Canadian farmers are leading the way when it comes to sustainable food production

Old's College of Agriculture and Technology was one of the stops for the Senate Agriculture Committee as they gathered more information for their upcoming report on Canada's Soil Health.

The vice president of research at Old's Dr Joy Agnew says they talked about the need and benefit of investing in agricultural research and the fact that funding for college-based research should be reviewed.

Agnew says they talked about some of the work being done at the "SMART" farm, with a key emphasis on the work they are doing around environmental stewardship.