It is the least controversial and most successful initiative implemented under the auspices of the 2003 agricultural policy framework.
Since funding started in 2005, more than 50,000 Canadian farmers have signed onto the Environmental Farm Plan program. They spent hundreds of millions of dollars to improve their environmental profile and triggered hundreds of millions of dollars in government support.
In this special report, Ottawa-based reporter Barry Wilson examines the reasons behind the success of this program, the results and the future.
