I am a farmer. I was born…

I am a farmer. I was born and raised on a farm. I am deeply saddened and quite frankly terrified at the loss of natural habitat and wildlife that I once enjoyed as a young child. My family and I have tried to create more natural habitat and encourage wildlife on our farm but this cost has come out of our own pockets. Over the last few decades I have seen more and more natural habitat destroyed to either be replaced by housing, commercial enterprise or agriculture. Why do we put more land into growing more food when almost half of the food we grow winds up in the landfill? Personally, I am terrified. If we don’t start taking drastic and immediate action we will reach a point of no return. We need to protect MORE areas for rehabilitation. If the Canadian government can find BILLIONS of dollars for an ecological and environment travesty known as the Kinder Morgan pipeline then why on earth can the same government not find money to compensate farmers who set aside land and invest in re-establishing wild habitats ??? Perhaps this would encourage more land owners to jump on board with protecting endangered species. We need to stop our anthropocentric approach to governing this land. There is a Cree proverb that sums up everything beautifully......
“When all the forests have been cut down,
When all the animals have been hunted,
When all the air becomes polluted,
When all the water becomes undrinkable,
Only then will you realize you can’t eat money.”

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