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