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Towards Sustainability: One Couple’s Working Model (Part II)

Thumbnail image for Towards Sustainability: One Couple’s Working Model (Part II) April 6, 2009 by Jonathan Wright

This is part 2 of a series of articles penned by Jonathan Wright, a Calgary area farmer and co-founder of one of the city’s first community supported agriculture programs. Jon operates a zero-emission farm called Thompson Small Farm near Carbon, Alberta with his partner Andrea.
Thompson Small Farm has different ideas about “sustainable” from those of [...]

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Overland: the family farm and Canada’s agricultural crisis

March 11, 2009 by Ryan Slifka

Between 1996 and 2006 Canadian farmers lost money every single year, while agricultural income to large multinational players has reached record highs. Small-scale family farming is in the greatest crisis in Canadian history as a result. In 2004 realized net farm income (subtracting government payments) was negative $10 000, with most farms supporting themselves through [...]

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