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Canada’s agricultural policies are falling short of health and sustainability goals

By Kathleen Kevany, Professor, Sustainable Food Systems, Dalhousie University
Howard Nye, Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of Alberta
Mark Kent Mullinix, Director, Institute for Sustainable Food Systems, Kwantlen Polytechnic University
Talan B. Iscan, Professor of Economics, Dalhousie University

Just as calls for health-care reform often focus on improving services, Canadians have the right to expect better outcomes from agricultural policies.

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