Marcy Burchfield was invited to be a panellist at the Ontario Farmland Trust Forum on the future of farming in context with the Growth Plan Implementation report and the challenges of the Growth Plan in regards to farming. The keynote speech by Kevin Eby of the Region of Waterloo focused on Farmland Preservation: Policy Innovation & Ongoing Challenges. Learning from Decades of Proactive Growth Management in Waterloo. The other panellists were Adam Redish, Ontario Growth Secretariat; Joe Vaccaro, Ontario's Home Builder's Association; and Aidan Grove-White, from Environmental Defence.