Cover Story: The Graying of Ontario Agriculture

With five times as many farmers over 55 as under 35, there’s an urgent need to recruit and train the next generation of farmers. Several programs cater to the organic sector, but when it comes to conventional farming, offerings are piecemeal

by Mary Baxter

Yehuda Nestel jokes that his only family connection to agriculture is a story his parents tell of moving to Israel to live on a kibbutz and farm watermelons. They left within months.

Better Farming - August/September 2008