Year: 2020, 2020
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>There are many barriers facing new, sustainably-focused, agriculturalists in Canada including access to land, capital, markets and practical training. These challenges are compounded by the flawed but powerful figure of the industrial agriculture model, a rapidly aging farmer population, changing demographics, and subsequent loss of valuable, place-based agricultural knowledge. This… more Full Text: Sowing the Seeds of Canada’s Future Agroecological Farm(er)s: Farm Incubators and Experiential Sustainable Agriculture Education A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of …