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Irish farmers raise volume on opposition to Canadian imports in CETA

By
Stuart Trew
| May 20, 2013

The Irish Farmers Association has released its strongest statement to date opposed to Canadian demands for higher beef and pork quotas in the Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement. The IFA is asking the Irish trade and agriculture ministers, in their roles under the EU Presidency (which Ireland holds until July), "to intervene strongly at the highest level to prevent what is being flagged as a very bad deal for the Irish and European beef and livestock farmers."

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Canadian meat producers don't need CETA, aren't filling existing export quotas: NFU

By
Stuart Trew
| March 8, 2013

Canadian beef exporters are using less than half of their tariff-free quota access to the European market and pork exporters come nowhere close to meeting their allowances, says the National Farmers Union this week. The data completely undermines the Harper government's -- and the meat sector -- case for CETA, which appears to hinge on increased meat quotas for Canadian producers, according to recent reports.

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Veganism: Better for you and better for the planet

By
Ted Snider and Linda Woolven
| April 28, 2012

A thorough study by the Environmental Working Group on the most commonly eaten foods has revealed which ones are best and which ones are worst for global warming. From its beginnings on the farm to its ending on your plate, the most environmentally unfriendly food is lamb.

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