
Ag System Labour Crisis is about Farm Security not Food Security
The COVID pandemic has highlighted and exacerbated long standing issues with respect to labour in the food system - both on farms and in food processing. This is often presented in the context of a threat to food security but in reality the issue is more critical for farm security than food security - that is we are not seeing issues with respect to food access for Canadians (or North Americans) but there is pressure on farm viability and profitability. While the food secur