5.5 Farm Gate - why tax $ should go into farming
5.5 Farm Gate - why tax $ should go into farming
A Canadian raised abroad takes an apparent short-cut to flying here to work, and ends up trapped in a Slaughterhouse compound with no easy way out. Diving into the weeds of why we are losing farmland (!) and farmers (!!) and people able to learn to farm (!!!) - and what further measures are needed to reverse that trend. This one gets political, but also historical, and creative. With a meditation on the secret to prompting productive conversations the Listener-prompted bonus.
Referencing:
Their report detailing loss of farmland, farmers, farmworkers, declining profitability of 95% of farms in Canada...
I say I suspect Immigrant Farm Workers in Canada remain as insecure now as in the 1990s, but I only popped that question into a search engine after recording, and found a Class Action against our Federal Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program that got certified as a valid claim by the supreme court earlier this year. Yup - not solved.
Dr. Katherine Hayhoe - is the Canadian super star who came to mind in today's chat about building alliance around emotional calls for action. Her newsletter absolutely rocks (sign up for it on her website). Check out her bio while you're there (total super star)! The book I mention is Saving Us: A Climate Scientist's Case for Hope and Healing in a Divided World which I first discovered through her TedTalk. Enjoy!
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Heather McLeod is this show's one woman everything. Contact her at SomethingDifferentThisWayComes@proton.me
