Audrey and Randy Jones are transitioning their farm to the next generation.  |  Photo supplied by Audrey Jones

Forum finds common ground on climate issues

When 36 farmers and ranchers from across the Prairies with widely varied views came together, consensus was the goal

How do you get three farmers to stop arguing over climate change? You send two of them home. That didn’t happen at this particular meeting but, as expected, when farmers and ranchers participated in the Prairie Farmer & Rancher Forum held by Farmers for Climate Solutions last year, there was no shortage of divergent views. […] Read more

The farm protests that have pushed Europe to the brink this winter show how challenging it will be to devise programs that are both environmentally and financially sustainable.  |  Reuters/ Vincent West photo

Europe must find consensus on environmental policy

Many farmers in Europe are fed up and angry and showing it by getting in their tractors to form convoys clogging highways, blocking city centres and ports and demanding changes from their governments and the European Commission. Farmer protests in Europe are not uncommon. In France in particular, there is always an issue that prompts […] Read more