Only five per cent of Ontario’s land is suitable for agriculture.
And that number will only be decreasing.
The most recent census shows the daily loss of farm land has increased from 175 acres per day in 2016, to 319 acres.
That was Mark Reusser, vice president of The Ontario Federation of Agriculture. He says he is concerned with a number in the most recent census. That number is 319.
Reusser says that number will only be decreasing.
That was Mark Reusser, vice president of The Ontario Federation of Agriculture.
He added ways to help as an individual would be buying local produce, encouraging friends and family to do the same, and writing to municipal officials when buildings are proposed on former farms.
