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Fostering Local Sustainable Agriculture
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... ERST 425 Research Paper Fostering Local Sustainable Agriculture By: Dionne Day ( ) Salina Seepaul (0274133) Introduction: Agriculture has always been a historic foundation of Ontario's prosperity, even within the municipality of Peterborough a huge percent of the economy depends upon it. Over time the course of agriculture has shifted dramatically. Local farmers now compete in the global markets. There is the problem of huge enterprises competing against local small farmers and their production, which as we are witnessing is increasingly displacing the family farms. The cost of faming to the local small farmer and his family is now rapidly outpacing the farm income. This has contributed to a loss of farm diversity within Municipalities and Ontario as a whole. The lack of support for sustainable local agriculture, the disconnection between the farmer and consumers and the disappearance of prime farmlands across Municipalities are all factors that have been contributing towards the loss of local














