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Aug 12, 2024 · Our mission is to protect and preserve Ontario farmlands. Every day in Ontario, we lose 319 acres of farmland to non-agricultural land uses like urban development and aggregate extraction. This rate of farmland loss is unsustainable and cannot be allowed to continue. Everyone in Ontario relies on agriculture, from the food we eat, to the jobs ...
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Canada's cities are responsible for the majority of arable land converted to urban settlements. Reports from Statistics Canada comparing surveys from 1971 to 2011 showed an estimated 642,100 hectares of agricultural land were lost to new settlements around Canada's largest metropolitan areas. The largest conversion from arable land to settlement ha...
Along with the decline in farm area, most provinces have seen an even more rapid decline in individual farms — down 23 per cent in the 20-year period. In the same period, the size of farms increased. In 2001, the average Canadian farm was 274 hectares in size; that number reached 327 hectares in 2021. Based on the new average, Canada can be said to...
In addition to growing food, agriculture helps slow climate change by storing carbon in vegetation and soil. AAFC says 10 per cent of Canada's greenhouse gas emissions also come from crop and livestock production; as production intensifies, there is less and less farmland available to absorb the emissions. When farmland is lost to sprawl, it is unl...
Jan 17, 2024 · The afternoon panel will specifically look at opportunities for municipalities, conservation authorities, land trusts and other non-profits to support land access. The hybrid 2024 Farmland Forum is taking place on Thursday, March 21st, 2024 in person in Elora, Ontario as well as online. The full day’s agenda will be available soon.
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Sep 1, 2021 · Farmlands can filter and store water, mitigate the effects of floods, sequester carbon, and even provide habitat for wildlife. Some species at risk, like the Bobolink, actually depend on farmlands for habitat, and can often be found nesting and foraging in pastures and hayfields. So, when farmlands are protected, so are entire ecosystems!
