The author writes that while the new APF is a step in the right direction to help farmers mitigate climate change, it isn’t nearly as ambitious as is required to meet the amount of risk farmers face with regards to the increase in severe and frequent adverse weather events.

Opinion: Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership delivers on dollars but falls short on climate ambition

It’s not clear how many of the federal-provincial cost-share program dollars will go toward emissions reduction programming

On July 20, federal, provincial and territorial ministers of agriculture gathered in Saskatoon to finalize a five-year multilateral agricultural policy framework (APF) that promises to have a significant impact on Ontario farmers in the future.  This multi-billion-dollar framework includes several distinct programs, and when they are combined, they represent the main funding mechanism by which […] Read more