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If you want local food to be more accessible...
If you want tax credits for people who belong to a community supported agriculture (CSA) program...
If you want to facilitate access to land for the next generation of farmers, here is your chance to be heard.
Sign the "concerned citizen, concerned eater" manifesto before September 12, when public consultations for Quebec's first-ever agricultural policy finally begin.
A convenient way to let the government know that our food system is too important to be shaped by market forces alone!
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Wondering what the government has in mind? Read our reaction to the agri-food green paper released in June.
Pictured: Organic farmer, Jonathan Bruderlein, who would like to buy a 100 acre farm. The average cost? $350,000 to $400,000, money that, at 24, he doesn't have. He doesn't want to grow hundreds and hundreds of acres of corn. He dreams about diversified production, growing thirty different types of vegetables, about maybe even raising animals. He dreams about sustainability. Let's make sure that the new policy is good for people like Jonathan.
