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Canada and Ontario invest $14.6M to boost farmland resiliency and sustainability
Increased funding enables the Resilient Agricultural Landscape Program to expand its project scope to improve soil health, protect water resources, promote biodiversity, and support long-term sustainability and competitiveness.

Province invests in community grazing pastures

Study ties hay/pasture conversion to biodiversity loss
Study draws on census data, AAFC land-cover analysis overlaid with avian population estimates

Drive for production weakens resilience of farming systems: study
Researchers say sector should strive for environmental heterogeneity

Feds lift ‘pause’ on increases in crop chemical MRLs
New set of rules also calls for 'cosmetic' pesticide use to be banned on federal lands

Hedgerows enjoy potential new growth in Ontario
Living fence lines offer a plethora of biodiversity and ecological positives