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The Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute (CAPI) sponsored the Agricultural Innovation 2019 campaign by Innovating Canada in partnership with the National Post. For this Agricultural Innovation campaign, CAPI produced an opinion piece which has been published in print within the National Post on December 5, 2019 and online at Innnovating Canada via Mediaplanet. Read CAPI’s opinion […]

This opinion piece by Laura Rance entitled: “Key item missing from farmers’ resumés – Food producers should also be positioning themselves as providers of climate change solutions”, published in the Winnipeg Free Press on November 30, 2019, highlights some key takeaways of the Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute’s study entitled: “Efficient Agriculture as a Greenhouse Gas Solutions […]

This article published in the National Newswatch on November 19, 2019, reporter Alex Binkley highlights the Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute’s (CAPI) study on water & agriculture. “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, says a report […]

In an op-ed, Dr. Don Buckingham, CEO at the Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute (CAPI) argues that agriculture has been blamed as a major contributor to the planet’s warming climate when in fact it should be seen as part of the solution. The op-ed entitled “Don’t overlook modern Canadian agriculture as part of the climate-change solution” […]

In this article by Alex Binkley published in the National Newswatch on November 4, 2019, the Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute’s (CAPI) President and CEO Dr. Don Buckingham says: “A new film about cattle grazing on the dwindling Prairie grasslands is a story-telling exercise that should inspire the whole agrifood sector into following suit by building […]

CAPI was featured in this article by John Greig published in the Manitoba Cooperator on October 25, 2019 and refers to our CAPI report that: “paints a picture of Canadian agriculture and greenhouse gas emissions that runs counter to commonly held public perceptions”.

This opinion piece by Sophia Murphy published in The Hill Times on October 23, 2019 explains that “Canada does not contribute the world’s largest share of greenhouse gas emissions, but Canada’s emissions per capita are among the highest in the world. We have the knowledge and the resources to do better…Within Canada, the Canadian Agri-Food […]

CAPI was featured in this article by Alex Binkley published in the National Newswatch on October 23, 2019. CAPI’s President and CEO Don Buckingham says: “Agriculture can be a solutions provider on climate change and that’s a good news story we need to get to urban Canadians”

This article by John Greig published in Farmtario on October 21, 2019 “Agriculture and climate change” says there is a positive side to the story of agriculture and climate change. Why is it so hard getting anyone to listen? CAPI’s report “Efficient Agriculture as a Greenhouse Gas Solutions Provider” had some insight on this topic.

COMMUNIQUÉ (Ottawa and Chicago, August 16, 2019) For Immediate Release Canada’s CAPI and the Farm Foundation Convene “Dialogue on Trade and Sustainability of the North American Agriculture and Agri-food Sector” in Chicago, Illinois, on July 31, 2019 The July joint Farm Foundation-Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute Chicago Dialogue on Trade and Sustainability covered the challenges in […]