Advocacy group calls for national framework to support young farmers : My Comox Valley Now

Advocacy group calls for national framework to support young farmers : My Comox Valley Now

A farmers’ advocacy group says Canada urgently needs a national framework to address mounting challenges for young and first-generation farmers. In a report released this month, the Young Agrarians said the country is facing a crisis as older generations retire and fewer young people take up farming. “The sector is not set up to support new farmers,” said national director Darcy Smith. She said the organization has heard from farmers that their …