly for infants and children, as well as for other vulnerable populations. (more...)
The policy is to make farmers and ranchers aware of Agricultural Crown Lands and Municipal lands, under Agricultural Crown Lands Branch administration, available for rent.
Manitoba Agriculture and Food is compiling business listings for the Directories. The Manitoba Food Products Directory includes companies whose food products are grown and/or processed in this province. It is circulated to the retail/wholesale trade, food service industry, Canadian Embassies and Consulates.
Soil Survey reports are intended to be a primary source of basic soil information having a wide range of applications including agriculture, environmental, forestry, wildlife, and engineering, to name a few.