Farmland can be expensive in Canada – and this can be a significant hurdle for young farmers beginning their own operations. A lack of young agriculture buyers leads some farmland to risk sitting bare, or perhaps left in the hands of an urban developer, according to a CBC article.
Dean Murdock, councillor of Saanich District, B.C., hopes his “farmland trust” initiative will attract young farmers and protect agricultural land from going out of production.
The initiative is “kind of like a foodbank, but dedicated to food production,” he said in CBC’s All Points West radio show on Dec. 14.
Jennifer Jackson – Farms.com – December 16, 2016.
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