This week we present you with some reports about farming in Canada. What are the challenges and opportunities for farmers in Canada? Read and listen to the reports below to learn more and share your own experience with us in the comments.
Beef farming: a national perspective in Canada
Beef farming is one of the iconic industries of Canada, with ranches and cowboys capturing the imagination of many. Mike Commito, of the Northern Policy Institute, says it’s time start to beef farming in northern Ontario. That province’s cattle industry…»
Ontario farmland: threatened by urban sprawl
Southern Ontario is the most heavily populated area in Canada. The region is colloquially known as the “Golden Horseshoe”, the relatively prosperous area stretching from just east of Toronto, around the end of Lake Ontario, through Hamilton to St Catharines…»
A new government, a new relationship with farmers?
Canada held its 42nd general election on Monday (Oct 19). It was one of the longest campaigns in Canadian history. The ruling Conservative party is out after nearly ten years in power, and the Liberals under leader Justin Trudeau, will form…»
For farmers, this is the place!
Farmers are always looking for ways to become more efficient, and produce better products, from milk, to corn to eggs and so on. To do that they need to know what new equipment and technology is available to them. They…»
2015 report « Losing Our Grip » on crucial Canadian farmland
Canada’s National Farmers Union (NFU), a farmers rights and issues advocacy group, has released a report on the growing concern of farm land purchases by huge investment operations, agri-bizz, and foreign interests. The NFU had been seeing for many years…»
Nitrogen, farming, and climate change
We may not realize it, but the soil doesn’t “sleep” in Canadian winters. This is especially so during the several freeze-thaw cycles in fall and spring. With global warming these cycles are occurring more often and a Canadian scientist is…»
Sharing backyards: a popular Canadian innovation in urban farming
Sharing backyards, a pioneering project that connects homeowners who have a yard with people who want to grow food, but have no land, is spreading across Canada and abroad. “It’s something like Craigslist,” says Michael Levenston, executive director of the…»
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