Safe Food and Sustainable Agriculture

As food is a major contributor to human health, agriculture can be a major threat to our environment. In 1999, in response to this threat, Sierra Club Canada launched its "Safe Food and Sustainable Agriculture" program. It addresses many food issues that we struggle with in our daily lives such as intensive livestock operations, genetically modified foods, shrimp and fish aquaculture and the presence of pesticides, hormones and antibiotics in our food.

The Safe Food and Sustainable Agriculture program works to educate rural and urban people alike about the environmental impacts of agriculture. Through the Green Budget Coalition, Sierra Club Canada lobbies the federal government on the federal agricultural policy framework and taxation as related to food and agriculture. Sierra Club Canada also encourages the preservation of publicly funded agricultural research and increasing the number of urban gardens.

On the grassroots level the Health and Environment...