Tag: Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute

After spending the past five episodes exploring what drives decisions around how land is used across Canada, we’re looking to the future, highlighting the people and research shaping land-use policy in the next generation. The Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute has selected four PhD candidates/doctoral fellows at schools across Canada to develop their skills and expertise… Read More

When it comes to doing business in Canada, the agriculture and agri-food sectors have distinct labour needs, skill gaps, and infrastructure requirements. However, when drilling down to the core solutions to these issues, many of the differences converge under a few pillars: coherent policy and a better functioning government sector, for example. The Canadian Agri-Food… Read More

With farmland under pressure from urban expansion, conservation needs, and economic development, it raises the critical — and contentious — question: who should decide how land is used? Private landowners’ rights are essential and rightfully expected in Canada, but there’s also an argument to be made that the public has a stake in land-use decisions… Read More

Even the most seasoned of policy analysts, trade negotiators, and industry leaders are feeling the pressure of the last six weeks. On-again, off-again tariffs threatened by the U.S. president are having direct and in-direct impacts on Canada’s economy, with companies pro-actively trying to manage risk by downsizing, cancelling expansion plans, or shuttering all together. But… Read More

Some parts of the country have seen more success protecting farmland than other regions, but when you add it up, Canada continues to lose an astonishing amount of farmland to urban expansion. The oft-cited statistic from the most recent Census of Agriculture is that Ontario alone loses an average of 319 acres of farmland every… Read More

When it comes to land use, some ways that land provides value are easy to measure and monetize, such as growing crops, raising livestock, or developing real estate. But other types of value, especially those that benefit broader society, like providing biodiversity, wildlife habitat preservation, carbon sequestration, and flood or fire risk mitigation, are much… Read More

Land is a fundamental and finite resource, yet it is easy to overlook its value in our everyday lives. Canada may have an abundance of land, but those acres are under immense pressure to serve multiple purposes—residential and industrial development, food production, biodiversity, carbon sequestration, solar and wind energy generation, recreation, and more. As we… Read More

Thanks for tuning into RealAg on the Weekend! Guest host Lyndsey Smith discusses some of the top news stories including cabinet changes, and is joined by: Chris Vervaet with Canadian Oilseed Processors Association on canola into U.S. biofuel; Hear from Amy Crozier in a spotlight interview for Nutrien Smart Nitrogen; Kelvin Heppner of RealAgriculture discusses… Read More

Thanks for tuning in to this Friday edition of RealAg Radio. Host Shaun Haney is joined by Lyndsey Smith and Kelvin Heppner, both of RealAgriculture, and Tyler McCann with Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute, for the RealAg Issues Panel. They discuss a number of topics including: The latest strike news; The lead up to the U.S…. Read More

By Elisabeta Lika, research associate, the Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute  The widely publicized livestock carbon tax in Denmark, touted as a proactive step towards cutting methane emissions from cattle, is not as straightforward as it may seem. Beneath the surface, lies a web of complexities that should give pause to those considering similar policies. Set… Read More