The European Union’s attempts to curb greenhouse gas emissions while cutting pesticide and fertilizer use and increasing organic production came under fire at a recent conference attended by North American and European farm leaders.  |  Reuters/Pascal Rossignol photo

Farmers make case for science-based policy

From the European Union to Mexico, producers push back against gov’t policies they say do not make scientific sense

CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. — Farmers from across Europe and North America are pushing back against government policies they say are not science-based. Lloyd C. Day, deputy director general of the Inter-American Institute for Co-operation on Agriculture, said farmers know that policies such as the European Union’s Farm to Fork initiative will not work. He said the […] Read more