Q: 70% of Canadians have never visited one of these. What are they?
A: A working farm.
Seven in 10 Canadians have never visited an operational commercial farm, but those who have had the opportunity form positive perceptions of modern agriculture.
“Stats Can indicates that 84 per cent of Canadians now live in urban centres. One hundred years ago that was completely reversed,” notes Seemann. “Twenty five or 30 years ago there were more Canadians that probably had exposure to a farm growing up, but they moved to the city. Now we’re seeing subsequent generations growing up in cities and urban centres.”
a follow-up question indicated that an overwhelming majority of respondents who had visited a farm had positive perceptions of modern agriculture. He added that many agriculture organizations have run programs to open farms to Canadians, to show them what modern farming is all about.
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