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Brad Cathers<\/strong> \n FOR RELEASE<\/span> Yukon Grown and Yukon Made: Increasing Local Agricultural and Food Production<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n LAKE LABERGE \u2013 Brad Cathers, MLA for Lake Laberge, announced that if he is elected as Premier, the Yukon Government will make increasing local agricultural and food production a top priority.<\/p>\n \u201cMy vision for the Yukon includes increasing our ability to be self-sufficient by working with the private sector to develop the Yukon Grown and Yukon Made sector of our economy,\u201d said Cathers. \u201cThe Yukon\u2019s agriculture sector has grown in recent years, and we have the opportunity to continue to increase production of local food and food products.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cLike many Yukoners, I believe we have the ability to be more self-sufficient, reducing our dependence on federal transfer payments and transportation of goods from the south,\u201d added Cathers. \u201cWe have the potential to grow more of our own food, and increase our ability to meet our own needs right here in the Yukon.\u201d<\/p>\n Recent events related to the coronavirus pandemic are another reminder that \u2018just in time delivery\u2019 can be subject to disruption and temporary shortages. Increasing our ability to meet our own needs will strengthen our economy by keeping more money here in the Yukon, and reducing our dependence on long supply chains.<\/p>\n As part of supporting development of the Yukon Grown and Yukon Made sector of the economy, he is committed to taking actions including:<\/p>\n \u2022 Working with stakeholders including the Yukon Agricultural Association, Growers of Organic Food Yukon, the Fireweed Community Market, Yukon Young Farmers, farmers, market gardeners, processors, retailers, restaurants, tourism operators, and related industry groups like the Tourism Industry Association Yukon and the Yukon Convention Bureau to increase production and use of local food, and promote the \u2018Yukon Grown and Yukon Made\u2019 brands. Brad\u2019s experience in government includes serving as Minister Energy, Mines and Resources twice, and being a champion for Yukon agriculture for over 17 years as the MLA for Lake Laberge. As a Minister and MLA, he was successful in supporting agriculture through actions including:<\/p>\n \u2022 Increased funding for Fireweed Community Market & Yukon Agricultural Association <\/span><\/p>\n -30-<\/span><\/p>\n Contact:<\/span><\/p>\n Rosie Sandulak [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.22″][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”3.19.9″ global_module=”151″][et_pb_fullwidth_image src=”https:\/\/bradcathers.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/calm-evening-landscape-lake-laberge-yukon-canada-PGXESY3.jpg” _builder_version=”3.19.9″][\/et_pb_fullwidth_image][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Brad CathersMLA for Lake LabergeYukon Party Leadership Candidate FOR RELEASEMarch 26, 2020 Yukon Grown and Yukon Made: Increasing Local Agricultural and Food Production\u00a0 LAKE LABERGE \u2013 Brad Cathers, MLA for Lake Laberge, announced that if he is elected as Premier, the Yukon Government will make increasing local agricultural and food production a top priority. \u201cMy […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-341","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bradcathers.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/341","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bradcathers.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bradcathers.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradcathers.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradcathers.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=341"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/bradcathers.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/341\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":370,"href":"https:\/\/bradcathers.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/341\/revisions\/370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bradcathers.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
MLA for Lake Laberge<\/strong>
Yukon Party Leadership Candidate<\/strong><\/p>\n
March 26, 2020<\/span><\/p>\n
\u2022 Making identifying new agricultural land a high priority in local area planning.
\u2022 Ensuring new agricultural land is available through planned developments, spot land applications, subdivision, and directed spot land applications.
\u2022 Lowering barriers to construction by implementing a Farming Building Code based on best practices from other jurisdictions.
\u2022 Developing and implementing an Agricultural Production Tax Credit to reduce the costs of farming, and encourage farming on unused farmland.
\u2022 Updating the Yukon Agriculture Policy and the Local Food Strategy.
\u2022 Ensuring fuel used for farming is exempt from territorial taxes.
\u2022 Working with the Yukon Agricultural Association to develop their lease on the Mayo Road.
\u2022 Supporting the operation of the Fireweed Community Market.
\u2022 Continuing to support Growers of Organic Food Yukon\u2019s \u201cKids on the Farm\u201d initiative.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Changes made to the Agriculture Policy that farmers asked for including \u2018one for one\u2019 land pricing (matching cost to value of the land), which reduced the cost by half from the previous pricing regime.
\u2022 Negotiated Growing Forward 2 federal funding, with increased flexibility for infrastructure.
\u2022 Set up Growing Forward 2 programs \u2013 many of which have carried forward under the new CAAP program.
\u2022 Local Food Strategy to encourage production and consumption of Yukon-Grown food developed.
\u2022 Purchased mobile abattoir, no-till drill & other equipment
\u2022 Land set aside for future agriculture infrastructure under a lease with Yukon Agricultural Association.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Official Agent
(867) 667-6337<\/span><\/p>\n