vue - Agriculture's Bright Future with David Sparling

David Sparling, Professor and Chair of Agri-Food and Innovation at the Richard Ivey School of Business, talks about "the six years that changed agriculture", and its long-term effects on the industry. Video highlights: • In 2005 global markets were picking up, economic growth was starting in Asia and the growth of the biofuels industry began to use up extra grain supply. • The world also started to notice Canada's wealth of natural resources, which began to drive up the Canadian dollar. • A rapidly-growing global population, paired with changing eating habits in developing countries, led to and increased demand for grains and higher grain prices. • The agriculture industry is somewhat sheltered from global economic ups and downs because people will always need to eat. • Sparling believes that the agriculture industry will enjoy prolonged prosperity. http://www.fcc.ca/multimedia