The high cost of healthy eating is an ongoing concern for many families and individuals in Ontario’s northern communities. It often leads to food insecurity, a situation in which people are unable to obtain a nutritious and culturally appropriate diet due to financial restrictions and other [Read more]
Will we toss aside our agricultural producers the same way we did our manufacturing sector? The push is on to finalize negotiations on the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal and the implications of a rushed deal could harm the growing agricultural sector in Northern Ontario. While we [Read more]
It is well established that poverty has a strong correlation with life expectancy. It is one of the big holes in the government’s reasoning behind their plan to increase the age of eligibility for OAS. The government used numbers that tied the life expectancy of wealthier baby boomers to the [Read more]
More and more people want to be able to eat locally produced food. Whether the motivation is political or merely based on a desire to support local producers and get fresh food, the idea of eating locally is on an upward trajectory. Recently, the Manitoulin Island Community Abattoir (MICA) [Read more]
Just like the corner store or local diner, the family farm is disappearing from Canada at a rapid pace. Since 2007 Canada has lost over 22,000 family farms as the trend toward corporate agriculture picks up steam. While this may seem like an inevitable conclusion, we should seriously consider [Read more]
HUGHES FOCUSES ON SMALL OPERATORS AND FOOD SECURITY DURING WHEAT BOARD DEBATE OTTAWA, ON – Local food networks need to be fostered and agriculture policy needs to be balanced if the government is serious about food security, according to Carol Hughes. The Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing, MP [Read more]
