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Growing forward 2 : Growing forward two

21 Feb 2013

Growing Forward 2 – Accelerating Globalization, Stalling Food Sovereignty  Implications of the GF2 Strategic Initiatives Suite   by the National Farmers Union, February, 2013    Growing Forward 2 (GF2) is a powerful policy instrument that will increase the market power of  global agribusiness corporations, help the few largest‐scale farms expand, and increasingly  marginalize the majority small [...] H. (Don) Davidson, Sr. Vice President, Hog  Procurement & Government Relations, Maple Leaf Pork. 2000.   (accessed January 2013)   33 Mr. Bob Kingston (National President, Agriculture Union), statement at Standing Committee on Agriculture and  Agri‐Food, February 15, 2012. Hansard.  . [...] P., Chair. May 2012  35 Saint Andrews Statement.  ……………………………………………………………….  Growing Forward 2 – Accelerating Globalization, Stalling Food Sovereignty  National Farmers Union, February, 2013  Page 14 of 17  Conclusion:    Government should use its policy instruments to protect and promote the broad public  interest. However, GF2 instead caters to the desires of the largest players in the food syst [...] P., Minister of  Agriculture and Agri‐Food Canada to the House and Senate Standing Committees on Agriculture, September 29,  1994.  ……………………………………………………………….  Growing Forward 2 – Accelerating Globalization, Stalling Food Sovereignty  National Farmers Union, February, 2013  Page 16 of 17    The Agriculture Policy Framework (2003 – 2008) was characterized as a long‐term action plan  that provides th
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