Forever young? The crisis of generational renewal on Canada's farms

Darrin Qualman
A. Haroon Akram-Lodhi
Annette Aurélie Desmarais
Sharada Srinivasan

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https://canadianfoodstudies.uwaterloo.ca/index.php/cfs/article/view/284

NOTHING TO HIDE: HOW GOVERNMENTS JUSTIFY THE ADOPTION OF AG‐GAG LAWS

Mainstream practices for producing meat, eggs, and dairy raise numerous concerns regarding public health, animal welfare, and environmental integrity. However, governments worldwide have expanded anti-whistleblower legislation that constrains informed public debate.

See pages 12 of CAFS Spring 2025 Newsletter for more!

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BASIC INCOME & RESILIENT FOOD SYSTEMS IN CANADA

Read our NEW report, ‘Basic Income & Resilient Food Systems in Canada.’ This report shares the results of a series of outreach workshops with farmers, fishers, and food security organizations across Canada on the topic of basic income in the food system.

Find the report and more on page 10 of our Spring 2025 Newsletter!

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Financialization

Explore the scholarship on financialization in Canadian Food Studies! No paywalls! Just knowledge sharing!

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Optimizing stewardship of the land?
Digital agriculture and the ideology of optimization in Canadian policy and media discourse

Sarah Marquis

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https://canadianfoodstudies.uwaterloo.ca/index.php/cfs/article/view/685

Optimizing stewardship of the land?
Digital agriculture and the ideology of optimization in Canadian policy and media discourse

Sarah Marquis

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https://canadianfoodstudies.uwaterloo.ca/index.php/cfs/article/view/685

Reflections from first-generation small-scale vegetable farmers

Richard S. Bloomfield
Deishin Lee

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https://canadianfoodstudies.uwaterloo.ca/index.php/cfs/article/view/657

Optimizing stewardship of the land?
Digital agriculture and the ideology of optimization in Canadian policy and media discourse

Sarah Marquis

#DigitalAg #DigitalAgriculture #Nitrogen #NitrogenFertilizer #Fertilizer #Optimization #SustainableAg #Agriculture #CanAg

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https://canadianfoodstudies.uwaterloo.ca/index.php/cfs/article/view/685

Reflections from first-generation small-scale vegetable farmers

Richard S. Bloomfield
Deishin Lee

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https://canadianfoodstudies.uwaterloo.ca/index.php/cfs/article/view/657

Dig into agriculture!

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#Agriculture #FoodStudies #CanAg #UrbanAg #FeministTheory #CommunitySupportedAgriculture #FoodSovereignty #GenerationalRenewal #TradeAgreements #Farmers #FoodPolicy #LiteratureReview #HigherEd

Housing, health equity, and global capitalist power: Migrant farmworkers in Canada

Find the #OpenAccess article on page 11 of our Fall 2024 Newsletter!

https://foodstudies.info/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Fall-2024-Newsletter.pdf

#Ontario #BritishColumbia #Canada #MigrantWorkers #Housing #CanAg #HealthEquity #Farmworkers #Overcrowding #HealthCare

The Fall 2024 Canadian Association for Food Studies Newsletter is out now!

https://foodstudies.info/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Fall-2024-Newsletter.pdf

#JustPublished #FoodStudies #FoodEvents #FoodPolitics #FoodSovereignty #FoodMovement #FoodSystems #Governance #FoodSecurity #ClimateAdaptation #Carework #SchoolLunches #SeedSaving #AgriculturalWorkers #CanAg

Food Sovereignty

Explore the scholarship tracing the contours of food sovereignty. Examine the food activism that is defining contemporary food sovereignty. Learn how food sovereignty is enacted from field to classroom.

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Frontline Farmers: How the National Farmers Union Resists Agribusiness and Creates Our New Food Future

Reviewed by Rebecca Ellis

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https://canadianfoodstudies.uwaterloo.ca/index.php/cfs/article/view/388

GMO doublespeak: An analysis of power and discourse in Canadian debates over agricultural biotechnology

Wesley Tourangeau

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https://canadianfoodstudies.uwaterloo.ca/index.php/cfs/article/view/208

Negotiating farm femininity in agricultural leadership

Jennifer Braun
Ken Caine
Mary Anne Beckie

#Women #Leadership #FarmHer #Agriculture #CanAg #Canada #Prairies #CanadianPrairies #Respectable #Femininity #Privilege #AgriculturalLeadership #Manitoba #Saskatchewan #Alberta

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https://canadianfoodstudies.uwaterloo.ca/index.php/cfs/article/view/646

Negotiating farm femininity in agricultural leadership

Jennifer Braun
Ken Caine
Mary Anne Beckie

#Women #Leadership #FarmHer #Agriculture #CanAg #Canada #Prairies #CanadianPrairies #Respectable #Femininity #Privilege #AgriculturalLeadership #Manitoba #Saskatchewan #Alberta

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https://canadianfoodstudies.uwaterloo.ca/index.php/cfs/article/view/646

Happy Tenth Birthday CFS!
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Forever young? The crisis of generational renewal on Canada's farms

Darrin Qualman
A. Haroon Akram-Lodhi
Annette Aurélie Desmarais
Sharada Srinivasan

#Agriculture #Canada #FarmPolicy #CanAg #Famers #YoungFarmers

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https://canadianfoodstudies.uwaterloo.ca/index.php/cfs/article/view/284

Impact of Mammoth Red Clover on Soil Health in the Wabigoon Basin, Kenora District Northwestern Ontario

Read more on page 8 and 9 of our Spring 2024 Newsletter.

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#AgricultureResearch #CanAg #Agriculture #Research #SoilHealth #FarmingProductivity #Wabigoon #Ontario #Nitrogen

Industrial meat in Canada, growth promoters and the struggle over international food standards

Elizabeth Ann Smythe

#MeatProduction #GrowthPromoters #Drugs #InternationalTrade #Standards #CodexAlimentarius #CanAg #Canada

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https://canadianfoodstudies.uwaterloo.ca/index.php/cfs/article/view/632