Toxic Chinese food ethics Tuesday, October 2, 2012 The People's Republic of China's female volleyball team won a bronze medal at the Olympics in London in August. A month before, teams that didn't even qualify were thumping them. The reason? According to The Atlantic magazine, the coach blamed a vegan diet, brought on by a need to avoid eating contaminated Chinese meat that might result in a positive test for drugs like clenbuterol, a respiratory medication for horses illegally used to encourage lean meat production in other species. Earlier in the year, China's state sport authority had ordered athletes not to eat meat outside of official training facilities.The Atlantic article, by Yanzhong Huang, Senior Fellow for Global Health at the Council on Foreign Relations, blamed "China's failure to establish a code of business ethics as its market economy expands faster than government regulators can keep pace."In a country where serving God is still suppressed, and 'serving the people' is no longer in vogue, serving money seems to be the main attractive option."Yet an excessive focus on poor government oversight often means that the much graver problem of disintegrating civic morality is neglected," Huang wrote in another August opinion piece published in the New York Times. BP Is bacon craziness passé? The pressure to move to loose housing builds across North America
Nearly 60 confirmed candidates in Battle River-Crowfoot Wednesday, July 16, 2025 When voters go to the polls in Battle River-Crowfoot on Aug. 18, they should expect to see a long list of names. As of July 16, there are nearly 60 confirmed candidates. Pierre Poilievre is running for the Conservatives, Grant Abraham is running for the United Party of Canada, Michael... Read this article online
Standing Up For Alberta Pork Producers Wednesday, July 16, 2025 Top Five Priorities Over the past few months, Alberta Pork has written to 34 Alberta Members of Parliament and 91 Members of the Legislative Assembly to inform them of the hard work our producers do in feeding our province and the world. In doing so, the Alberta’s pork industry supports... Read this article online
Ont. farmer considering federal NDP leadership run Tuesday, July 15, 2025 A farmer from Ontario’s Huron County wants to replace Jagmeet Singh as the leader of the federal NDP. Tony McQuail, who has run Meeting Place Organic Farm in Lucknow since 1973, has received enough community support to begin putting a team together. “I’ve received lots of positive... Read this article online
BASF launches new L355PC canola hybrid Tuesday, July 15, 2025 BASF is bringing a new canola hybrid, L355PC, to Western Canadian farmers for the 2026 growing season. “The new hybrid is going to be a great fit for growers in the mid-to-long growing zones of Western Canada,” Mark Alberts, InVigor senior brand manager, told Farms.com. The hybrid is... Read this article online
Canadian Barley Farming has the Lowest Carbon Intensity Monday, July 14, 2025 A new study by the Global Institute for Food Security (GIFS) at the University of Saskatchewan shows that barley grown in Saskatchewan and Western Canada has the lowest carbon intensity among all global regions studied. The research used international standards for carbon life cycle... Read this article online