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Food and beverage processers will need to adopt new strategies for diversifying markets and production — BY DON BUCKINGHAM — Public policy matters because it can influence consumer behaviour, particularly at times like these— wash your hands, practice social distancing, limit activities to those with only a few people. Recently, we have witnessed behavioural changes […]

Undeniably, the current COVID-19 pandemic challenges the continuity and resiliency of Canada’s food supply chains. The Canadian Agri-food Policy Institute (CAPI), along with primary producers, processors, food transporters, food retailers and food service providers, is collaborating towards policies and best practice recommendations which will help buttress the sector, ensuring it is up to the challenge […]

Dr. Don Buckingham, the Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute’s (CAPI) President and CEO visited LVATV‘s new 2020 version studio to talk about CAPI’s agenda to address two major challenges facing Canadian agriculture: Canada in a multi-polar global context Mitigation and adaptation to climate change Don Buckingham also exchanged a great conversation with the Editor of the […]

The Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute’s (CAPI) is proud of its Board Member Kim McConnell to have been named as Honourary Member of 4-H Canada. This news from 4-H Canada (“4-H Canada to Bestow Two New Honourary Memberships at February Awards Ceremony”) explains that: “Kim McConnell of Alberta has been giving back to his community since […]

The Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute’s (CAPI) Board Member Richard Gray argues in his opinion piece, published in the newspaper La Vie Agricole on January 15, 2020, that for far too long farmers have been producing environmental benefits for Canadian society without any financial or moral credit for their efforts. If a climate change policy that […]

The Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute’s (CAPI) Board Member Richard Gray argues in his opinion piece, published in the National Newswatch on January 7, 2020, that for far too long farmers have been producing environmental benefits for Canadian society without any financial or moral credit for their efforts. If a climate change policy that really works […]

An op-ed from the Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute (CAPI) was published in the French newspaper La Terre de chez nous on December 11, 2019. Download a PDF copy (in French only). View the CAPI study Efficient Agriculture as a Greenhouse Gas Solutions Provider

On December 5, 2019, the Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute’s President and CEO Dr. Don Buckingham addressed the participants of the Farm Management Canada Agricultural Excellence Conference. Bern Tobin, reporter at RealAgriculture, spoke with Dr. Buckingham and discussed the potential impact of future black swans. Read the article by Bern Tobin from December 7, 2019: go […]

The Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute’s (CAPI) study on water and agriculture was featured in an article written by Alex Binkley, published in the Ontario Farmer on December 3, 2019. Wetlands need to be treated as an important component in sustainable agriculture systems and farmers should be encouraged to protect them for the benefits they offer, […]

The Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute’s (CAPI) study on water and agriculture was featured in an article written by Alex Binkley, published in the Ontario Farmer on December 3, 2019. The expanding amount of Northern Ontario land going into agriculture production has tremendous potential but also has to be watched for soil degradation and loss of […]