Honourable Dalton McGuinty
I am concerned by the centralization of our canadian, and ontarian, food production. With the closure of the last soft fruit packing plant, the aging farming population and ever intense ecosystem strain of intensive livestock operations I urge the government to think systemically about our food webs.
As we globally celebrate the 7 billionth human being born let us explore the idea of resiliency. Jane Jacobs, well respected urban planner and social critic, talks about planned redundancy as part of a resilient system. This means many smaller operations performing similar, if not the same, task for different populations. If one changes or fails, the system as a whole doesn't suffer, functions simply shift.
The continued plight of small producers against your government is counter intuitive if we are working towards a system that works for people. I appreciate a response to these thoughts,
In the utmost urgency
Ben Laurie
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I've visited michael's farm a number of years ago, I remember being blown away by how beautifully the systems work, the creamery sterile and professional, happy cows, happy pigs, thriving land.
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