Posts Tagged ‘Wheat board’

Just like the corner store or local diner, the family farm is disappearing from Canada at a rapid pace.  Since 2007 Canada has lost over 22,000 family farms as the trend toward corporate agriculture picks up steam.  While this may seem like an inevitable conclusion, we should seriously consider [Read more]

HUGHES FOCUSES ON SMALL OPERATORS AND FOOD SECURITY DURING WHEAT BOARD DEBATE OTTAWA, ON – Local food networks need to be fostered and agriculture policy needs to be balanced if the government is serious about food security, according to Carol Hughes. The Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing, MP [Read more]