Environment

Environmental stewardship is the foundation for the sector's long term health and vitality. Canada's success in agriculture is based on a foundation of industry innovation, scientific research and public policy that encourages farming to be more productive while keeping the land healthy. Since the first experimental farms were established over 110 years ago, Canada has become one of the world's most important food producers with a world-wide reputation.

Key sites:

• Agricultural Policy Framework (APF)
  • Environment
  • Environmental Farm Planning Initiative
  • National Farm Stewardship Program
  • Greencover Canada
  • National Water Supply Expansion Program
  • National Agri-Environmental Health Analysis and Reporting Program
  • Pesticide Risk Reduction and Minor Use Programs
• Drought Watch
• Environment Bureau
• Food Value Chain Bureau
• ManureNet
• National Land and Water Information Service
• National Symposium on Ecological Goods and Services in Agriculture
  • Presentations & Poster sessions at the Winnipeg symposium
  • Links to Ecological Goods and Services Resources
• Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration
  • Biodiversity
  • Climate Change
  • Land Management
  • Programs
  • Publications
  • Water Quality
• Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA)
• United Nations Climate Change Conference: Montréal 2005

Enviro-features

• Soil Conservation
  • Digging for the dirt on soil
  • Clever New Ways for Improving Soil
  • Recycling spuds improves soil
  • Hay mulching adds a layer of protection

Other Government Resources:

• Agriculture in Harmony With Nature II
• Agriculture-Environmental Programs in Ontario 1986-1997
• Environment Canada
  • Climate change plan for Canada
  • Envirozine, Environment Canada's online magazine.
  • Clean Water
• The Federal-Provincial Crop Insurance Program:
  An Integrated Environmental-Economic Assessment
• Federal Science
• Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency
• Canadian Museum of Nature
• Climate Change and Health – Health Canada