Farming (183 articles) "Farming" is a broad topic, that includes both agriculture and aquaculture. Agriculture is one of the dominant land uses along the south shores of Lake Ontario, as well as in the Bay of Quinte region. While not all farming has negative impacts on Lake Ontario, factory farms – hogs in Ontario, cattle in New York State – have taken their toll in recent years. Aquaculture – fish farming – is more common in other areas of the Great Lakes but is a growing practice.
|  | Ontario's Environment Minister responds to agriculture federation's criticisms of windpower:
Despite a high-profile farm lobby group joining a growing movement pushing for a moratorium on wind power development, the province will not reverse course on the controversial plan.So says St. Catharines MPP and Minister of the Environment Jim Bradley. Late last week, the Ontario... (more) | | (0 comments) Energy & Fossil Fuels Environmental Law Farming Ontario Other |
| | | Jim Merriam in the Belleville Intelligencer on January 27, 2012 writes about the Ontario Federation of Agriculture's stance on wind power:
When it came to government relations, Ontario’s largest farm organization, the Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA), often seemed to adopt the philosophy “go along to get along.”Certainly, at times, the OFA found itself in... (more) | | (0 comments) Development & Land Use Energy & Fossil Fuels Farming Ontario Other |
|  | Bay City— The fun stops here, literally.
Bay City State Recreation Area features a one-mile beach that runs south from its visitors center along Lake Huron's western shore. In reality, you can enjoy about 500 feet of it. Just south of the park's volleyball courts, the white sands turn into what locals call "beach muck" — a thick layer of washed-up algal growth and detritus... (more) | | (0 comments) Drink Environmental Law Farming Fish Great Lakes-Basin Sewers & Urban Runoff Swim |
| | | HAMILTON TOWNSHIP -- The continuing cleanup of the CN train derailment and hazardous- material spill south of County Road 2 near Lake Ontario, just east of Port Hope, is a wait-and-see game for the two property owners most directly impacted.One of the local residents is Harris McKeen, who has lived in the farmhouse on the land abutting the rail line for 65 years, and the... (more) | | (0 comments) Drink Farming Groundwater Hamilton and Region |
|  | The threats have been identified, now council here must develop a risk management plan to protect Deloro's drinking water.Immediate threats were found in two of four areas around Deloro's main wellhead, Quinte Conservation source water protection project manager Keith Taylor told council last week."This is where the municipality comes into it," Taylor said, adding... (more) | | (0 comments) Development & Land Use Drink Environmental Law Farming Quinte Region |
| | | The Ontario Pork Producers Marketing Board has registered lobbyists to lobby the Ontario government regarding the following matters:Clean Water Act; Dead Animal Disposal Act; Species at Risk Act. Support for Ontario Pork Sector. Source Water Protection.See full details on the Ontario Lobbyist Registry via Registration #: OL0213-20050107160140. (more) | | (0 comments) Drink Environmental Law Farming Fish Ontario Swim |
|  | When I started writing stories about Great Lakes ecology in the late 1980s, an activist said something that sounded profound. Thinking back to the earlier, algae-choked days on Lake Erie, she said: "Today there's less sewage, but more poison."By poison, she meant synthetic chemicals with long, unpronounceable names, known by their initials (DDT, PCBs) or short forms... (more) | | (0 comments) Development & Land Use Drink Farming Fish Ontario |
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