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CFFO Blog's Blog – February 2011 Archive (4)
The CFFO Commentary: Seminar Series to Focus on Improving the Farm Regulatory Process
February 25, 2011
Ontario’s farmers are fed up with the heavily regulated business environment in which they operate their businesses. At the same time, society and government have become overly cautious, trying to out-smart common sense by putting more and more costly rules and regulations in place that are burdening our farming community.
This year’s CFFO Seminar Series is entitled Enough is Enough and examines the case for an improved regulatory process.… Continue
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The CFFO Commentary: Have We Learned Anything From Agricultural History?
By Henry Stevens
February 18, 2011
I’m a firm believer in paying attention to the lessons of history. With that in mind, I took great interest in some speeches from past CFFO leaders that our staff recently uncovered when searching through the organization’s archives. And it’s led me to ask, “Have we learned anything from history?”
One of the speeches was written by then Vice-President, Sid Sikkema, in 1986. Sikkema had attended a workshop entitled “The Globalization of…
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The CFFO Commentary: The Pile of Reports on Canada’s Agricultural Potential Grows Higher
A new report from the Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute is the latest foray into this marketplace of ideas. Entitled Canada’s Agri-Food Destination, the report highlights growing problems for Canadian agriculture. In addition to… Continue
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The CFFO Commentary: Water, Water Everywhere ... But We Need to be Stewards
February 4, 2011
A recent Water Innovation Forum focused on the importance of water for agriculture and food. The people of Ontario are blessed with tremendous access to fresh water and this has instilled the belief that we live in an area of water abundance. The reality is that while there is a considerable amount of water available for use, wise stewardship of this resource is needed to ensure that we do not create a “Tragedy of the Commons” with our water… Continue
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