Western Producer, “Index calculates wetlands value for agriculture,” November 27, 2024.
RealAgriculture, “The Ag Policy Connection, Ep 17: Benchmarking food production and navigating the ESG push,” November 15, 2024.
Western Producer, “Agriculture sector braces for ESG requirements,” October 24, 2024.
National Newswatch, “Busy times in store for agrifood sustainability,” October 17, 2024.
Alberta Grains, “National Index on Agri-Food Performance: Telling Canada's sustainability story,” June 2024.
National Newswatch, “Founder of Sustainability Centre moving to an advisory role,” May 20, 2024.
The Western Producer, “Sustainability index receives federal funding,” March 14, 2024.
Grocery Business, “CPMA celebrates $3.1M investment in AgriAssurance Program,” March 10, 2024.
The Brandon Sun, “Feds invest $3.1M in agri-food index,” March 5, 2024.
Alberta Beef Producers, “Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada announces funding to improve sustainability benchmark,” March 1, 2024.
Global Ag Media, The Pig Site, “Canada announces funding to improve sustainability benchmark for agri-food,” March 1, 2024.
Farms.com, “Boosting Canada's Agri-Food Sustainability with New Funding,” February 29, 2024.
Real Agriculture, “Ag minister announces $3.1 million for national agri-food sustainability index,” February 27, 2024.
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada press release, "Government of Canada announces funding to improve sustainability benchmark for agri-food," February 27, 2024
The Western Producer, "Sustainability index unveiled for agriculture," May 25, 2023.
The Western Producer, "Sustainability index seen as way to protect market access," January 5, 2023.
The Western Producer, "Measure or be measured: Canada’s ag sector works on sustainability index," November 2022.
National Newswatch, "Proving the sustainability of Canadian agriculture takes a major step forward," June 6, 2022.
Real Agriculture, "Canada's National Index on Agri-Food Performance sets baseline for sustainability," June 16, 2022 (interview/audio).
The Globe and Mail, "The food industry is embracing sustainability. What does it mean?," June 13, 2022 (pdf).
SaskToday.ca, "Increasing Canada's competitiveness in the global agriculture market," March 1, 2022.
La Terre, "Vers un premier indice de durabilité agroalimentaire au Canada", January 18, 2022.
Canadian Food Business, “Is Canada really a leader in sustainable food production? A new Index offers proof”, October 18, 2021.
The Western Producer, “Climate change concerns prominent at UN Food Systems pre-summit”, August 5, 2021.
The Western Producer, “Benchmark project to measure sustainability performance”, June 11, 2021.
National News Watch, “Canada needs a national performance index to compete in the global sustainability race”, June 9, 2021.
Winnipeg Free Press, “Carbon-credit buy a wake-up call for Canada”, February 13, 2021.
The Western Producer, “Targets seen as beneficial for marketing”, February 4, 2021.
The Western Producer, “Better agri-food benchmarking called for”, January 29, 2021.
National NewsWatch, “Canada should be recognized for its global leadership in agrifood sustainability”, January 28, 2021.
The Western Producer, “Agriculture urged to develop environmental benchmarks”, November 12, 2020.
The Western Producer, “Better agri-food benchmarking urged”, October 30, 2020.
National NewsWatch, “Canada needs to prove its sustainability credentials, report says”, October 29, 2020.
Bonnefield Financial's 2022 Sustainability Report (reference to Index, p. 6)
Protein Industries Canada, Partnership expanding work on National Agri-Food Performance, February 2022
Enterprise Machine Intelligence & Learning Initiative (EMILI) Winter 2022 newsletter
Canadian Horticultural Council Fresh Thinking article – "Shifting to Sustainable Consumption Patterns: Benchmarking Our Success," Fall 2021.
Canadian Federation of Agriculture’s UN Food Systems Summit Independent Dialogue Report.
Arrell Food Institute (University of Guelph), Global Food System Summit Dialogue Report.
ESG Symposium: Oct. 3, 2024 (Ottawa)
Webinar: Phase 2C Final report: June 3, 2022
Webinar: Global Food Systems Summit Dialogue, Arrell Food Institute, U. of Guelph, Feb. 21, 2021.
Webinar: Canada’s Sustainability Index on Agri-Food: Final Report from Phase 1, Feb. 2, 2021.
Webinar: Policy & strategic implications, Nov. 18, 2020.
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