[All] We are in a food crisis

[Lanteigne]

Hi folks
The migrant farm workers were labled an essential service, so they can get into Canada to work but they all had to be supported fiscally for the two week quarantine period. 
We have a food crisis coming. The supply will show with the lack of crops because they are already missing the early stages to plant. We have word of this not only on Quebec and Ontario but US Farms too. Corn has to be in the ground by June. You plant that two weeks after the last frost. That is not only a food but a cooking oil crop top. For some they invested in the ethanol value of that which today is clearly not worth it. 
They are keeping the scale of the food security issue under wraps as to not have hording or panic buying and we must be mindful that whatever measure we use not come off as being alarmist. But the hard truth is we are entering a major food crisis of we don't do anything.
In Britain they need 70,000 workers to pick food right now or or will rot in the field. 
https://www.metro.news/help-us-pick-our-harvest-farmers-ask-70000-brits/1963815/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

They said it is as if Covid 19 did a Brexit on the food supply.
Coronavirus diary: the Virus that did a no-deal Brexit on our food supply  
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Coronavirus diary: the Virus that did a no-deal Brexit on our food supply
 
It seems inconceivable that it was only a year ago (tomorrow) when the UK was due to crash out of the EU under a no deal Brexit. Thankfully that crisis was averted. Leading up to that momentous non…
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We are one of the largest global exporters of food in the world and we don't have that large a population.
To have the ability to produce or provide one's own food must be a human right. My line protected that ability for centuries. Even the poor have the legal right to glean a field. Any contribution we can support to foster sustainable local food independence is a good way because it frees the grocery supply to be there for those who can't do it.  To promote we can go back to the marketing of the victory garden etc. 
Ontario is looking for workers to replace the migrant workers now. They have these fiscal measures to support.  Summary of government financial assistance for Ontario farm businesses | Ontario Federation of Agriculture  
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Summary of government financial assistance for Ontario farm businesses | Ontario Federation of Agriculture
 
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, both the Canadian government and the Ontario government have announced financial assistance measures for individuals and businesses, including farm businesses. Below is a summary of existing programs and new fina
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Plant nut trees and free up the chicken policies to allow some protein beyond beans. We had them for centuries. Encourage and teach how to grow food in a pot for apartment dwellers.Teach how to cook these foods. Many kids today we're raised with working parents who only know canned, frozen or fast food cooking. 
We need to get real with where we are at and how to advance food security swiftly. Spring planting is now people..
The Canadian troops are heading to Borden today.
If powerful nations want our food, they won't take it until fall. 
We have to on guard to allow peace and national security to prevail. Large food supply may be at risk but a million gardens is resilience. 
Louisette Lanteigne700 Star Flower AveWaterloo OntN2V 2L2
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