Comments for Blackburn Agri-Media http://www.agri-media.ca Ag News & Information Source For Southern Ontario And Beyond Mon, 20 Feb 2012 18:11:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Comment on NFU Argues CETA Threatens Local Food Movement by Chris Hooymans http://www.agri-media.ca/2011/06/29/nfu-argues-ceta-threatens-local-food-movement/#comment-2557 Chris Hooymans Mon, 20 Feb 2012 18:11:39 +0000 http://www.agri-media.ca/?p=11469#comment-2557 Food security should be moved up the priority list in Canada, especially in light of the damage Monsanto and other agri-corps are doing to the world's food supply with transgenic seeds and chemical based farming. Food security should be moved up the priority list in Canada, especially in light of the damage Monsanto and other agri-corps are doing to the world’s food supply with transgenic seeds and chemical based farming.

]]> Comment on OAFE Looking For Ambassadors/Champions by Shondie MacKenzie http://www.agri-media.ca/2010/11/08/oafe-looking-for-ambassadorschampions/#comment-2533 Shondie MacKenzie Sat, 18 Feb 2012 21:20:42 +0000 http://www.agri-media.ca/?p=5104#comment-2533 I am interested in becoming a teacher ambassador. My background is in the Hospitality industry and i am a new teacher in the Peel Region. I am interested in becoming a teacher ambassador. My background is in the Hospitality industry and i am a new teacher in the Peel Region.

]]> Comment on No Horse Racing = Bad News For Agriculture by Debbie http://www.agri-media.ca/2012/02/16/no-horse-racing-bad-news-for-agriculture/#comment-2530 Debbie Sat, 18 Feb 2012 06:37:46 +0000 http://www.agri-media.ca/?p=21456#comment-2530 I respectfully disagree. There is a wealth of income available from the private sector of horse owners which has sustained agricultural interests far more reliably, stably, and more humanely, over the decades than the horse racing industry. We are your best customers, please don't forget that. I respectfully disagree. There is a wealth of income available from the private sector of horse owners which has sustained agricultural interests far more reliably, stably, and more humanely, over the decades than the horse racing industry. We are your best customers, please don’t forget that.

]]> Comment on OFA Calls For Suspension Of Ontario Wind Turbine Development by citizen of Ontario http://www.agri-media.ca/2012/01/20/ofa-calls-for-suspension-of-ontario-wind-turbine-development/#comment-2203 citizen of Ontario Mon, 23 Jan 2012 01:10:37 +0000 http://www.agri-media.ca/?p=21021#comment-2203 Sorry Paul we know you are a leaseholder, not a city resident. The majority of OFA members do not approve of the wind turbine development. The last pole on the OFA website had approximately 93% of respondents in favour of the OFA policy to suspend wind turbine development. There has been no research provided by the proponents or MOE to show 550 metre setbacks are safe from homes. Sorry Paul we know you are a leaseholder, not a city resident. The majority of OFA members do not approve of the wind turbine development. The last pole on the OFA website had approximately 93% of respondents in favour of the OFA policy to suspend wind turbine development.
There has been no research provided by the proponents or MOE to show 550 metre setbacks are safe from homes.

]]> Comment on OFA Calls For Suspension Of Ontario Wind Turbine Development by a.adams http://www.agri-media.ca/2012/01/20/ofa-calls-for-suspension-of-ontario-wind-turbine-development/#comment-2202 a.adams Sun, 22 Jan 2012 21:21:57 +0000 http://www.agri-media.ca/?p=21021#comment-2202 I would prefer to know that the OFA rejects the unworkable and undemocratic GEA entirely. But, apart from that omission, it is reassuring to read the first sane and realistic summary of the bully-boy tactics imposed on rural Ontarians employed by Prem McGuinty still evidently under the control of puppet-master George Smitherman. I would prefer to know that the OFA rejects the unworkable and undemocratic GEA entirely. But, apart from that omission, it is reassuring to read the first sane and realistic summary of the bully-boy tactics imposed on rural Ontarians employed by Prem McGuinty still evidently under the control of puppet-master George Smitherman.

