Digging into the Senate’s new soil study

Cultivating healthier soil in this country can reap benefits for farmers, the environment, and for all Canadians, writes CSG Senator Robert Black.

The Senate of Canada last studied soil health in 1984, when its Senate Agriculture Committee released a report called, Soil at Risk: Canada’s Eroding Future. It’s a report I used as a student. Now, my colleagues and I are leading the Senate’s next study of this critical issue, writes CSG Senator Robert Black.Photograph courtesy of Pexels

Opinion

BY SENATOR ROBERT BLACK

March 20, 2023

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