Agriculture committee  I'm sure there are. I don't know the specifics on them.

Agriculture committee  Absolutely, that would be a tremendous opportunity, especially for new entrants to learn the business model basically and get their feet wet, and then build from there.

Agriculture committee  If there could be funding earmarked specifically for young farmer programs at the provincial level, that would be great. I know it's tough for some of our young farmer organizations to get funding from the provincial governments, and sometimes they do have other programs that are

Agriculture committee  Yes, access to land is a big one, because the price of land is up so much, so then the capital to buy the land is obviously more difficult. If there is competition from outside Canada to buy that land, that's also a great risk to compete with them. But access to capital is a huge

Agriculture committee  I can't really speak a lot on urban farming because it is very recent. Definitely, it's an interest. As everyone has become a foodie, they want to know where their food comes from. If you grow your own food, it tends to taste better because you grew it. It's kind of a different a

Agriculture committee  It's anything to aid in the transfer of the farm. Obviously, there are usually large capital transfers that need to take place, and there are always huge tax implications when that happens, especially in supply management sides as well. For those farms to continue, you need a cer

Agriculture committee  It's actually very diverse. Depending on your background, you might be interested in the organic side. It comes down to cost of production, as well. If you have only a few acres, as Tia said, to produce an actual income, a living.... A lot of young farmers have off-farm jobs. It'

Agriculture committee  It's a good joke. The misconception is that farming is not—I'm not wearing my overalls and I don't carry my pitchfork. That's not agriculture. That hasn't been agriculture since I was born. The biggest thing now is with tech and biotech for seed sales and input sales. There are

Agriculture committee  Absolutely. Canola is a great example of that. I was saying the other day that we need a new canola because, as the other countries can produce soybeans and corn at a very cheap price, in Canada it's whether we should be growing those crops to be competitive. Maybe we should have

Agriculture committee  I think it will greatly influence it. Farming is getting sexier, as they say.

Agriculture committee  One of the main things we work on with the Canadian young farmers is succession planning, definitely having a succession plan early on in the business. Ten or 15 years is a good start to transition the young farmers so they have that retirement plan, so to speak, for the exiting

Agriculture committee  Definitely the challenge for young farmers is that it's a high-volume, small-margin game. Young farmers are using social media now to market their products differently. Urban farming is also becoming more popular. It's a big challenge. I wish I had the answer. We need to encour

Agriculture committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair, for this great opportunity to present in front of you. I'm Paul Glenn, chair of the Canadian Young Farmers' Forum. There's been no greater need to encourage and support our young farmers. Stats Canada has found that there are fewer young people going into a