]]> Comment on Author Calls GMO’s ‘A False Promise’ by desiree http://www.agri-media.ca/2012/01/19/author-calls-gmos-a-false-promise/#comment-2201 desiree Sun, 22 Jan 2012 17:46:34 +0000 http://www.agri-media.ca/?p=20962#comment-2201 Paul W. You have no idea what you are talking about. Check out this pig farmer's experience with GMO corn in Iowa. http://vimeo.com/20237421 He lost his farm as the corn he was feeding them made 80% of his pig infertile. He switched feed in 2000 and that's when it all started. He isn't the only one with these troubles. If it's making pigs infertile, what is it doing to us? GMO has been shown to cause low birth weights, small brain and testicle size, and infertility in lab rats. GMO's do cause some to have allergic reactions. We have an epidemic of allergies in this country with one child in every 10 being allergic to some kind of food. It's not an aging population. It's affecting the young too. This is an article released in September by Discover Magazine (a scientific publication) detailing how genes from foods can implant in liver cells and embed indo the RNA of our cells. If you need scientific proof that this food has the ability to change us, here it is. http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2011/09/21/what-you-eat-affects-your-genes-rna-from-rice-can-survive-digestion-and-alter-gene-expression/ Paul W. You have no idea what you are talking about. Check out this pig farmer’s experience with GMO corn in Iowa. http://vimeo.com/20237421

He lost his farm as the corn he was feeding them made 80% of his pig infertile. He switched feed in 2000 and that’s when it all started. He isn’t the only one with these troubles.

If it’s making pigs infertile, what is it doing to us? GMO has been shown to cause low birth weights, small brain and testicle size, and infertility in lab rats.

GMO’s do cause some to have allergic reactions. We have an epidemic of allergies in this country with one child in every 10 being allergic to some kind of food. It’s not an aging population. It’s affecting the young too.

This is an article released in September by Discover Magazine (a scientific publication) detailing how genes from foods can implant in liver cells and embed indo the RNA of our cells. If you need scientific proof that this food has the ability to change us, here it is.

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2011/09/21/what-you-eat-affects-your-genes-rna-from-rice-can-survive-digestion-and-alter-gene-expression/

]]> Comment on Author Calls GMO’s ‘A False Promise’ by Paul W http://www.agri-media.ca/2012/01/19/author-calls-gmos-a-false-promise/#comment-2192 Paul W Sat, 21 Jan 2012 13:17:47 +0000 http://www.agri-media.ca/?p=20962#comment-2192 There is a hoax alright and it comes from these gloom & doomers,the book writers,the so-called environmentalists always searching for something to crusade against.GMO foods have been around for close to 50 years and 50 years of testing,its not something new.Everyone of those health risks Smith talks about are associated with a ageing population and simply by eating non-GMO foods won't cure any of them! There is a hoax alright and it comes from these gloom & doomers,the book writers,the so-called environmentalists always searching for something to crusade against.GMO foods have been around for close to 50 years and 50 years of testing,its not something new.Everyone of those health risks Smith talks about are associated with a ageing population and simply by eating non-GMO foods won’t cure any of them!

]]> Comment on OFA Calls For Suspension Of Ontario Wind Turbine Development by Paul W http://www.agri-media.ca/2012/01/20/ofa-calls-for-suspension-of-ontario-wind-turbine-development/#comment-2185 Paul W Fri, 20 Jan 2012 23:24:36 +0000 http://www.agri-media.ca/?p=21021#comment-2185 l've heard of a number of complaints regarding the Turbines,from health problems to land devaluation to neighbours quarreling over the damn things but l've never heard of "the view" being high on that list.Sounds like something a city resident would think offends us rural folks most. l’ve heard of a number of complaints regarding the Turbines,from health problems to land devaluation to neighbours quarreling over the damn things but l’ve never heard of “the view” being high on that list.Sounds like something a city resident would think offends us rural folks most.

]]> Comment on OFA Calls For Suspension Of Ontario Wind Turbine Development by Denise Broniek http://www.agri-media.ca/2012/01/20/ofa-calls-for-suspension-of-ontario-wind-turbine-development/#comment-2184 Denise Broniek Fri, 20 Jan 2012 22:22:59 +0000 http://www.agri-media.ca/?p=21021#comment-2184 well put! well put!

]]> Comment on OFA Calls For Suspension Of Ontario Wind Turbine Development by Denise Broniek http://www.agri-media.ca/2012/01/20/ofa-calls-for-suspension-of-ontario-wind-turbine-development/#comment-2183 Denise Broniek Fri, 20 Jan 2012 22:22:13 +0000 http://www.agri-media.ca/?p=21021#comment-2183 Finally, some common sense to gain common ground!!!! Maybe a little too late for some with turbines already in the background, however this would help future farmers preserve land from being destroyed and abandoned to industrial wind monstrosities!! Paul Gibbings, these issues HAVE NOT been addressed! a 400ft spinning structure DOES NOT belong in the backyards of the peaceful, quaint rural countryside! Finally, some common sense to gain common ground!!!!

Maybe a little too late for some with turbines already in the background, however this would help future farmers preserve land from being destroyed and abandoned to industrial wind monstrosities!!

Paul Gibbings, these issues HAVE NOT been addressed! a 400ft spinning structure DOES NOT belong in the backyards of the peaceful, quaint rural countryside!

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