Building
Healthier
Communities
Ensuring access to affordable, safe and nutritious food.
Understand how plant science innovations help Canadian farmers produce sustainable, affordable and high-quality food.
Today, farmers grow more crops per acre than ever before with help from modern tools and technology. For consumers, this means major savings at the grocery store. Think about it this way:
- Without plant science innovations, prices would be 45% higher on average for many food staples, an increase of $4,500 annually per Canadian household.
- Plant science innovations reduce food loss and waste, from farm to table, by combating diseases, insects and weeds.
- Plant breeding has a proven track record for increasing crop productivity and is responsible for 50% of the productivity increases over the last century.
All the data presented on this site comes from the The Value of Plant Science Innovations to Canadians in 2020 report and the 2021 Census of Agriculture.