Southern Ontario Agricultural Implosion

The agricultural outbreak in southern Ontario is in the southern part of Ontario, there is a clear dichotomy in the density of the destruction of agriculture: southern regions gathered and the northern region is not. The breakdown of agriculture means that more food can be produced on fewer lands, such as by improving technology and agricultural skills (especially more agriculture in this discussion). We can not assume that this dichotomy is random, so we need to take into account the influential adjustment factors.

As shown in Figure 2, the main agricultural land in the central part of Ontario is on the shore of the Ontario Lake, in the south of the Canadian shield, extending to the west of Ontario. In soil analysis in southern Ontario, it is confirmed that over 50% of the land in the central area is a high quality agricultural land. More than 5.20% of the land belongs to this category. Figure 3 shows the soil classification map in the central part of Ontario. Coverage of urban areas High quality agricultural land is located where development pressure is the largest. Almost all the city center along Kitchener - Waterloo, Hamilton surrounding area, Ontario Lake is the land of Grade 1. Urban development spread along the shores of Lake Ontario in Niagara and Hamilton with soft fruits and vineyards. Oak Ridges Moraine has recently received a higher level of protection than major agricultural land. In Figure 2, it is shown as a blue-green region of Categories 5, 6, and 7.

Agricultural lands in southern Ontario are limited and abolished at an unprecedented rate. Thousands of acres of productive agricultural land are lost annually in Ontario due to the proliferation of urban areas and cutting of agricultural land. In the 20 years from 1976 to 1996, only the GTA produced more than 2,000 farms and 150 thousand acres (61 thousand hectares) of agricultural land. This loss accounts for about 18% of the conversion of category 1 farmland in Ontario to urban utilization. Also. The rise in rural retirement funds is increasingly confusing agricultural production.