by Melissa Benner Soiled & Seeded, May 2012
Erica Lemieux has ingeniously incorporated all three of these elements into her urban agriculture business, City Seed Farms. As the planting season begins, you’ll find her cycling between backyards in the High Park and Junction neighbourhoods of Toronto, with a trailer full of tools and [...]
by Kevin Hursh FCC Express, April 13, 2012
Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz and Farm Credit Canada President and CEO Greg Stewart introduced a new loan program called the Young Farmer Loan at a media conference in Saskatoon yesterday.
“This new loan offers qualified producers who are under 40 years of age loans of up [...]
CBC News Posted: Mar 16, 2012
The Nova Scotia Federation of Agriculture is searching for ways to transfer more farms from one generation to the next as fewer young people are getting into the farming business.
Older farmers in the province who want to retire are often unable to find people with the desire and [...]
Toronto and Region Conservation (TRCA) is soliciting proposals from individuals and community organizations that are interested in establishing a sustainable urban agriculture operation at Black Creek Pioneer Village (BCPV), 4929 Jane Street, City of Toronto, Ontario M3N 2K8. Eight acres of TRCA-owned land, farm house and barn are available for lease.
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National Young Farmers’ Coalition Published: November 9th, 2011 New Survey of 1,000 Young and Beginning Farmers Reveals What the Next Generation Needs Download Report (PDF)
TIVOLI, NY –The National Young Farmer’s Coalition released a study today showing that the nation’s young and beginning farmers face tremendous barriers [...]
Agri-View Published: November 14, 2011
House and Senate members recently announced the introduction of the Beginning Farmer and Rancher Opportunity Act of 2011 [H.R. 3236], a comprehensive bill intended for inclusion in the 2012 Farm Bill that highlights federal programs that help support economic opportunities for young and beginning farmers and ranchers. [...]
By Isolde Raftery, The New York Times Published: November 12, 2011 Emily Oakley, who had worked on an organic farm in California, moved with her husband, Mike Appel, to Oaks, Okla., in pursuit of cheap farmland. But even though they had $25,000 saved, the couple could not get a [...]
John Clement, Farms.com Published August 26, 2011
Farmland preservation is a key component in keeping a strong and vigorous agricultural sector. And with Ontario having one of the biggest agriculture and food clusters in North America, it only makes sense that our citizens be proactive in ensuring that we do [...]
Chelsea Murray, This Magazine Ian Willms, Photos Published: August 19, 2011
Robert Beynon’s dairy farm sits just north of the Toronto suburb of Richmond Hill, on one of the southernmost edges of Ontario’s greenbelt. It’s a small operation [...]
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