Darrin Qualman
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About Darrin Qualman
Darrin Qualman is director of climate crisis policy and action at the National Farmers Union. The NFU is an organization of thousands of farm families and numerous non-farmer supporters. The NFU works for the establishment of policies that support family farms, protect the environment, and ensure the provision of safe, nutritious, ethically produced food for all Canadians. For more information on agriculture and climate change, see the NFU’s recent report, Tackling the Farm Crisis and the Climate Crisis at www.nfu.ca
Governments should bury farm soil offset plans
Rather than complex schemes to catch carbon in agricultural soil after it is released, do not release it.
Pandemic spotlights food system reforms needed to prepare for climate change
Corporate control and concentration are extreme, with two to four corporations controlling nearly every link of the food chain upstream and downstream of farmers.