Country Canada (1954-2007) profiled rural and country life in Canada.
Episodes
Country Canada The problem with pesticides
Nobody wants a wormy apple – not consumers and certainly not farmers. That's why pesticides are considered a must for today's large-scale agricultural operations. The downside is that pesticides used by farmers in the Great Lakes basin drain into the lakes, posing a threat to wildlife and, quite possibly, human health. Twenty agricultural chemicals have been identified in the lakes ...
- 1996
- 00:09:33
- 13-14
- Added on: 03/02/2020
Country Canada Franken Foods
Food activists have coined the phrase "Franken Foods" and say the new technology puts us all at risk. For many farmers, it's just one more piece of technology that's both efficient and safe. Country Canada hears from both sides of the argument and talks to Prince Edward Island activist Aaron Koleszar, whose protests at the World Trade Organization meeting in ...
- 2000
- 00:10:12
- 13-14
- Added on: 06/14/2013
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