date:Nov 13, 2012
strategic investments in areas that contribute to the economy and to farmers' bottom lines.
Growing Forward 2 is the result of an agreement by the FPT ministers of agriculture in Whitehorse on September 14 on the five-year policy framework. It sets the stage for FPT governments to complete bilateral agreements so programs will be in place by April 1, 2013, when the current Growing Forward policy framework expires.
FPT ministers are committed to ongoing stakeholder consultation to seek input a