Environment committee  The carbon footprint issue is that off that same acre of land that in 1975 was producing 100 bushels.... You can do the math; it's 56 pounds a bushel. You can crank out how many tonnes and all the rest of it. Essentially, we've doubled the yield on that one acre of land in this p

Environment committee  Number one, we need the base data for the long term. That means we have to get the LIDAR and a clearer understanding of our soils. Two, we need to have clear signals in policy, and that means a price on carbon. I'm not referring to a carbon tax and I'm not referring to cap and

Environment committee  First, with due respect, sir, we don't have waste in agriculture. We have opportunities.

Environment committee  I'm going to pick on a corn plant and take you through the harvest of a corn plant. We have been harvesting corn for many years now. In 1975, if I had gone into a restaurant—I would have been in grade 9—and told someone I had 100-bushels-to-the-acre corn, I would have been told I

Environment committee  Well, I'm not trying to avoid your question, but it depends on the boundary conditions and how many opportunities you are trying to achieve in that vertical farm. I know of a vertical farm in the Netherlands with a dairy operation, aquaculture and hydroponics. There are about sev

Environment committee  The Alberta system was a very early system that led the way for the rest of the country to explore more opportunities. Here in Ontario, when we had a Liberal government, we had a cap-and-trade program that was brought into place. It was brought into place in theory. We had a cap,

Environment committee  Well, when it comes to technological innovation, the farmer is going to look for opportunities to incorporate that technology into a system of action. It can be the need for seeds that have been researched and brought to bear for markets. It can be research for what we do with th

Environment committee  Thank you, Nevin. Hello, members of the committee.

Environment committee  My name is Don McCabe and I'm here as an Ontario farmer, the third generation on the place that we call home right now, and five generations in our time in Canada.

Environment committee  Third time's got to be the charm.

Environment committee  I'm Don McCabe and I'm a farmer from Ontario. The reality is, as Nevin has pointed out, Canada has a problem and there are solutions on that landscape. That landscape can be used to a maximum efficiency, but it's also animal production. I know that cattle, in terms of greenhouse