Farming in Northern Ontario: Untapped Potential for the Future

• Published in: Agronomy
• Main Author: Tejendra Chapagain
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2017
• Subjects: northern Ontario agriculture; climate change; ecozone; drought; diversification; Agriculture; S; Thunder Bay; North Bay; First Nations
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy7030059; https://doaj.org/article/125b7b12d48a41b687aa8806cc59fc19

Farming in Northern Ontario is limited to less than 1% of the total land area available. With over 2000 farms, this is home to about 6% of the province’s population, concentrated in the five major southern border cities of Thunder Bay, Sault Ste. Marie, Timmins, Sudbury and North Bay, with a signifi...