All Canada

Big Farms, Small Farms: Strategies in Sustainable Agriculture to Fit All Sizes

Resource

Written by Hugh Maynard and Jacques Nault, Big Farms, Small Farms explores and and proposes strategies for establishing and supporting sustainable agriculture for all scales of farming in Canada.  The report focuses on three major elements, information, planning and resources, with the aim of identifying practical program and policy strategies to support sustainable agriculture in Canada. Published by the Agriculture Institute of Canada.

Safety and Environment
Agriculture
Food Systems

2013 Overview of the Canadian Agriculture and Agri-Food System

Resource

A biennial report from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, the 2013 report provides an economic overview of the Canadian agriculture and agri-food system with the latest comprehensive annual data from 2011.

Agriculture
Food Systems
Economics

Food Business Bootcamp Webinars

Webinar/Podcast

Are you a business owner or contemplating getting involved in a Food Business? With support from The J.W. McConnell Family Foundation, the Local & Sustainable Food Systems Network of Food Secure Canada is hosting a Food Business Bootcamp. It is being delivered through a series of webinars and one in-person meeting. Full details of the curriculum and dates can be downloaded here. Past webinar recordings can be found below (scroll down).

Running September 2014 through early 2015, the Business Bootcamp webinars will focus on Operations Planning.

Regional and Local
Food Systems
Economics

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