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Economic Development Regina study indicates $11 billion spent during spring seeding

Economic Development Regina (EDR) is calling spring seeding Saskatchewan’s largest megaproject.

EDR’s Data and Analytics team studied the importance of agriculture in the city’s and provincial economies.

President and CEO Chris Lane said the importance of agriculture cannot be understated.

“When you consider the impact of this work extending across our economy, it’s impossible to overstate the value of agriculture to our province and our city,” Lane said.

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How sustainable is Canadian agriculture at producing cereals, pulses & oilseeds?

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Canadians have continued to move further and further away from food production. We can see this in our expanding urban centers and less individuals growing the food we consume. This has led to more discussions about consuming food that is more sustainable. Not only sustainable environmentally, but also economically and socially. The Global Institute for Food Security (GIFS) at the University of Saskatchewan, was tasked in 2022 with understanding agriculture’s contributions to improved sustainable outcomes. As a part of this, GIFS has examined the carbon footprint of agricultural production in Saskatchewan and Canada and compared that to other producers across the globe. Dr. Steven Webb, who is the CEO of the Global Institute for Food Security in Saskatoon SK walks through how we’re doing growing cereals, pulses and oilseeds based on the latest research.