A Bobolink in a southern Ontario grassland. Photo Victoria Pepe

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.

Canada and Ontario increased investment of $14.6 million to help farmers improve soil, water, and biodiversity through the Resilient Agricultural Landscape Program.


Study ties hay/pasture conversion to biodiversity loss

Study ties hay/pasture conversion to biodiversity loss

Study draws on census data, AAFC land-cover analysis overlaid with avian population estimates

Research conducted by the Canadian Wildlife Federation, aimed at highlighting the “threatened” status of the Eastern Meadowlark on Ontario’s Species at Risk list, draws on Census of Agriculture data and land-cover analysis from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, overlaid with avian population estimates from the Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas organization.

Drive for production weakens resilience of farming systems: study

Drive for production weakens resilience of farming systems: study

Researchers say sector should strive for environmental heterogeneity

The drive for greater productivity in agriculture has led to an unprecedented level of food security for much of the world. But according to an article published by the journal Nature in September, that has come at the expense of environmental stability, making it more difficult to sustain high productivity.



Hedgerows enjoy potential new growth in Ontario

Hedgerows enjoy potential new growth in Ontario

Living fence lines offer a plethora of biodiversity and ecological positives

The European practice of hedgerows and hedge laying is slowly entering Ontario’s landscape. During a recent Ecological Farmers Association of Ontario webinar, Jim Jones, a British ecologist and hedge laying […] Read more