Event summary produced by The Globe and Mail Events team. The Globe’s editorial department was not involved.
On June 9, The Globe and Mail hosted the Regenerative Agriculture: Supporting sustainable food production webcast, which is part of an ongoing series of virtual Globe events about the future of Canada’s food system. Regenerative agriculture is a practice that attempts to address the current and future impact of soil erosion in Canada and around the world, and is poised to have a large impact on the future of farming. While we don’t currently know exactly how long we have to continue farming at our current pace with current practices, the general consensus among experts and food producers alike is that we need better agricultural practices to sustain our food system for the long term, and reduce the impact of climate change on our ability to consistently produce enough quality food for all.
The Globe’s National Reporter, Kathryn Blaze Baum, led the discussion on June 9, which featured four agriculture practitioners and experts from across Canada, including Max Kouene, President and CEO of McCain Foods; Megz Reynolds, an agriculture advocate with experience in grain farming in Saskatchewan; Ann-Marie Saunders, a co-owner and operator of the organic-certified Saunders Family Farm and Vineyard in Beamsville, Ont.; and Gabrielle Bastien, Founder and Co-Director of Regeneration Canada, a non-profit organization that promotes the practice of soil regeneration in order to lessen the impact of climate change. You can watch the full video playback of their panel discussion below.
The ongoing conversation about sustainability and Canada’s food production system will continue on Tuesday, June 22 during the Agriculture in Transition: Technology and the future of food webcast, which will be hosted by The Globe’s Senior Editor of Climate, Environment and Resources, Ryan MacDonald. To tune in at 1:30 pm ET for the webcast, register at the event website here, and stay tuned to theglobeandmail.com/events for more information on our upcoming webcasts.