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Want to learn more?
This booklet only scratches the surface of everything involved in farming and food production in Saskatchewan and the rest of Canada, and we invite you to discover more.
If you want to know about how Canada’s farm animals are treated and raised or how crops are grown, ask questions, talk to Saskatchewan farmers at our province’s fairs, farmers’ markets and other events. You can also visit www. virtualfarmtours.ca where real farm families tour you around their farms and give you the real dirt on what they do.
... many Saskatchewan farmers today are also active on Twitter and other social media sites? That means it’s easier than ever to have your questions answered by someone who works with farm animals or grows crops every day! Try searching popular farming hashtags like #westcdnag for stories about agriculture in Western Canada, following @farmfoodcaresk,
or visiting www.farmfoodcaresk.org.
And if you’d like to read the full version of this Real Dirt on Farming booklet in English or French, visit www.RealDirtonFarming.ca
Food,farmingandthefuture
As farmers, we can look back to the days when we bought farm animals based on looks or applied fertilizer to our crops using only a best guess as to how much was needed.
Today, new technology has changed and continues to change what we do on our farms. And we need all of that and more to meet our biggest challenge ever: feeding a world population expected to reach nine billion by 2050 AND dealing with a changing climate.
Yes, the world’s population is growing by 75 million people every year (that’s like adding cities the size of Ottawa and Vancouver every week!) and hunger is still an unfortunate reality for many.
SevenTY Per CenT Of THe WOrLd’S POPuLATIOn WILL be urbAn bY 2050. TO feed THem, We’LL need:
• 70percentmorefood
• Almostabilliontonnesmoregrainproducedeveryyear
• Morethan200milliontonnesmoremeatproductionannually
We know we’re going to have to work hard to meet this challenge. While much has changed, our commitment to safe food production, responsible animal care and sustainable farming practices hasn’t wavered. By purchasing our products and being interested in what we do to improve the environment, care for animals, and provide safe, high-quality food, you are supporting Canadian farmers.
For this we say thank you.
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Shawn and Rose Harman are third generation egg farmers from Humboldt, Humboldt SK