Dear editor, I’m afraid the family farm is dying despite Professor Mike’s enthusiastic optimism in the Sept. 9 Farmtario edition. Let’s use the same chart he used to prove my point. By looking at the columns and changing the graph to percentages, farms making over $2 million dollar are up 1,100 per cent. And if […] Read more
Opinion: RIP the family farm
Opinion: Open letter to Ontario mushroom farmers
You are to be applauded for your development of the specialty mushroom industry but the consolidation of your button mushroom industry is all but complete. The $50 million that used to be shared by more than 300 family operations in the button mushroom industry in Ontario is now consolidated into a few hands. A monopoly […] Read more
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