The Hill: The anti-farm crusade by urban newspaper columnists

It is one thing to rage at the unfairness of their arguments. But it is also necessary to prove them wrong

by BARRY WILSON

Canadian Federation of Agriculture president Bob Friesen had it exactly right.

He began a letter to the National Post in late January with the opening line: “I continue to be absolutely mystified by the ongoing crusade of the National Post and its columnists against Canadian farmers and our national agriculture industry.”

He said that national columnists will “pounce on any factoid and torture any statistic to paint an entire industry as irrelevant and worthless.”

Better Farming March 2008