OCTA

Balancing Agriculture and Resource Demands in Rural Ontario

How do we effectively balance the use of our land resources while also ensuring the long-term sustainability of farming? Do existing policies lead us toward balance?

Join us in Guelph on February 17th for a collaborative dialogue about intensifying land use demands in rural Ontario. How do we support both land conservation and rural economic development?

• Learn from Panels & Case Studies
• Forge New Partnerships
• Set New Policy Directions
  

Who Should Attend?

Presentations Include:

Opening Remarks

• Michael Chong, MP, Wellington, Halton Hills
• Chris White, Warden, Wellington County; Past Chair, Rural Ontario Municipal Association

How Much Land is Enough? Calculating Potential Food Self-Sufficiency in Ontario

• Matt Setzkorn, Policy Coordinator, Ontario Farmland Trust

Countryside Conflict? Agriculture among Competing Land Use Demands

• Nathan Stevens, Policy Advisor, Christian Farmers Federation of Ontario
• Faye Langmaid, Manager, Planning Services, Municipality of Clarington
• Carl Cosack, Rancher; Chair, North Dufferin Agricultural and Community Taskforce
• Ted Cowan, Farm Policy Researcher, Ontario Federation of Agriculture
• Pat Learmonth, Farmer; Director, Farms at Work
• Norm Ragetlie, Director of Policy, Rural Ontario Institute; OFT Board Member

Shaping Fair Agricultural Policy within Diverse Landscapes: Learning from Niagara

• Patrick Robson, Commissioner, Integrated Community Planning, Niagara Region
• Jim Brandle, Chief Executive Officer, Vineland Research and Innovation Centre
• Bill Hodgson, Mayor, Town of Lincoln

Agricultural Policy and You: Help shape future directions for agricultural and land use policy in Ontario

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