At Great Lakes Grain, we pride ourselves on being dedicated leaders and trusted advisors around climate-smart agriculture. By embracing sustainable common-sense practices, harnessing innovation, monitoring environmental impacts, adopting context-specific approaches, and promoting continuous learning. Representing our farmers, and telling their story is crucial. Great Lakes Grain is committing to long-term food security and environmental well-being for the generations that follow.
Our Vision:
Our vision is to create a thriving agricultural landscape in Ontario where farmers are leaders in climate-smart agriculture, employing innovative and sustainable practices. We strive to promote resource efficiency, reduced tillage, and precision agriculture to foster healthy soils, enhanced water quality, and a resilient farming sector that contributes to climate change mitigation and adaptation.
Our Mission:
Our mission is to foster partnerships between our farmers in Ontario and our end-use customers to achieve more sustainable agriculture, implement climate-smart practices, and optimize resource use. Through education, collaboration, and precision agriculture, we aim to improve soil health, enhance environmental sustainability, and support farming communities while addressing the challenges of climate change.
Know your Context:
At Great Lakes Grain, we believe achieving a balance between climate-smart agriculture and the best input technology available is key. By optimizing input efficiency, embracing sustainable alternatives, harnessing innovation responsibly, monitoring environmental impacts, adopting context-specific approaches, and promoting continuous learning, farmers can strike this balance. It allows for productive and sustainable farming that contributes to long-term food security and environmental well-being.