We know how to support healthy soil, so let’s help farmers adopt sustainable methods
Investing in agricultural innovation and adopting proven, sustainable farming practices is crucial to a thriving agriculture industry and to the long-term health of soil.
Challenges facing Nova Scotia agriculture industry
At a time when food security and food availability have never been more important, we are seeing our agriculture industry shrink.
Turning up the heat on climate protections for workers
As the planet warms, how will policymakers protect farm workers from scorching temperatures?
Agriculture sector experiencing labour shortages
Future generations of farmers and farm families will continue to struggle with worker availability unless the problems are addressed now, writes Conservative MP Lianne Rood.
Agriculture Policy Briefing
Fifty years of supply management, 50 years of innovation
Through supply management, we have been able to transform egg farming over the last half-century through national programs and protocols that consistently deliver high quality, safe eggs to Canadians.
MPs say rising food prices are impacting their own bottom lines as they grill grocery CEOs
One MP said he uses an app to price match groceries between stores, while others say they are growing as much of their own food as possible.
Is Canada really the ‘land of opportunity’?
While Canadians may think migrant workers are treated fairly, an increasing number—particularly those who grow and harvest our food—are not.
Food inflation the result of a perfect storm, not supply management
Despite its benefits, supply management has been weakened by recent trade deals, giving foreign nations greater access to Canadian markets and making us more vulnerable to changes in the global economy, as well as natural disasters and conflicts abroad.
‘None of it is good’: bankruptcy of major Ontario agricultural employer will leave migrant workers stranded if feds don’t step in, says advocate
Lakeside Produce, a large commercial greenhouse in southwestern Ontario that employs temporary foreign workers and seasonal agricultural workers, filed for bankruptcy on Jan. 17.
