Source: Daina Goldfinger, globalnews.ca, April 29, 2020 Dairy Farmers of Ontario (DFO) will donate up to 200,000 litres of milk in increments, this is in addition to the one million litres it already donates to food banks each year. Amid the novel coronavirus pandemic, Ontario dairy farmers will ramp up their milk donations to food… Continue reading Due to COVID-19, Ontario dairy farmers ramp up donations to food banks
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Food security expert warns many farms may disappear as a result of COVID-19
Source: Nathaniel Dove, globalnews.ca, April 28, 2020 Reduced demand from restaurants has hurt all areas of the agriculture industry A food security expert is warning the negative effects of the COVID-19 on Canada’s agriculture sector could outlast the coronavirus pandemic. Sylvain Charlebois, scientific director of the Agri-Food Analytics Labs at Dalhousie University, said Ottawa must… Continue reading Food security expert warns many farms may disappear as a result of COVID-19