Food sovereignty To the Editor: It is alarming that in this election no one is talking about food sovereignty and security. It should be right up there beside health care because access to affordable, safe, nutritious food can save many health-care dollars. According to my cowboy logic, if you eat steak, you have a stake […] Read more
Stories by Neil Peacock
Drought deepens farmers’ depression
Neil Peacock, who farms in Alberta’s Peace River region, questions the adequacy of agricultural safety net programs. All across the Prairies, farmers are facing severe weather circumstances. In the southern parts of Alberta and Saskatchewan, farmers are facing the effects of excessive moisture. In the Alberta and B.C. Peace region, farmers are feeling the effects […] Read more
Put age verification on hold, says NFU
Neil Peacock, an Alberta director with the National Farmers Union, calls for restraint on age verification plans. At the recent federal and provincial agriculture ministers’ meeting, ministers appear to have backed away from plans for mandatory traceability by 2011. Our national mandatory program for age verification for cattle needs to be put on hold until […] Read more
Gov’t serves to protect the common good – Opinion
Peacock is a farmer from Sexsmith, Alta., who ran for the New Democrats in the last provincial election. The major function of any government is to protect the common good. As citizens it is our responsibility in a democratic society to ensure that those we elect to serve us uphold this trust and hold them […] Read more
