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Canada grows some of the world's best oats. The US buys 81% of what we export, mills it, packages it, and sells it back to us at a markup.
We supplied the ingredient. They captured the value.
That pattern repeats across our entire food system — raw materials out, finished products back in, jobs and margins gone with them.
Food sovereignty isn't about growing more. It's about controlling what happens after the harvest.
Found a piece on stewardship vs ownership at the heart of Canada's resource strategy.
The framing is about oil. But the argument travels.
"Ownership asks what can I take. Stewardship asks what must I leave stronger."
Canada's food and water are a national trust in exactly the same sense.
Food sovereignty is a stewardship question, not just a supply chain one.
First, canola is a weed soaked in bee killing pesticides that we would do well to grow a lot less of in favour of something edible.
Second, they underestimate the domestic market for bacon. Lower pork prices at home are a good thing.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/kinew-carney-canola-tariffs-prairie-pork-9.6936340
RT by @EUAgri: Ambassador @Ailish_Campbell was pleased to welcome Mihail Dumitru, Deputy Director General @EUAgri, as we co-host our #WomenInAG event. Great to collaborate to support and recognize the important role of women in #agriculture in both Canada and the EU.
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🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/Canada2EU/status/1717915540163830038#m
[2023-10-27 14:45 UTC]
Today is #WorldSoilDay
A farmer near Lethbridge, Alberta, works the land and begins seeding in this photo from 1914.
📸Glenbow Archives CU187790
#WorldSoilsDay #Agriculture #CdnAg #Histodon #Histodons #Farming
/30 In 2022, Canadian farmers are projected to produce more wheat, canola, barley, oats, soybeans and corn for grain, according to recent yield model estimates using satellite imagery and weather data. http://ow.ly/fQQH50KulBC #CdnAg