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Study finds media may be overhyping benefits of organic food, agriculture
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21 Jul 2010
Posted: July 21st, 2010 - 7:42am by Doug Powell
News accounts of organic agriculture and organic food are more likely to be positive than negative and inaccurately claim organic food is safer, according to Kansas State University's Doug Powell.
Powell, an associate professor of food safety,...Read the article >>
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Letter of Intent Marks Milestone Towards Initiative for Small Ruminant Research
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08 Mar 2010
On November 11th at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair, Trent University and the University of Guelph signed a Letter of Intent marking another milestone towards the creation of an Initiative for Small Ruminant Research. The two institutions were joined by a number of industry partners to...Read the article >>
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eBiz to aid Ontario's poultry sector in development of rapid response to disease outbreaks
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09 Dec 2008
Ontario's poultry industry has established the Agricultural Response Materials Management Inc. (ARMMI) to improve the ability and capacity to respond to emergency situations. The project will aim to provide emergency supplies and ensure the quick response of industry to on-farm emergency...Read the article >>
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eBiz at OMAFRA Food Safety and Traceability Conference
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09 Dec 2008
At the on-farm food safety and traceability information day titled “Agriculture Responding to Change – How food safety and traceability are influencing the change of the farm” eBiz’s Ben Chapman was selected to speak. This was the first information day for industry to address these issues, and...Read the article >>
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eBiz to attend “Perfect Storm II”
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01 Dec 2008
Dr. Jim Pettit, a member of the design team for this exercise, has been involved in setting up this year’s “in office” emergency management simulation exercise for Canada’s livestock and poultry industries. The event takes place Dec. 1 to 5, 2008. For more information and to register visit the...Read the article >>
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Watch for a new Biosecurity Poster in Canadian Poultry magazine
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07 Sep 2008
Readers of Canadian Poultry magazine will once again receive a biosecurity-themed poster in their September issue. Designed to raise awareness of biosecurity issues and biosecurity practices on poultry farms, this year's poster was again developed by a team of eBiz personnel.
The 2009...Read the article >>
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safefood consulting joins eBiz
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07 Sep 2008
safefood consulting has joined eBiz as our food safety specialty group. The companies first worked together five or six years ago, and a mutual respect and positive working relationship has been sustained during that time. The staff have relocated to the eBiz offices, and the daily interchange...Read the article >>
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Don't miss www.agbiosecurity.ca
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07 Sep 2008
www.agbiosecurity.ca was designed and developed by eBiz to provide stakeholder and public access to biosecurity protocols and related information developed during the first phase of the Poultry Services Sector Biosecurity Program. The program was sponsored by the Poultry Industry Council, and...Read the article >>
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Anteroom Pilot Report Released
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22 Aug 2008
For many poultry farms across Canada, anterooms and designated transitional areas in which farm workers and visitors can help to reduce the potential transmission of disease, are a key component of biosecurity preparedness. With heightened awareness of the potential to improve their defences,...Read the article >>
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eBiz releases a three-year plan for service-sector biosecurity in livestock.
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18 Sep 2007
The final report of an assignment to prepare a plan for biosecurity in the livestock farm services sector has been released, following review with the Ontario Livestock and Poultry Council. The development of the plan was funded by a CORD IV grant through Agricultural Adaptation Council,...Read the article >>
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Dr. Jim Pettit attends CAHC information week
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03 Jan 2007
Jim to consider......Read the article >>
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Biosecurity strategy for Farm Services extended to livestock
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28 Dec 2006
Guelph, Ontario - Biosecurity protocols and standards for the Farm Services industries are to be extended to several livestock sectors in the New Year, following on the work undertaken in 2006 for the poultry sector. Working through the Ontario Veal Association, with funding from CORD IV, eBiz...Read the article >>
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eBiz completes first round of Biosecurity protocols for Poultry
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28 Dec 2006
Guelph, Ontario - Months of hard work by industry participants has resulted in the publication of a set of Biosecurity protocols for use by Farm Services organizations in the poultry sector.
With leadership from the Poultry Industry Council and the Ontario Livestock and Poultry...Read the article >>
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eBiz sees GIS as important to Agriculture's new developments
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28 Dec 2006
Georgetown, Ont. - Geographic Information Systems are finding new applications in food production. For some time, producers have been able to use GIS to locate and identify their farms and to display information about the land they work.
Today, through the efforts of companies like...Read the article >>
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