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Students weigh in on what matters to them in agriculture

Julie Coddington and Aidan Velthuis deliver their remarks on stage at the 2025 Future of Food conference
Published: 5 March 2025

Farm consolidation, lack of financial supports, and agriculture-inclusive education streams are some of the most important issues for students attending the recent Future of FoodĀ conference in Ottawa.Ā 

Students from McGill’s Farm Management Technology (FMT) program toldĀ ¹ó²¹°ł³¾³Ł²¹°ł¾±“ĒĢżwhat they see as the most important concerns young people have with agriculture and agri-food in Canada.

For example, FMT student Jasmine Desaultels said there should be more financial help available for smaller operations.

ā€œJust help the farmer, not like, try to sell, just sell, sell,ā€ she said. ā€œJust really help the farmer to build a better farm, to be more comfortable on the farm.ā€

FMT students Julie Coddington and Aidan Velthuis delivered remarks for the conference’s ā€œStudents’ Cornerā€ segment at the end of the conference, where they summarized their takeaways from the day.

to see what else Desaultels, Coddington, Velthuis, and fellow studentĀ Sonia Auger had to say.

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