Visual Learning Systems
Ecosystems Review
This video summarizes the topics covered in the Ecosystems series. This video explores the features of ecosystems, including abiotic and biotic components and their interactions with the physical environment. The speaker also discusses...
Mazz Media
What is the Food Chain?
This live-action video program is about the term food chain. The program is designed to reinforce and support a student's comprehension and retention of the term food chain through use of video footage, photographs, diagrams and...
Visual Learning Systems
Food Chains and Food Webs in Ecosystems
This video explains how ecologists use diagrams to illustrate the feeding relationships between organisms in an ecosystem. It introduces the concept of a food chain and highlights the complexity of natural ecosystems by introducing the...
Visual Learning Systems
Roles in Ecosystems
This video explains the different types of living things found in ecosystems, focusing on plants and their role as producers of energy through photosynthesis. It also introduces the concepts of consumers and decomposers, and how they...
Visual Learning Systems
Roles in Ecosystems
The video explains the different types of living things found in ecosystems, including plants, animals, and decomposers. The video provides examples of each type of organism and their role in the ecosystem. Ecosystem Dynamics part 4/10
US Department of Agriculture
USDA Assists Socially Disadvantaged Farmers
The USDA's Strike Force Initiative is looking to help farmers and ranchers who may have been under served with financial and technical assistance in the past.
Visual Learning Systems
Energy in Ecosystems
The video discusses the concept of energy flow in an ecosystem, highlighting the complex relationships between producers, consumers, and decomposers. A simplified diagram of a forest ecosystem is shown, illustrating the...
Visual Learning Systems
Ecosystems Quiz
This is a quiz on the topics covered in the Ecosystems series. Viewers are asked to fill in the correct word to complete a sentence related to the topic. The sentences cover concepts such as the study of living things in the environment,...
Visual Learning Systems
Introduction to Ecosystems
The video explores the different environments on Earth. The video also introduces the concept of an organism's environment, which includes all living and nonliving things it interacts with. Ecosystems part 1/8
Curated Video
Ethiopian coffee farmers struggle with costly EU origin regulations
New ReviewNew EU anti-deforestation rules challenge Ethiopia's coffee trade. Producers face strict origin requirements, impacting small-scale farmers.
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Tariffs hamper profits from bumper canola crop
New ReviewSaskatchewan canola farmers are reporting their best crop in years, but they may not rake in much profit because Chinese tariffs have hurt prices and largely taken away one of Canada’s biggest markets.
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Taiwan turns banana plant waste into sustainable textiles
New ReviewTaiwanese entrepreneurs transform banana plant waste into eco-friendly fibre for textiles, aiming for all-natural, biodegradable shoes.
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Quebec wines are having a moment. Will it last?
New ReviewThe province’s liquor board says sales of Quebec-made wines were up almost 50 per cent between April and August, compared to the same time last year. That’s right after U.S. wines were pulled from the SAQ shelves in response to the Trump...
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Agriculture ministers talk canola tariffs in Winnipeg
New ReviewDuring a Tuesday conference in Winnipeg, the provincial, territorial and federal agriculture ministers discussed challenges and solutions for Canada's producers of canola, which has been hit with steep tariffs by China.
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Sask. premier meeting with feds on how to deal with canola tariffs
New ReviewPremier Scott Moe is meeting with the federal Liberal government about the next steps in the trade battle with China.
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'We do need to work together': Sask. premier to travel to China for talks on canola
New ReviewSaskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says he intends to meet with Chinese officials in the next two weeks to discuss the ongoing canola dispute. The announcement comes after a Thursday meeting between Moe, the federal Agriculture Minister...
Curated Video
Chinese tariffs on Canadian canola have farmers bracing for the worst
New ReviewA new Chinese tariff of over 75 per cent on Canadian canola seed takes effect today, effectively closing Canada’s biggest export market for the product. The tariffs are an escalation in a mounting trade dispute between the two countries.
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Manitoba premier wants federal government to take 'immediate action' on China's canola tariffs
New ReviewManitoba Premier Wab Kinew reacted to China’s tariffs on Canadian canola set to go into force Thursday, asking the federal government to show the same support for the agricultural sector that they gave the steel, auto and lumber industries.
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Sask. canola farmers feel caught in the middle of Canada-China trade war
New ReviewChina on Tuesday announced a preliminary anti-dumping duty on Canadian canola imports — a fresh escalation in a yearlong trade dispute that began with Ottawa's imposition of tariffs on Chinese electric vehicle imports last August. The...
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Canadian Premiers urge Donald Trump to include softwood lumber in tariff talks, analysts not optimistic
U.S. president Donald Trump has promised to slap punishing tariffs on Canada on August 1 if the two countries cannot come to a trade deal. Premiers are urging the prime minister to include softwood lumber in the tariff negotiations. As...
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Smoke and heat challenging Manitoba ag producers
The summer's intense heat can impact an outdoor animal's breathing at the best of times, but add in irritants like smoke and it can greatly compromise their health. Dr. Jonas Watson, a veterinarian in Winnipeg, says the adverse health...
Curated Video
What Gabrielle Union's firing says about reality TV | The Weekly with Wendy Mesley
NBC launched an internal investigation into allegations actress Gabrielle Union was fired from America’s Got Talent. According to Variety, the reality show judge had raised concerns with producers about the workplace culture on the show.
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Tensions thaw slightly as China resumes imports of Canadian beef, pork
China will again allow Canadian beef and pork products into the country and though it points to a slight thaw, the relationship between Ottawa and Beijing remains tense.
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Ottawa to expand farmers' aid as trade tensions with China continue
Money is on the way for farmers caught in the middle of a bitter diplomatic dispute between Canada and China.