CFA is conducting interviews with farmers across the country, to give a view on how individual farmers are being affected by COVID-19 across the country. This series will take a close look at how Canadian farmers are coping with this new reality, and the challenges they face in growing food for all of Canada.
If you would like to show your support for Canadian farmers, please use our automated letter-writing website at www.supportcanadianfood.ca, which will allow you to write a letter to your MP in just a few clicks.
April 23rd : The Voorberg family farm – Canadian Cucumbers and COVID-19
April 28th – Kuyvenhoven Greenhouses – Growing Food for the Soul
May 5th – Chris Michaud – Mixed messages lead to 70% reduction in vegetable production
May 13th – Bill Campbell – Farmer of fifty years quits cattle partly due to COVID-19
June 9th – Mike Medeiros – $40,000 and 20,000 pounds of mushrooms lost a week due to COVID-19
August 19th – JC Fresh Farms – Yoga and Meditation from Temporary Foreign Workers
