Category FAQs Search : Sustainable
Question: Social Responsibility (Sustainable Agriculture)
Answer: Social responsibility relates to the quality of life for everyone who interacts with the business: employees, customers, neighbours, local community members and the farmer. The most prominent examples of this in rural Ontario are agricultural cooperatives, farmers' markets, on-farm events and twilight tours. Other examples occur within the business itself, such as fair treatment of workers and good business practices.
Some indicators of social responsibility include:
- support for other local businesses and families within the community, circulating money within the local as well as the global economy
- a stable or increasing rural community population
- return of post-secondary school graduates to the community after graduation, to family farms or associated businesses.
(Source: Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, 19 Mar 2021)
Source Link: http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/busdev/facts/15-023.htm#SocialResp