News Analysis
As governments continue to make climate policy one after another, some farmers are calling it a bigger threat than the ongoing weather ups and downs that they’ve historically managed to adapt to. Potential policy risk associated with climate mitigation isn’t limited to the resource sector but has significant financial implications as well.
“Climate change policy may be the biggest threat to Canadian agriculture…,” tweeted Alberta sugar beet farmer Cory Vanden Elzen on May 27.
He was responding to a CTV interview with professor Sylvain Charlebois, senior director of the Agri-Food Analytics Lab at Dalhousie University. Speaking on how food inflation is limiting grocery options for Canadians, Charlebois also touched on the impact of climate on farmers….