Teaming Up to Fund Public Trust: Stakeholder Meeting

Our farmers and researchers are developing new ways to meet the challenges of food security, climate change, food waste and others, but will we be allowed to use and advance these technologies?

Nutrition warning labels on packaged meat, fertilizer use limitations, novel traits in new crop varieties… Policy-makers are increasingly considering more regulation and restriction in agriculture. These policy decisions arise from a lack of understanding and acceptance of modern agricultural science and practices. Meanwhile, well-funded anti-agriculture groups are developing slick advertising campaigns to convince the public that agriculture is destructive and new technology is dangerous.

It has been said across the agricultural spectrum that what we need is to influence public perception and to help consumers understand farming and food, yet funding for public trust works out to only 0.018% of farm cash receipts in 2020 in Saskatchewan alone. Many ag groups are doing what they can, but few fund in large amounts because results are only achieved through long-term, continued efforts that benefit the whole industry more often than specific players.

Meet with others in the industry

This is not an issue that one organization can tackle on its own. What can we do, within our own organizations and working together, to amplify our efforts to build public trust in agriculture?

Farm & Food Care Saskatchewan is coordinating a meeting of stakeholders on February 14, 2023 (1PM to 4PM) to discuss how we can raise more dollars to tackle public trust in agriculture. Join us at the Delta Marriott Downtown Saskatoon to discuss ways of working together to achieve more.

Facilitated by Kathy Arney, an expert in fund development, capacity-building, strategic development and campaign planning.