Agriculture committee  Is the question for me or Mr. Kielstra?

Agriculture committee  First of all, incentivize best management practices on the field, in the barn, etc. Second, the question is this: If food is for everyone, then why is it just the farmer who is bearing the brunt of the cost? It's a societal thing—

Agriculture committee  There's definitely going to be a time of transition as farmers move towards better practices. They are doing great practices—don't get me wrong. There are lots of good things happening. We can continue to build and grow and be better. There's always room for improvement. Saying

Agriculture committee  I will give you an example from a phone call I got this weekend from aquaculture—indoor fish farming. They talked about the fact that they are using some wonderful technologies to reuse the energy they're producing and using the heat once again, but they are still paying the carb

Agriculture committee  I believe it will make a significant difference. I think it is a part of the conversation on ecological goods and services. There's opportunity to balance the fact that we are growing food and that we sequester carbon at the same time, as we need some energy to make it happen. I

Agriculture committee  Borrowing costs are very significant to agriculture. In fact, many farmers have borrowed to their limit. There are several options in borrowing. With some of them, I'm not always sure they are the best plan, because sometimes farmers go too deep. I have significant concerns abo

Agriculture committee  We would love to see a greater acknowledgement of the work that fields and farms do naturally, which is sequester carbon. That's part of the natural plant process. There's still work to be done. We would certainly support seeing that work happen in the future.

Agriculture committee  Yes.

Agriculture committee  When farmers look at an investment, they look at what will be the bottom dollar at the end of the day. This particular farmer, when he decided to do further insulation to his barn, saw a return on investment. He would have recouped the costs in his savings within a year and a hal

Agriculture committee  I'm happy to be here in front of the committee again, this time to speak in favour of Bill C-234. The OFA and its 38,000 members strongly support this bill and the amendments to the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act. We are confident that expanding the list of qualifying farm

Agriculture committee  I think COVID highlighted the fact that there were challenges throughout the process line. I think it also highlights ways that we could certainly improve the process and reduce waste. We need to ensure at the farm gate we have the ability to have enough people on our farms to

Agriculture committee  I will say two things about this. One, we should know and assess what our soils are across this county, and ensure we have the right labelling for everything. Two, we have to understand how soil works and understand that if we don't take care of it or feed it, we will see the

Agriculture committee  When World War II happened, in Holland they had famine at a certain point because the war had destroyed so much land. For a long time, Holland had a pretty strong national food system. They cared about their food producers for quite a few years after the war happened, because the

Agriculture committee  I will also say that we can't envision ourselves as doing it only for Canada.

Agriculture committee  We've had conversations and we certainly engaged in the process. I know people around the table here who I've spoken to on the issue and I appreciate the opportunity to do that.