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	<title>Let's Talk Farm Animals &#187; Innovation and technology</title>
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		<title>A teachable moment on fur applies to agriculture too</title>
		<link>http://www.letstalkfarmanimals.ca/2012/01/16/a-teachable-moment-on-fur-applies-to-agriculture-too/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 19:27:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Leslie Ballentine, Farm and food commentator As anyone who knows a teenager is probably aware this year’s hot ticket items for Christmas receiving (or any other occasion) included real UGG boots (not the synthetic copies) and Canada Goose jackets.  The price of these natural fibre clothing items put them in the “not happening” category [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Barn changes over the generations</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 18:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Barn changes over the generations By Patricia Grotenhuis, Lifelong farmer and agricultural advocate Sometimes I sit and think about all of the changes that have happened from the time my great-grandfather bought his farm until now, when my parents run it with the help of my siblings. Back in 1934, Canada was in the middle [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Things you should know before criticizing food production</title>
		<link>http://www.letstalkfarmanimals.ca/2012/01/03/things-you-should-know-before-criticizing-food-production/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 01:03:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Leslie Ballentine, farming and food commentator This past year, a University of Manitoba student was inspired by a campus talk she heard by the Ontario Farm Animal Council.  So inspired, in fact, that she wrote a thought-provoking article in the student newspaper. Titled: Things you should know before criticizing food production, the article is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eco-friendly plastic: a new use for chicken feathers</title>
		<link>http://www.letstalkfarmanimals.ca/2011/11/07/eco-friendly-plastic-a-new-use-for-chicken-feathers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 20:40:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Leslie Ballentine, Farming and food commentator Turning chicken feathers into ‘green’ plastic is not a new idea. Government and university scientists in the U.S. first began serious research into the possibility years ago. The goal for researchers and plastic manufacturers has been to develop a substitute for petroleum in some plastic products. This year, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>You were asking about&#8230;housing for pigs</title>
		<link>http://www.letstalkfarmanimals.ca/2011/09/01/you-were-asking-about-housing-for-pigs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2011 13:11:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ by Patricia Grotenhuis, Lifelong farmer and agricultural advocate Many people wonder why pigs are in individual pens on many farms.  There are a variety of reasons. Pigs are omnivores, and can be quite aggressive, especially at feeding time.  While competing for food, pigs have been known to bite each other.  Individual pens protect against this [...]]]></description>
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