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.
|  | Councillors here are dredging up ways to remove unwanted silt from Brighton's bay.Council received a presentation on the issue at Monday's committee-of-the-whole meeting from Genivar Consultants, a company based out of Markham.John Himanen of Genivar said the silt in the bay should be removed."The sediment in this wetland can be removed and used in industrial and... (more) | | (0 comments) Development & Land Use Farming Fish Quinte Region Shipping, boating & navigation |
| | | ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AMENDMENT ACT
(SEWAGE SLUDGE), 2010 /
LOI DE 2010 MODIFIANT
LA LOI SUR LA PROTECTION
DE L'ENVIRONNEMENT
(BOUES D'ÉPURATION)Mr. O'Toole moved first reading of the following bill:Bill 91, An Act to regulate the spreading and storage of sewage sludge and biosolids / Projet de loi 91, Loi réglementant l'épandage et le stockage des boues... (more) | | (0 comments) Drink Environmental Law Farming Fish Ontario |
|  | Davis LLP has registered six provincial lobbyists on behalf of:
Runnymede Development Corporation Limited,
Tribute Communities,
Silver Chung Trading Ltd.,
Roehampton Farms Inc., and
Vesta Farms Inc.The six lobbyists work for StrategyCorp Inc.:
Katie Telford
Dave McCleary
Craig Carter-Edwards
John Matheson
David MacNaughton
John DuffyThey will be... (more) | | (0 comments) Development & Land Use Drink Environmental Law Farming Ontario |
| | | Tweed – Council will not adopt any measures to control the spreading of sludge on local farmland, even though Reeve Jo-Anne Albert pushed for a moratorium.The subject was raised in an e-mail to council by Crookston Road residents Gary and Lynda Akey who asked what could be done to prevent the land application of possibly toxic treated waste, especially from... (more) | | (0 comments) Development & Land Use Drink Environmental Law Farming Fish Quinte Region Sewers & Urban Runoff |
| | | Warkworth – The composting facility proposed at the edge of Warkworth has been put on hold by an interim control bylaw approved unanimously by Trent Hills council last week.The municipality will use the year it has given itself to review land use policies governing "any proposed use and the finishing and packaging of composted fertilizer in Trent Hills."The bylaw and... (more) | | (0 comments) Development & Land Use Drink Environmental Law Farming Fish Quinte Region Sewers & Urban Runoff |
|  | Trent Hills – Empire Cheese and Butter Co-op will use $187,000 in provincial funding to upgrade its infrastructure to protect local drinking water. By the time the project is completed, the Campbellford-area business will surpass current environmental standards that have been the bane of small cheese makers.The matching funding being provided by the Ministry of... (more) | | (0 comments) Drink Environmental Law Farming Quinte Region Sewers & Urban Runoff |
| | | Warkworth – An information evening held by Bio Balance turned into a heated question-and-answer session as concerned citizens filled the Warkworth Legion Feb. 9 to find out more about the company's proposed organic fertilizer facility."I knew there were members of the community not receptive to this," Bio Balance president Don Carr said the next day. "We are the new kid... (more) | | (0 comments) Environmental Law Farming Nuclear Industry Quinte Region Sewers & Urban Runoff |
| | | A new Certificate of Approval (Air) was issued to permit Lafarge Canada Inc.'s Energy Farm Demonstration Project at their portland cement manufacturing plant located in Bath, Ontario. The project is to test a variety of biomass fuel crops in a cement kiln for a period of 60 days.Read the original posting here.Public Consultation on the proposal for this decision was... (more) | | (0 comments) Environmental Law Farming Industrial Emissions Kingston and Region Other |
| | | Trent Hills – A proposed organic fertilizer facility in Warkworth will use waste from chicken and hog farms, slaughter houses, meat processing plants, cold storage food facilities and pulp and paper plants to provide the right balance of protein, nitrogen and carbon for its product, says the president of Bio Balance Fertilizer Inc.In a preview of this week's public... (more) | | (0 comments) Environmental Law Farming Other Quinte Region |
| | | But environmental review says land can be developedA just-released report says there are no environmental reasons to stop homes being built on land next to the Eramosa Karst Conservation Area.The environmental assessment study concluded that "subject to proper implementation of the mitigation recommendations ... these lands can be developed without impacting the... (more) | | (0 comments) Development & Land Use Farming Fish Hamilton and Region |
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