Professor of Biological Sciences and UNESCO Chair on Community Sustainability: From Local to Global Liette Vasseur wrote a piece recently published in The Hill Times about the importance of having healthy and secure food systems in Canada in the face of a changing geopolitical climate.

She writes:

Canadians are used to talking about the weather. We may not all believe in a changing climate, but we know that we are now experiencing greater unpredictability in weather patterns with more frequent extreme weather events such as drought, heat waves, heavy rainfalls, and hail. As individuals, we may complain, but have you ever thought about how these events can affect food production?

Improving the resilience of the agricultural industry in Canada is a must. We are already losing farmlands due to urbanization and other developments, and farmers because of the stress of uncertainty and low economic value that they get from their labour.

Continue reading the full article on the The Hill Times website.