Category Archives: Agri-business
‘Mayor’s negativity . . . unwarranted,’ says TV show’s fan
As we wrote in this corner last week, City Scope applauds the decision made to take a flyer on providing the backdrop for the popular reality series, Million Dollar Neighbourhood, because of the negative light in which it might … Continue reading
Filed under Agri-business, City of St. Thomas, City Scope
Alliance of Ontario Food Processors appoint Steve Peters as Executive Director
Cambridge, ON — The board of directors of the Alliance of Ontario Food Processors (AOFP) has appointed Steve Peters as Executive Director, effective May 2, 2012 Peters is a former MPP for the riding of Elgin-Middlesex-London from 1999-2011. He was … Continue reading
Filed under Agri-business, City of St. Thomas
National food strategy rooted in Elgin
Posted by Ian: With no clearly defined picture as to what Canada’s agri-industry should look like in the coming decades, the Ontario Federation of Agriculture is taking a lead role in devising a national food strategy. OFA vice-president Mark Wales, … Continue reading
Aylmer IGPC ethanol plant provides economic benefits
Construction of the Alymer-based Integrated Grain Processors Co-op Inc. ethanol plant began in mid-2007. The facility has been operational since Oct. 1, 2008. In addition to producing 162 million liters (43 million gallons) of corn-based ethanol annually, the plant also … Continue reading
Filed under Agri-business, Canadian economy, Canadian employment, Elgin county, Ethanol
S. Ontario straw becomes Ford Flex storage bins
Research at the University of Waterloo has led four southern Ontario farmers to send straw from soft, white winter wheat to an auto parts plant in Ohio for plastic production that is ending up as third-row storage bins in the … Continue reading
London seeking $150 million offered Ford Canada’s St. Thomas Assembly Plant
Posted by Ian: St. Thomas and Elgin county lose the Ford plant and as a result the economic impact will be compounded via support operations like Lear Seating, trucking companies and CN who relied heavily on the St. Thomas Assembly … Continue reading
Ethanol subsidies a useless boondoggle
Ethanol is the gift that keeps on giving – but only to corn-growers and opportunistic automakers. For taxpayers, however, it’s a dream that failed and a rat-hole down which our governments keep pouring our tax money. This useless boondoggle must … Continue reading
Small towns contributing to their own demise
An exodus of young people seeking education, adventure and success in bigger cities, combined with economic upheaval that has left little opportunity for those who stayed behind, has resulted in a dramatic “hollowing out” of North America’s small communities. And … Continue reading
Environmental impact of ethanol fuel overstated, government warned
Ottawa’s push to use high-level ethanol fuel in cars is doing little or nothing to cut Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions nor will it, says a government briefing note prepared for Natural Resources Minister Lisa Raitt and obtained by Canwest News … Continue reading
