An article by Farmtario on COG’s newly published Organic Task Force Report featuring COG’s Director of Policy and Research, Katie Fettes.
“We’re asking for Canada to make what we think is a reasonable investment of $68.5 million per year that has a very clear return,” she said. “This report is also showing if that investment was made, that would return $1.73 billion in additional net farm income and significant return for every dollar spent on transition over 10 years.
Fettes said if the federal government does not rise to the challenge and make these investments, foreign markets could continue to meet the domestic demand at a time when Canada is trying to move away from the United States market.
Fettes also noted this investment would align with many of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s stated goals of sustainable nation-building.”
The full report is available for download here. Click here to read the executive summary.