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Lollo Rosso (green leaf lettuce) is seen inside Elevate Farms’ one-million-pound grow tunnel vertical farming facility in Niagara, Canada, November 2020.

Opinion: Improving our food system

Many perspectives will contribute to food production’s path forward

Agriculture’s impact on the planet is massive and relentless. Roughly 40 per cent of the Earth’s suitable land surface is used for cropland and grazing. The number of domestic animals far outweighs remaining wild populations. How humanity feeds itself has created challenges ranging from its contribution to climate change to weaknesses that were exposed by