“The
climate crisis and the farm crisis really share many of the same
causes,” said farmers union president Katie Ward, who raises about 100
head of sheep near Ottawa.
climate crisis and the farm crisis really share many of the same
causes,” said farmers union president Katie Ward, who raises about 100
head of sheep near Ottawa.
The report attempts to link growing
greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture with changes to the industry
that have seen it get bigger, more expensive and open to fewer and fewer
farmers. Farm debt has doubled since 2000, the report says, and most
farm family income now comes from work elsewhere.