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By John Grieg
A national project funded by food processors, retailers and lenders aims to lower the risk of adoption of environmentally beneficial practices by farmers.
The Canadian Alliance for Net Zero Agri-Food (CANZA) launched its Million Acre Challenge Oct. 7 and released details about its first projects, which will be in southwestern Ontario.
Why it matters: Programs that aim to fund environmental improvements on farms have been simplistic and limited in timeframe.
CANZA Managing Director Nick Betts says the goal is to scale resilient agricultural practices across Canada.
He says CANZA is consulting with farmers and agronomists to try solve barriers that have held back sustainability programs in the past. Unlike government programs, which go away after a few years, he says CANZA has longer-term goals.
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