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Ontario veal farm digester turns manure into power for neighbouring homes

On Wednesday June 29, 2011, Delft Blue Veal Farms (division of Grober Inc.) proudly hosted the event, Harvesting Clean Energy on Ontario Farms

Delft Blue's digester

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Posted by FFC on July 20th, 2011 :: Filed under animal by-products,Environment,Manure,Sustainability,Veal
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The milk machine

Luisa D’Amato, Waterloo Region Record, 02 Aug 2021

It’s Sandi’s turn to be milked.

She stands patiently in the barn, her pale-pink udder bulging between her long legs, as dairy farmer Terry Lebold wipes her teats with antibacterial solution and attaches four suction cups to them.

Within five minutes, about 20 litres of milk has been vacuumed out of her, the white liquid whirling through transparent plastic tubes. Lebold touches her hind flank lightly, disconnects the machine and quickly dips her teats in a reddish iodine solution to prevent infection.

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Posted by FFC on July 22nd, 2009 :: Filed under Canada,Dairy cattle,Farm life,Veal
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The real deal about veal

Jennifer Bain, Toronto Star, 2021.04.04

The real deal about veal; The Ontario Veal Association president opens her barn for a tour, encouraging butchers, supermarkets, chefs and consumers to learn more about this lean red meat

Ontario farmers want you to know how they do - and don’t - produce veal.

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Posted by FFC on July 19th, 2009 :: Filed under Consumers,Education and public awareness,Housing,Veal
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Revealing the truth about lean meat

Myth about calves raised in darkness hampers veal image

By Greg Burliuk, Kingston Whig-Standard, 2021.06.01

Mention the word veal and some people cringe.

“How can you eat baby cows?” was the cry I heard years ago. A British friend once told me that was why veal consumption was so low in her animal -loving country.

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Posted by FFC on July 19th, 2009 :: Filed under Consumers,Education and public awareness,Veal,Vegetarian
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Canadian dairymen a force for change

By Sarah Trickett, Farmers Weekly (UK), 20/11/2020

It is hard to comprehend the fact that Canadian dairy farmers pay a quota cost of $30,000 (£16,470)/kg of butterfat a day. With an average butterfat at just over 1kg, you are looking at a bill of $45,000 (£24,706)/kg of butterfat a day.

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Posted by FFC on July 13th, 2009 :: Filed under Canada,Dairy cattle,Family vs factory farming,Housing,Innovation and technology,Regulations,Veal
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Farming’s the ‘veal’ deal for former dairy producer

By Patrick Brennan, St. Thomas Times-Journal, 07 Mar 2021

Ian Foster could easily be classed as a specialist among the ranks of
Elgin’s farming community. He’s committed a portion of his farm operation to veal production, a specialty among farmers. Raised on a dairy farm, Foster chose farming as a career and made the decision in the mid-1980s to leave dairy farming and get into veal production.

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Posted by FFC on July 13th, 2009 :: Filed under Consumers,Farm life,Housing,Veal
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Ease your mind about veal calves

By Cynthia David, CP Wire, November 6, 2020

There’s a display at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair in Toronto this week that may ease your mind about veal.

It’s a model of a veal calf which, in the flesh, weighs 318 kilograms (700 pounds) and stands 1.5 metres (five feet) tall.

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Posted by FFC on July 13th, 2009 :: Filed under Canada,Consumers,Education and public awareness,Farm life,Housing,Veal
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