Pub Date : 2021-04-13DOI: 10.21083/RURALREVIEW.V5I1.6611
Elise Geschiere, R. Zink, Emily Sousa
This session will reflect on the importance of rural and agri-food communities and provide key insights on the capacity of municipal governments to support the agriculture and agri-food sector and respond to rural issues. In Ontario, where the most agriculturally-viable land in Canada is located, municipalities are the most local level of government and are responsible for implementing provincial and federal policies and directives. However, little is known about the structure, knowledge base, and capacity of municipal governments to respond to agricultural and agri-food priorities and issues. A review of existing literature and municipal websites reveals that municipal planning departments are extremely varied and inconsistently staffed. This appears to be the surface of a much larger inconsistency related to financial resources, staff expertise, and council’s knowledge about agriculture and agri-food. Our team has completed the research related to this project and the findings of this study are informed by data collected via survey and semi-structured interviews from 66 municipalities in the Greenbelt. Findings indicate that there is an increasing knowledge gap related to agricultural planning and agri-food issues, and that fewer elected officials/planners have agricultural backgrounds, expertise, or training. This presents a threat to rural and agri-food communities as their livelihoods depend on the ability of council (and staff) to understand critical issues, protect farmland, and make agriculturally-supportive decisions. Agri-food communities are important and it is critical that our governance systems not only recognise that but also have the capacity to support, protect, and respond to the agri-food sector.
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Pub Date : 2021-04-01DOI: 10.21083/RURALREVIEW.V5I1.6592
A. Pugliese, J. Scholten, S. Yeung
Cannabis production has expanded significantly across southern Ontario with the legalisation of theindustry. Much of this expansion has occurred within the rural countryside, through the utilisation of existinggreenhouse infrastructure. While the growth of this sector provides economic benefits to rural communities, complaints from adjacent residents related to lighting and odour issues are common and mitigation of such issues is complex. Land use planning policies have been established across southern Ontario to manage the development of cannabis greenhouses; however, policies vary by region and countyand the appropriateness of these policies have not been tested. This study seeks to analyse municipalplanning policies that regulate cannabis production and understand the impacts of these policies on sector,adjacent land owners and rural communities. Planning policies will be analysed at the municipal, regional orcounty level, with the creation of a database to highlight consistency and differences between communities. Case studies will be utilised to gain better insights into the challenges and opportunities related to cannabis production and planning mitigation. This presentation will provide a summary of current research findings, including highlights of a municipal scan of zoning by-law policies and informalinsights into policy appeals in southern Ontario.
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Pub Date : 2021-04-01DOI: 10.21083/RURALREVIEW.V5I1.6591
Pamela Duesling
Have you ever wondered what prompts Ontario family farmers to diversify, what land use planning policies allow for alternative uses on farms and how Ontario can continue to preserve agricultural lands as family farming continues to change? This primary research objective is to understand how on-farmdiversification impacts the family farm and what the intersection of on-farm diversification and land preservation is through public planning policy in Ontario. The 2016 OMAFRA Guidelines on PermittedUses in Ontario’s Prime Agricultural Areas was/is the first tool that provides family farmingentrepreneurs and municipal government planners opportunities to create on-farm diversified uses whilebalancing agricultural land preservation. This research will: Endeavour to explore which rural municipalities are using this tool efficiently andeffectively; Discover if the Guidelines are assisting entrepreneurs and identifying bestpractices; Identify if it is only prime agricultural lands that warrant these Guidelines for landpreservation; Acknowledge if the Guidelines are preserving prime agricultural lands; and Propose changes to the Ontario planning policy framework regarding on-farm diversification andland preservation. Overall, it is simply not enough to preserve agriculture land in Ontario, we must also preserve the family farmer Keywords: on-farm diversification; land preservation; family farm; Ontario planning policy
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Pub Date : 2021-04-01DOI: 10.21083/RURALREVIEW.V5I1.6590
E. Martin
The past several decades has witnessed a marked transformation of Ontario’s agricultural extension services from being a provincial government run service to one that’s is marked by a diverse network of public and private information service providers. This presentation reports a preliminary analysis of the contemporarysoil advisory services, especially looking at how different actors are organised, methods used and emerging challenges. The data were collected using key informant interviews with a purposively selectedadvisor. The findings highlight a variety of service providers at play within the soil advisory services which comprised of numerous commodity marketing boards, producer organisations, input and equipmentsuppliers, OMAFRA and the University of Guelph. These actors are organised through various formal andinformal networks, although respondents expressed their concerns on coordination and communication within the network, with an attendant negative impact on network efficiency in advisory service provision. Although most respondents yearn for an individual approach, mainly represented by the public sector, the current service delivery is dominated by groups and mass methods. The findings also indicate a move fromadvisory roles as generalist knowledge brokers to specialist knowledge brokers. The advisory service isgoverned by a ‘hands off’ approach because of withdrawal of public service support that creates significant gaps for coordination and collaboration among different players. The gaps need to be filled in—eitherchampioned by public or private sector actors—but it is not possible without significant changes in existingpolicy and public supports.
