When it comes to sustainability in agriculture, Canada may be healthier than it realizes.
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Experts from across the agriculture industry discussed the state of sustainability at the recent Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute annual conference. They set the tone at the Oct. 2 kickoff by “diagnosing” Canadian agriculture sustainability issues.
Though the sickness is real, they said there is hope.
Why it matters: Canadian agriculture has made significant productivity and efficiency gains, but defining sustainability still poses challenges.
“They’re trying all sorts of different medications thinking that the problem might be slightly different,” said Justine Hendricks, CEO of Farm Credit Canada. “Yet they’re coming back to the same point where they started from.”
Lloyd Day, deputy director general of the …