Market Wire (Free subscription) | yesterday
YELLOWKNIFE, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES (MARKET WIRE) The Honourable Chuck Strahl, Minister of the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency (CanNor), today announced funding in the Northwest Territories to help fourteen communities reduce their exposure to high intensity wildfires.
The Business Insider (Free subscription) | yesterday
In his latest letter, Raymond James strategist says to stop worrying about the decline of the dollar: Back in the mid-1970s, when I was just a “pup” in this business, I went to one of my mentors and said, “Lucien, it looks to me as if the dollar is going to go down. Should I be worried about stocks if that happens'” Lucien Hooper, sitting behind his desk, lowered The Wall Street...
Market Wire (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
OTTAWA, ONTARIO (MARKET WIRE) The Honourable Chuck Strahl, Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and Federal Interlocutor for Metis and Non-Status Indians issued the following statement today on the passing of Nelson Leeson, President of the Nisga'a Lisims Government:
Market Wire (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
OTTAWA, ONTARIO (MARKET WIRE) Thanks to an investment by the Government of Canada, a local northern company will receive funding to help improve communities in the Northwest Territories. On behalf of the Honourable Lisa Raitt, Minister of Natural Resources, Chuck Strahl, Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and Federal Interlocutor for Metis and Non-Status Indians, announced that Ollerhead...
Market Wire (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
WHITEHORSE, YUKON (MARKET WIRE) The Honourable Diane Ablonczy, Minister of State for Small Business and Tourism, on behalf of the Honourable Chuck Strahl, Minister of the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency (CanNor), today announced funding to support tourism in Yukon. Destination Yukon is a Yukon government tourism marketing project to attract more Canadian travellers to Yukon from high...
Blog for Iowa (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
Iowa Ag Secretary Candidate Francis Thicke Talks to BFIA about rBST, GMOs, CAFOs, and Local Control by Jay Mattsson Today in Part II of a BFIA exclusive interview, Francis Thicke discusses his ideas for a better agriculture future for the state of Iowa. Click here to read Part I . BFIA: How do you feel about the BST controversy with milk and cows? Thicke: You are referring to rBST, which stands for...
ABC News (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
Farm equipment-maker Deere reports 4th-Qtr loss on charges, lower sales Business - Agriculture and Forestry - Equipment and Supplies - Tractors Machinery and Implements - Canada
BarfBlog (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
If it wasn’t for my friend and journalist, Jim Romahn (right, exactly as shown), I probably would have stopped the food safety gig 10 years ago and went off to play bad banjo in a bluegrass band, or bad goalie in a 15th tier semi-pro hockey league, or become a greeter at Wal-Mart. By about 1999, I’d gotten bored of hearing myself talk. There’s lots of prof types who make careers...
prudent investor newsletters (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
I chanced upon an article about growing food in buildings which piqued my interest. It's called vertical farming. The following are the illustrated conceptual framework of vertical farming.... Now this article from CBC Canada , ``Is it an elegant solution to pressing problems related to the food supply, or another example of putting too much faith in technology? ``That's a tough question to answer....
Treehugger (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Photos: Culture Change Previously we've talked about a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) carbon neutral project to ship grain from paddocks to pantries via sail-craft . That was in Canada's British Columbia. For the past year the Sail Transport Company (STC) have been following a similar ethos -- although a little further south -- moving vegetables across Puget Sound, from farmer's fields... Read...
SeekingAlpha.com (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Roger Nusbaum submits: IndexIQ is coming out of the gate as a bit of an enigma. The new Merger Arbitrage ETF ( MNA ) at first glance seems odd to me. There have been several articles already that have ripped it up for not really being an arbitrage product and I will say I don't get why shorting the broad market against long positions in takeout targets is the best way to go, but clearly they did not...
Right Mind (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
From the New York Times: In nearly a dozen recent terrorism cases in the United States, Britain and Canada, investigators discovered the suspects had something in common: a devotion to the message of Anwar al-Awlaki , an eloquent Muslim cleric who has turned the Web into a tool for extremist indoctrination. Mr. Awlaki, 38, the son of a former agriculture minister and university president in Yemen,...
eFoodAlert.com (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Here is today's list of food safety recalls, product withdrawals and allergy alerts. The live links will take you directly to the official recall notices and company news releases that contain detailed information for each recall and alert. United States Allergy Alert: Nassau Candy Distributors (Hicksville, NY) recalls possibly unlabeled pegable snack tubs because they contain undeclared almonds, soy...
Market Wire (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
WHITEHORSE, YUKON (MARKET WIRE) The Honourable Chuck Strahl, Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and Federal Interlocutor for Metis and Non-Status Indians today announced funding to the Government of Yukon to help the territory adapt to the impacts of climate change.
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
The Government of Canada launched a national awareness campaign focused on key farm management practices that will help keep animals healthy and safeguard the Canadian food supply. The announcement was made today by Larry Miller, MP for Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound and Chair of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food.
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aarkstore | 09/30/2009
Summary The Andersons, Inc. (Andersons) is principally engaged in the agriculture and transportation markets. The company is engaged in the operations of diverse agribusinesses such as grain and plant nutrients, railcar leasing and repair, industrial products formulation, turf products, retailing and ethanol operations. The company, along with 18 subsidiaries, operates in five reportable business segments...
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