KAP is calling for a national carbon pricing structure that recognizes the contributions of agriculture to greenhouse gas reduction and provides incentives to encourage the adoption of additional technologies.
A visit to Manitoba, which was originally part of a House of Commons Agriculture Committee tour to consult farmers on the next agricultural policy framework, is no longer in the committee’s plans, says Keystone Agricultural Producers president Dan Mazier.
Keystone Agricultural Producers is calling for a federal approach to climate change that will allow farmers to be part of the solution to global warming in a way that also benefits their farms.
Keystone Agricultural Producers will conduct a walking tour on Sunday, September 18, 2016, to illustrate, through the buildings in the Exchange District, how agriculture influenced Winnipeg’s early development – and how it continues to do so.