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2016 International Year Of Pulses

2016 has been declared International Year of Pulses by the United Nations. Shirzad Chunara, development officer with Alberta Agriculture, dropped by the studio to talk about the purpose of having such a year and what a difference it can make.

Interview with Shirzad Chunara (2:28 minutes) (1.13 Mb)

Source : Agriculture and Forestry

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Conserving Canada's Working Farmlands

Video: Conserving Canada's Working Farmlands

An interprovincial working group is collaborating to advance a simple goal: ensuring that the voluntary protection of farmland receives the same federal tax treatment as land conserved for ecological purposes. The group is advocating for consistent, fair incentives that support long term protection of Canada’s agricultural land.