MPPs Want a Farm Belt

MPPs want a farm belt

Two members of the legislature want Ontario to create a foodbelt to protect farmland and help the province’s agricultural industry survive any United States tariffs.

Haldimand-Norfolk MPP calls for ‘Foodbelt’ to protect Ontario’s farmland

Bobbi Ann Brady and Green Party Leader Mike Schreiner table Protect Our Food Act at Queen’s Park.

2 MPPs want to create foodbelt to protect farmland, tariff-proof Ontario's agricultural industry

Guelph MPP and Green Leader Mike Schreiner and independent MPP Bobbi Ann Brady from Haldimand-Norfolk have co-written a bill to create an Ontario Foodbelt which would protect farmlands.

MPPs move to protect Ontario farmland with foodbelt protection plan - Fruit & Vegetable Magazine

Two MPPs say Ontario needs to create a foodbelt to protect farmland and help the province’s agricultural industry survive any U.S. tariffs. As reported by CBC News, Guelph MPP and Green Party of Ontario leader Mike Schreiner and MPP Bobbi Ann Brady, the independent MPP for Haldimand-Norfolk, have co-written a private member’s bill that they presented at Queen’s Park on Tuesday. “Now, more than ever, is the time to protect our farmland, support f…

MPP Brady tables bill alongside Green Party Leader to Stop Ontario farmland from vanishing

Haldimand-Norfolk MPP Bobbi Ann Brady is taking action to protect Ontario’s disappearing farmland. This week at Queen’s Park, Brady introduced The Protect Our Food Act, 2025, alongside Green Party of Ontario Leader Mike Schreiner. https://media-cdn.socastsrm.com/wordpress/wp-content/blogs.dir/776/files/2025/05/green-long-1.mp3 The bill calls for a new “Foodbelt” strategy to preserve the province’s remaining farmland and prevent reckless overdev…

No Farms, No Future. Protect Ontario’s Farmland

A Call-Out from the Green Party of Ontario Leader Mike Schreiner Posted May 14th, 2025 on Niagara At Large Every day we lose 319 acres of farmland in Ontario – that’s the equivalent of nine family farms. Every. Single. Week! The cause? Urban sprawl, aggregate mining, and wasteful projects like highway 413. We simply can’t afford to lose anymore. Food is our future — and Doug Ford is paving over it. That’s why the Ontario Greens have joined force…