I am pretty much the average new farmer of today. Our research is showing that about 60% of young people entering agriculture today are young women. What made me enter agriculture was learning about agriculture from an environmental perspective and the environmental externalities created by the industrial agriculture model when I did my undergraduate degree in biology. I also studied food security at Ryerson after that. For me it was partly a desire not to work in an office for the rest of my life, but also because I view farming as a way to change the world, change the way things are done, and contribute to improving social justice and environmental issues and the health issues industry.
On October 5th, 2017. See this statement in context.