With an increased number of…

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With an increased number of individuals moving to Southern Ontario we are in an affordable housing crisis. However; that cannot supersede the potential for future food scarcity by removing locally grown produce. The way of the future is building infrastructure that allows for continued access to locally grown food sources. Southern Ontario has the most fertile soil, and once we start building on it we will never again have access to this resource.

There are also health risks associated with living close to commercial farms, such as an increase of neurodegenerative diseases due to being in close proximity to pesticides used on the farms. There are many studies in this area, but this form doesn’t allow for multiple website submissions.

In addition new research has linked exposure to blue-green algae, caused by phosphorus in the water associated with new builds (etc), to be a cause of ALS. There are multiple new studies in this area as well, but I am not able to add the websites.