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Agriculture committee  I think nowadays when you look at a rural area, many of the rural people still do not have that farm connection. Our idea of what a rural area used to be is that they had some connection to a farm, whether they were involved in the agriculture industry or something along those li

February 26th, 2015Committee meeting

Danielle Lee

Agriculture committee  In general, I would say that when you look at agriculture across Canada, especially in Alberta, our farms are definitely larger than they were historically. To be efficient, many of them have to be larger in size than they were in the past. For example, in the area where we were,

February 26th, 2015Committee meeting

Danielle Lee

Agriculture committee  Just to clarify, you asked me about Alberta and if the farms are disappearing. Is that right?

February 26th, 2015Committee meeting

Danielle Lee

Agriculture committee  Actually, I'm from Alberta.

February 26th, 2015Committee meeting

Danielle Lee

Agriculture committee  That's all right. I would say there are definitely challenges, especially where our farm is. We are very close to the city of Calgary. It's very good agricultural land; however, it is more used for development and those types of things, so it is harder to continue to be able to

February 26th, 2015Committee meeting

Danielle Lee