This article will be released in full online August 21, 2023. Economic planning, Nicolas Graham writes, was not, perhaps a major theme in Capital. However…
Private control over Canada’s agricultural sector now extends well beyond farms and into the food processing and retail space, effectively securing policy and regulatory influence along the supply and value chain. The harms perpetuated by this model are having grave consequences, expanding the power of corporate players at the expense of local producers jeopardizing livelihoods that once existed within a well-balanced landscape.