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Urban Cowboy: Sausage study challenges consumer confidence

Urban Cowboy: Sausage study challenges consumer confidence

Researchers found mislabelling and cross-species contamination of meat ingredients in 20 per cent of sausage samples selected from grocery stores across the country
Urban Cowboy: Have a truly Canadian feast this Food Day

Urban Cowboy: Have a truly Canadian feast this Food Day

Once Canadian products have been created, where do you go to find them?
Urban Cowboy: Residents who saw green ate and drank better

Urban Cowboy: Residents who saw green ate and drank better

Could green be inspiring? It just might be
Urban Cowboy: BadgerWay program helps preserve this endangered species

Urban Cowboy: BadgerWay program helps preserve this endangered species

BadgerWay, administered for farmers and the federal government by Guelph-based Ontario Soil and Crop Improvement Association, offers up to $20,000 to farmers who engage in conservation projects that support on-farm habitat for badgers, a species at risk
Urban Cowboy: Weather much more stressful than death to some farmers

Urban Cowboy: Weather much more stressful than death to some farmers

When asked what they feel stressed about, only 2 per cent of farmers polled chose death
Urban Cowboy: He has helped farmers 'keep it clean' for decades

Urban Cowboy: He has helped farmers 'keep it clean' for decades

Meet farming's latest hall-of-famer
Urban Cowboy: New technology aims to render smog harmless

Urban Cowboy: New technology aims to render smog harmless

There's a new barrier going up along the 401 highway in Toronto, and it's a pilot project led by a University of Guelph engineer
Urban Cowboy: Craft brewers, LCBO get behind Beer for Bracelets

Urban Cowboy: Craft brewers, LCBO get behind Beer for Bracelets

It will focus on the astronomical rise of what some call 'nano' craft brewers, the ones that hardly show up on the radar screen but produce phenomenal suds
Urban Cowboy: This trailblazer takes a natural approach to animal health

Urban Cowboy: This trailblazer takes a natural approach to animal health

Through a simple blood test and skin measurement, animals with the best immune systems – the ones that are the most naturally resistant to disease – can be identified. It’s those animals that dairy farmers want to introduce into their herds
Urban Cowboy: New program aims to attract more workers to Wellington

Urban Cowboy: New program aims to attract more workers to Wellington

'Due to demographic shifts and public perceptions, agricultural businesses often experience challenges finding qualified candidates'