Stewart Wells, President of Canada’s National Farmers Union since 2001, was born and raised on a third-generation family farm near Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada. He studied Agricultural Engineering at the University of Saskatchewan. Delegate to the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool – a farmer-owned grain collection co-operative – in the early 1990s, he is currently serving on Canada’s Agriculture Trade Negotiations Consultations Group. Stewart and his wife operate a 3,500 acre (1,400 Hectare) organic farm where they grow a wide variety of grains, pulse crops, and oilseeds.

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One voice is too often missing in the debate about genetically-modified (GM) foodstuffs – that of experienced, practical farmers themselves. In a wide-ranging interview with Sophie Jeffreys and Caspar Henderson of openDemocracy, three Canadian farmers explain why they think it is time to bring the GM rollercoaster under control.