TORONTO - The governments of Canada and Ontario are helping the province's beef sector grow and develop new markets by investing up to $2 million in projects that enhance operations at provincially licensed abattoirs.
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ST. CATHARINES - The governments of Canada and Ontario are committing up to $2 million for grape growers to support projects that will help grow the province's wine grape industry.
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TORONTO - The governments of Canada and Ontario are helping meat processing businesses continue to produce safe, high-quality products that consumers enjoy with over $220,000 in cost-share funding to support 25 projects at provincially licenced abattoir businesses in Ontario.
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The governments of Canada and Ontario are supporting projects that will strengthen the health of managed honey bees and Ontario's beekeeping sector.
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TORONTO - The governments of Canada and Ontario are investing in a new project to further support innovation, commercialization and growth in the province's agri-food sector.
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TORONTO — The governments of Canada and Ontario are helping farmers and other businesses in the province's broiler chicken egg and hatcheries sector enhance traceability of its products.
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TORONTO — The governments of Canada and Ontario are concluding another year of support for the province's agri-food sector to enhance environmental sustainability and stewardship and to better protect our environment.
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OTTAWA - Today, Ernie Hardeman, Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, and Lisa MacLeod, MPP for Nepean, met with local farmers to discuss the importance of protecting farmers, agri-businesses, agri-food sector workers, farm animals and Ontario's food supply against the risks of on-farm trespass and interference with livestock transport trucks.
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TORONTO - As part of their commitment to protecting our environment, the governments of Canada and Ontario will commit further funding support to help farmers make their operations more environmentally sustainable to improve water quality in the Lake Erie and Lake St. Clair watersheds.
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TORONTO - The upcoming holiday season is a great time to celebrate with friends and family. Shopping local for Ontario-grown and produced food, beverages and other goods can simplify your preparations and supports local businesses and farmers across the province.
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Tomorrow is Christmas Tree Day in Ontario. Celebrate by visiting a local Christmas Tree Farm and choose a spruce, pine or fir to bring home this holiday season.
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To mark this year's World Soil Day, the governments of Canada and Ontario are launching a $5.75 million, multi-year project to help the province's farmers strengthen environmental stewardship, enhance water quality, improve soil health, and better protect our environment.
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Toronto - Later today, Ernie Hardeman, Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, will introduce legislation entitled, Security From Trespass and Protecting Food Safety Act, 2019 in the Ontario Legislature. The proposed legislation, if passed, will better protect farmers, their animals, livestock transporters and the province's food supply. It would also require explicit prior consent to access an animal protection zone on a farm or food processing facility.
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LONDON - Today, Ernie Hardeman, Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs hosted a roundtable with rural municipal leaders along with provincial livestock transporters to discuss the risks and dangers of interference with animal transportation as well as farmer and food safety risks surrounding on-farm trespass to farmers and farm businesses.
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