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Canada’s government is launching a $1 billion National Food Security Strategy to boost domestic food production over the next decade, but it’s hitting a wall: farmland is vanishing, and young people can’t afford to farm. Since 2016, over 2 million hectares have been lost to urban sprawl — that’s nearly the size of Nova Scotia — and land prices are soaring, making it nearly impossible for the next generation to take over farms. With the average farmer now 56, the government is responding with expanded loans, longer repayment terms, and a new fund for big-ticket agri-food projects — all in a bid to keep farms in the family and attract new farmers, even as cities keep swallowing up the land we need to feed ourselves.

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