Agriculture committee  The growth across provinces in organic looks very different. In the prairies, it's really the field crops and the grain production; but in the Maritimes, B.C., Quebec, and Ontario, most of the growth is happening in the horticultural sector. In the Maritimes what we're seeing i

Agriculture committee  We have more recommendations we could send, but some things like AgriInvest are currently available. Would it be possible to extend it to aspiring farmers, so that farmers can put money aside and if they don't start farming, they never get the money from the government, but if th

Agriculture committee  I'm really glad you asked that question because we also have done a lot of work with new entrants and we have found exactly what you said. By far, access to land is the top issue and then access to capital. Often, it's also for business development, since there is really a lack t

Agriculture committee  Yes, what we're seeing again is that there is a trend of new farmers coming in. There are definitely a lot of people from farming family backgrounds entering the market, but the biggest, fastest growth is people who are not from farming backgrounds. In terms of those situations,

Agriculture committee  Thanks for that question. It's an excellent question. Indeed, we do see that some provinces have better support promotion. You're particularly curious about that, right? I know that Quebec, for instance, is a great province to look at. For instance, under Growing Forward 2, they