Canadian government plans future farmers' summit
Posted: 6/3/2010 |
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The Canadian government plans to convene a meeting this fall between young and beginning farmers and representatives from the ag industry and Ottawa, toward what's expected to be a redesign of policy tools meant for renewal in the ag sector.
Jean-Pierre Blackburn, the federal minister of state for agriculture, announced general plans for what the government has dubbed the National Future Farmers Network, plus a new section on Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada's Web site for young and beginning farmers.
The goal of the National Future Farmers Network meeting, according to the Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Web site, is to bring young farmers’ “voices to the fore and put their ideas into action.”
Blackburn, the government said, has pledged to develop a “young farmers’ lens” to get government bodies to "systematically" take young farmers' concerns into consideration when planning actions and developing policies and programs. "This National Future Farmers Network will provide the foundation for redesigning together the tools we have to stimulate renewal in the agriculture sector. And it is by working together, with each of us making our contribution, that we will build the future.”
For more information, visit the new Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s Web site for young and beginning farmers.
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