A Bee C |
| Published: September 7, 2007, 5:48 am |
| Tags: bse, ed stelmach, agribusiness, alberta, farmers |
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Alberta Beekeepersget noCompensation.Despite his recent capitulation to public protests, Farmer Ed Stelmach still has not heard the buzzing of Alberta apiarists.Canada's largest commercial apiary industry, gets no attention from the farmers in the Stelmach government, cause they all raise beef.Bee Keepers across North America are facing a crisis no different from BSE yet the response in oil rich Alberta to the case of the disappearing Bee's is indifference.Billions were given to the commercial agribusiness interests and large scale processing houses, the secondary and tertiary business, and spare change given to beef farmers after the discovery of one dead BSE infected cow. During this crisis of Alberta's disappearing bee's nary a word from agribusiness interests or the government.Drops in honey production, combined with low prices, could financially sting beekeepers."It's going to be a real struggle for some operations across the province," Kevin Nixon, central director of the [ Full article ] |
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