Canada has lost millions of hectares of farmland. Where is it all going?

Stevens turned it down. His farm, Wilmot Orchards, boasts some of the best soil in the country and is located in a microclimate that he says allows him to grow fruit better than anywhere else in Canada.

For that reason, Stevens went further than simply turning down the payday. He and his family worked with the Ontario Farmland Trust to place an easement on the property so that for the next 999 years it can only be used to grow food.

"I want my younger generation and the generations down the road to not have to buy their blueberries from Panama or some foreign country that may not feed us. Are we always going to get fed by the United States? I don't think so," Stevens said.