Canada

Earth grab: No to a biomass economy
- YouTube
- 23 December 2010
Public forum in Canada with farm leaders from the Global South
Why corporate Canada is very interested in buying the farm
- Globe and Mail
- 24 November 2010
Saskatchewan has some of the richest and least expensive farmland in the world, and there's a gigantic pool of global money that would like to buy up as much of it as they can.
Boardroom farmers: Some of the world's biggest agricultural investors
- Globe and Mail
- 24 November 2010
Global investment funds have sunk as much as $20-billion (U.S.) into farmland, last year alone they bought 111 million acres of farmland.
Do corporate buyouts signal the end of the family farm?
- Globe and Mail
- 24 November 2010
“There are people that are dying to invest large sums of money to acquire farmland in Canada that aren't Canadian citizens,” says Jan Kaminski, founder of Bonnefield.
Forum public : Main basse sur la planète
- Collectif TANY
- 12 November 2010
Université de Montréal, le 26 novembre 2010 : Des paysans engagés expliquent comment de grandes entreprises cherchent à s’emparer de la biomasse.
As Saskatchewan farm values rise, investment kept limited
- Reuters
- 09 November 2010
Foreign investors are gaining ground despite restrictions, participating as minority players in various investment vehicles.
Fonds d'investissement agricole: de la terre dans le portefeuille
- La Presse
- 25 October 2010
Des actions échangées à Toronto et des obligations américaines, certes. Et pourquoi pas quelques parcelles de terres agricoles de Saint-Narcisse pour compléter votre portefeuille?
New wave of agricultural land-grabs reaches Canada
- Dominion
- 27 September 2010
Quietly, these modern-day land marauders are coming to Canada—undermining family farms, compromising local food sovereignty, and harming the environment.
Comment: Brazil appears to be moving to ban foreign farmland ownership
- HedgeWeek
- 01 September 2010
AgCapita's Stephen Johnston says Brazil's "sudden hostility to foreign farmland ownership" should make "developed markets such as Canada" more attractive to investors
Corporations and investors buying up Canadian farmland: NFU report on land grabbing
- NFU
- 07 June 2010
The National Farmers Union (NFU) today released the first report of its kind documenting Canadian developments in a global farmland grab.
NFU warns of family farm takeovers
- CBC
- 07 June 2010
The National Farmers Union is warning that the Canadian family farm is under threat from increased corporate control and foreign ownership.
Terres agricoles: une menace chinoise exagérée, dit Desjardins
- Le Soleil
- 12 May 2010
Les craintes soulevées par la possible vente massive de terres agricoles du Québec à des intérêts chinois sont exagérées selon une étude du Mouvement Desjardins.