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Pub Date : 2021-04-01DOI: 10.21083/RURALREVIEW.V5I1.6589
Joelena Leader, Benjamin J. Shantz
The agri-food sector in Canada is entering an “age of disruption” where the rapid expansion of technology, like IoT, genetic advancements, and robotics, has potential to fundamentally reshape the futureof work and the development of rural communities across Canada. This presentation reports on the firstphase of a multi- phased project that assesses the impacts of disruptive technologies in the agri-food sector, including the scope of technologies that could disrupt traditional production practices and the future of work. An overview of the project and the findings from our initial research and knowledgesynthesis is presented along with the planned future phases and next steps. Using technology assessment,key informant interviews and comparative case studies, this research aims to identify disruptive technologies and companies, assess their social and spatial implications, and explore how regional stakeholders are responding to these impacts. This research aims to assist local and provincial policymakers in designing and assessing new policies and programs to respond to the impacts of disruptive technologies in the agri-food sector.
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Pub Date : 2021-02-17DOI: 10.21083/ruralreview.v5i1.6533
Rural Symposium Organizers
The 2021 Rural Symposium Program provides an overview all presentations shared at the event. The program provides a brief abstract for each presentation.
《2021年农村研讨会计划》概述了本次活动中分享的所有演讲。该程序为每个演示提供简短的摘要。
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Pub Date : 2019-03-13DOI: 10.21083/RURALREVIEW.V3I1.6018
S. Parish
The agricultural and agri-food industry has a prevalent, long-standing history as a successful cornerstone industry in Ontario. This historical prevalence stands true for the central rural township of Brock, Ontario as agriculture and livestock are a driving force in the township’s economy. However, throughout the last three decades, agricultural production in Ontario’s rural townships have been negatively impacted by vertical integration, globalization, and the intensification of land-based activities (Wicks & Merrett, 2003). Therefore, the aim of this research study is to determine if agritourism is a viable solution to aid in revitalizing the rural township of Brock, Ontario. This research is imperative for farm operators in rural Ontario because small family farms are seeking ways to remain economically competitive against the pressures of urbanization and changing global markets. The objectives of this research study necessitate in-depth information-gathering which will be gained from conducting semi-structured interviews with individuals whom are members of the Beaverton Agricultural Society, the Sunderland Agricultural Society, or the Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA). This research will provide information about why farmers decided to diversify their farms through agritourism, how agritourism has helped farming businesses (if at all), and what strategies farmers used to implement agritourism into their traditional farming practices. The findings of this research study will be utilized by for farm operators that have integrated agritourism practices into their traditional farming practices and for government programs and policies to support farm operators.
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Pub Date : 2019-03-13DOI: 10.21083/RURALREVIEW.V3I1.6002
E. Bowerman
This research investigates the ways practitioners uphold Indigenous and Western values water values in the design and management of waterscapes in New Zealand. Waterscapes are defined as a landscape in which water relationships are central to community social, ecological, recreational, spiritual and cultural interactions. Specifically, the purpose of this research is to understand how practitioners; landscape architects, planners, designers and environmental managers navigate the complexities of bicultural approaches in practice. The research optimizes two robust literature reviews and 13 semi-structured interviews conducted in New Zealand. Findings will be presented with a series of photos and frameworks followed by a speculative discussion on the applicability and future research opportunities in the Canadian context and beyond. The research contributes to policy discourse toward design and management practices and opportunities to employ a bicultural lens to achieve more collaborative outcomes. Click here to view a copy of this presentation.
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Pub Date : 2019-03-13DOI: 10.21083/RURALREVIEW.V3I1.6006
Louis Helps
As part of an international trend in regional policy development towards “mainstreaming” rural issues, multiple national and regional governments have created policy lenses designed to ensure that legislation is formed with the needs of rural areas taken into account. Despite a relative lack of academic research on the effectiveness of rural lenses, the idea has been imported to multiple jurisdictions, including several Canadian provinces. This presentation will offer a comparative overview of rural lenses in jurisdictions in Europe and North America in order to achieve a better understanding of their commonalities and divergences in methods, circumstances, and effectiveness. The presentation will make use of a review of the government and academic literature conducted for an upcoming working paper by Louis Helps and Dr. Ryan Gibson. This research is the foundation of a larger project that will seek to understand the feasibility of implementing rural lenses at the provincial level in Canada.
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Pub Date : 2019-03-13DOI: 10.21083/RURALREVIEW.V3I1.6001
J. Adams
Wind energy in Ontario is gaining momentum as one of the most widely used renewable resources. Granted the opportunities and capacity for wind turbine production in Ontario, there is still resistance to implementation and development. This paper will examine rural community members perceptions based on a case study in Orono, Ontario. It will use the not-in-my-backyard (NIMBY) theory to examine which other factors such as health concerns, aesthetic value, and economic impacts influence members’ perceptions of wind energy. A survey was implemented through the Orono, ON Facebook group to gage displeasure, anxieties or support for the local wind turbines. Findings from this survey will help gage which factors are most important to community members. This paper will propose new policy adaptations to gain the most support from members living near wind farms in and outside of Orono.
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