If Canadian’s understood supply management better, Canada’s former Agriculture Minister Eugene Whelan would be right up there with Tommy Douglas for having created a brilliant public policy vehicle to sustain the economic health and food security of communities now and into the future. Trump – seeking the support of Michigan and Wisconsin’s dairy farmers – will undoubtedly again call for SM’s head in upcoming tariff negotiations. Why? Cause US farmers are price-takers – at the mercy of large, vertically integrated dairy processors. Losing money, they need to milk more cows to pay the bills. If – under the guise … Continue reading Note to Carney: the TRUTH about SUPPLY MANAGEMENT
Like much of the Cuban experience, Finca Marta, located on the outskirts of Havana, provides a new model for resilient communities. My 2025 Cuba Tour visited Finca Marta and listened to Fernando Funes describe the model he is building. Greatly simplified, a “mother ship” farm like Finca Marta would anchor, inspire, coordinate and provide agricultural extension and marketing support to up to 15 surrounding satellite farms, ensuring the economic and ecological sustainability of local farmers and a steady source of fresh and nutritious food to area households, hospitals, schools, day cares and seniors homes. One farm couple from Ontario … Continue reading Finca Marta
Why the Site C Dam Should Never Have Been Built: Two Presentations: We All Have a Stake in the Peace Changing the Dialogue on the Site C Dam One Book: Damming the Peace – the hidden costs of the Site C Dam Lorimer April 2018 and a Vancouver Sun Op Ed: Site C: A Damning Indictment of Process, Vancouver Sun April 25. 2105 Vancouver Sun Continue reading The Tragedy of the Site C Dam
