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By Alice McFarlane

Ag Day in Canada

Ag Day to focus on consumer-producer relationship

Jan 21, 2020 | 1:36 PM

Canadians are being asked to “raise a fork” to Canadian agriculture.

Canada’s Agriculture Day on Feb. 11 will focus on strengthening the relationship between consumers and producers who share a common love and appreciation for home-grown food.

Debbie Bailey with Farm Credit Canada said one of the challenges is there is not a huge population of people that come from a farming background so a lot of people are unsure of where their food comes from.

“Canada’s Agriculture Day is just a great day for the lines of communication to be opened and to have conversations about what happens on a farm,” she said. “We feel creating a day like this and really celebrating this day really helps to build trust amongst different groups and really celebrate what’s going on, on your farm. What are some of the things you love to do? Why do you grow your food the way you do and really help people to understand that there’s lots of caring people behind the production of food.”

Farmers work hard to make sure that our food is grown safely and sustainably, and are providing healthier, affordable food for the population. Bailey said more people are looking for the Made in Canada label.

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“When you’re buying from a grocery store and you are looking for that Canadian label, you can be reassured we’ve got some great systems in place that make sure that our food is safe,” she said. “I think we’re rated as number one in food safety in the latest research I’ve seen. We can take pride in knowing that we’ve got a great system in place.”

Events will be held across the country. On social media, a campaign called “raise a fork” for Canadian agriculture will be inviting people to participate.

“You can join in the fun by making a meal with your family using all Canadian ingredients, snapping a photo of you raising your fork to Canadian agriculture then sharing it on social media using #CdnAgDay,” Bailey said. “No matter where you work, what you do, everyone needs to eat. Let’s show people across Canada, the world, what’s on our forks and talk a little bit about the great food we get to eat every day and have a bit of fun with it. We’re really hoping to see a lot of engagement.”

More than 140 million impressions were generated last year on Twitter using #CdnAgDay.

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alice.mcfarlane@jpbg.ca

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