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The Lead
A national farmer-led coalition called Farmers for Climate Solutions is calling on the federal government to invest $300 million into the agriculture sector to help it reduce its emissions by 10 million tonnes.
“Other Canadian sectors are being well-supported to reduce emissions and reskill the labour force, but farmers are being left behind,” said Arzeena Hamir, the co-chair of the Farmers for Climate Solutions Task Force, in a news release. As Global News reports, the coalition has six key programs it says are designed to help reduce the sectors environmental footprint. These programs include doing more
How One Rural Community Creatively Solved Keeping Its Residents Well Fed During a Pandemic
By April M. Short
Hunger and food insecurity have increased worldwide since COVID-19 took hold. In December 2020, the United Nations warned of the threat of “
catastrophic global famine,” urging worldwide governments to prioritize food security and humanitarian needs in their COVID-19 response plans. The global, industrialized food supply chain is strained and fraying. Production and shipping delays are increasingly commonplace. Given the lack of substantial response by many governments to food insecurity, it has often fallen to individuals to step in and feed their communities. Neighborhood-based volunteer groups across major U.S. cities and beyond have come up with strategies to support themselves from within, working to curb hunger with creative initiatives like community free-food fridges, volunteer grocery deliveries and other mutual aid efforts.
COVID-19 and Canada’s Food System
Seeds of change in times of uncertainty Updated On Dec 11, 2020 Published On December 10, 2020 Written By
Isabela Vera
When the COVID-19 crisis hit Canada in early 2020, Arzeena Hamir, owner of Amara Farms, a small organic fruit and vegetable farm in the Comox Valley on Vancouver Island, knew there would be tough times ahead.
With relatives at high risk of suffering serious complications from the virus, her team was not able to attend any indoor farmers’ markets in March and April. Closed restaurants meant that a large chunk of their wholesale market was out of commission.