We’ve been giving thanks to the agriculture world just ahead of the holiday weekend.
Across the province Agriculture Week encourages all of us to reflect on the impact the industry has, not just as a source for food, but also as a profitable sector for our economy.
Bette Jean Crews — the President of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture — says the week is a chance to focus on the quality and safety standards our farmers deliver to us.
Crews tells us farming impacts the provincial GDP more than most of us may realize.
Crews feels agriculture is second only to the auto industry in GDP contributions, but farmer don’t always get recognition for it.
Farm outputs contributed 22 billion dollars in gross economic stimulus to Ontario in 2009 with a net value of 10.7 billion while sustaining 164 thousand jobs.
Crews urges you to go to your local politicians and show support by demanding adequate efforts are being made to maintain our agriculture industry at home, provincially and right across the country.
