The Climate Crisis and Farming

Sow and Grow Podcast

This episode draws attention to the very real impacts of the climate crisis on farmers and our food production system generally. Farmers are feeling the impacts now and need to be a part of the solution! We will hear from Arzeena Hamir, organic farmer and politician, about the important role that Farmers for Climate Solutions is playing in shaping agricultural policy and informing growers about steps that can be taken towards on-farm climate adaptation.

Arzeena Hamir and her husband Neil own Amara Farm, a 26-acre certified organic farm in the Comox Valley on Vancouver Island. She is a local politician and was a co-chair of the Farmers for Climate Solutions Policy Task Force. Arzeena is committed to climate action on her own diversified farm and in ensuring that farmers’ concerns are voiced in policy and regulatory spaces.

Dig deeper! Read more about Farmers for Climate Solutions, NFU’s climate policy, and Amara Farm.

• Farmers for Climate Solutions
• National Farmers Union
• Imagine If: A Vision of a Near-Zero-Emission Farm and Food System for Canada | National Farmers Union
• Amara Farm
• FB: https://www.facebook.com/arzeena & https://www.facebook.com/AmaraFarm
• Twitter: @arzeena & @AmaraFarm
• Amara Farm (@amara_farm) • Instagram photos and videos
• www.rootedoak.ca @rootedoakfarm

As always, a huge thank you to the National Farmers Foundation (NFF)

Disclaimer: The thoughts and opinions expressed by the guest and producers of this podcast do not necessarily represent the thoughts, opinions or policy of our sponsors, including that of the National Farmers Union.

ETC GROUP Links

Who will feed us third edition (2017): https://www.etcgroup.org/whowillfeedus

Who will feed us animations (2018): https://www.etcgroup.org/content/new-video-who-will-feed-us-peasant-food-web-vs-industrial-food-chain