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
Prairie ag organizations join Global Agriculture Technology Exchange Wednesday, September 18, 2024 Three ag organizations from western Canada have announced their involvement to help position Canada as a world leader in cereal grains. Alberta Grains, the Saskatchewan Wheat Development Commission and the Manitoba Crop Alliance are contributing more than $13 million towards the Global... Read this article online
Alistair MacGregor no longer federal NDP agriculture critic Wednesday, September 18, 2024 The federal NDP has a new agriculture critic. Richard Cannings, the MP for South Okanagan – West Kootenay, is stepping into the role after Alistair MacGregor, the MP for Cowichan-Malahat-Langford, is moving onto different responsibilities. “Big news today, as I have accepted new... Read this article online
Where could ag fit in the fall session of Parliament? Tuesday, September 17, 2024 MPs returned to Ottawa this week to begin the fall session of Parliament. With the NDP pulling out of its supply and confidence agreement with the Liberals, a federal election could be triggered at any time if a non-confidence vote passes in the House. The carbon tax, cost of living... Read this article online
BASF introduces Surtain herbicide for field corn growers Tuesday, September 17, 2024 Field corn growers in eastern Canada have a new crop protection product available to them. After about 10 years of research and trials, BASF has introduced Surtain, a residual herbicide for corn that combines PPO inhibitor saflufenacil (Group 14) and pyroxasulfone (Group 15) in a premix... Read this article online
Canada rail union launches court challenges to back-to-work order Monday, September 16, 2024 The union representing workers at Canada's two main rail companies said on Friday it had filed court challenges against rulings by the country's industrial labor board that forced them back to work,Reuters reported. On Saturday, the board accepted a request from the government to order... Read this article online