Environmental Farm Plans Environmental Farm Plans help farmers identify their farms’ environmental strengths and weaknesses and make action plans for improvements. Download to Learn More Related snapAG Articles Biosecurity Organic Farming Beef Protein and the Environment Global Protein Consumption What are GMOs Organic Soil Management Organic and Synthetic Pesticides Neonics Antibiotics – What and Why? Vaccines Animal Welfare or Rights Transporting Farm Animals Pig Housing The Myth of Factory Farms Intensive Livestock Operations Chicken Housing Hormones Today’s Farm Soil Horticulture in Canada Aquaculture in Canada Water Management Farm Animals Animal Breeding Agriculture and Land Use Agriculture and Greenhouse Gases Environmental Farm Plans Conservation Tillage Crop Rotation Carbon Sequestration Food Safety Food Waste Grass-Fed and Grain-Finished Beef Pesticides on Food Organic Food Eggs Milk Pasteurization GMOs and the Environment GMO Foods GMOs Around the World Organic Pest Management Conventional or Organic Fertilizer Fertilizer Use Fertilizer Irrigation Grain Farm Technology Glyphosate Pesticides and the Environment Pesticides – What and Why? Plant Breeding and Food Security Genetic Engineering and Human Health Bees Bioplastics Crop Byproducts Eating Local Invasive Species Regenerative Agriculture Robotics in Agriculture Supply Management Urban Agriculture Urban Pesticides Websites to Investigate This Topic Further Dairy Farmers of Canada Environment & Climate Change Canada Farm & Food Care Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Footnotes Government of Saskatchewan. (No date). “Learn How Your Farming Practices Affect the Environment - Environmental Farm Plans.” Government of Saskatchewan. (No date). “Farm Stewardship Program.” AnimalSmart.org. (No date). “Farmers: Stewards of the Environment.” Ibid. Ontario Ministry of Education. (2009). “Stewards of the Earth: How Agriculture Works to Ensure a Sustainable Future” (Environmental Education Symposium). Fertilizer Canada. (2017). “What is 4R Nutrient Stewardship?” Dairy Farmers of Canada. (No date). proAction: Leading the Way for Sustainable Dairy Farming – Providing Assurances to Customers about Farm Practices, p.22. References AnimalSmart.org. (No date). “Farmers: Stewards of the Environment.” Dairy Farmers of Canada. (No date). proAction: Leading the Way for Sustainable Dairy Farming – Providing Assurances to Customers About Farm Practices, p.22. Fertilizer Canada. (2017). “What is 4R Nutrient Stewardship?” Government of Saskatchewan. (No date). “Learn How Your Farming Practices Affect the Environment - Environmental Farm Plans.” Government of Saskatchewan. (No date). “Farm Stewardship Program.” Ontario Ministry of Education. (2009). “Stewards of the Earth: How Agriculture Works to Ensure a Sustainable Future” (Environmental Education Symposium). Photo Credits Dairy farmers with cows, Page 2 – Alberta Milk Tags environment soil fertilizer farm conservation environmental farm plans water waste management environmental stewardship land use biodiversity pesticides greenhouse gas ecosystem food system sustainable