Uncertainty about the future availability of labour and pesticides are among the reasons some Ontario farms are introducing robots into their operations. A look at the autonomous machines that are starting to appear in Ontario fields and the people who are help driving their adoption, on tonight's The Agenda. 

The Agenda with Steve Paikin is TVO's flagship current affairs program - devoted to exploring the social, political, cultural and economic issues that are changing our world, at home and abroad. The Agenda airs weeknights at 8:00 PM EST on TVO - Canada's largest educational broadcaster.

The Agenda with Steve Paikin is TVO's flagship current affairs program - devoted to exploring the social, political, cultural and economic issues that are changing our world, at home and abroad. The Agenda airs weeknights at 8:00 PM EST on TVO - Canada's

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The Agenda is TVO's flagship current affairs program, devoted to exploring the social, political, cultural, and economic issues that are changing our world. We consistently offer a diversity of viewpoints and in-depth analysis of what lies behind the headlines. Hosted by Steve Paikin and Nam Kiwanuka.

<p>The Agenda is TVO's flagship current affairs program, devoted to exploring the social, political, cultural, and economic issues that are changing our world. We consistently offer a diversity of viewpoints and in-depth analysis of what lies behind the headlines. Hosted by Steve Paikin and Nam Kiwanuka.</p>

Will Robots Take Over the Farm?

Until Jackie Robinson's arrival in 1947, baseball banned players of colour. But something extraordinary happened this season: A new attempt to right the wrongs of history. Bob Kendrick, the president of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, joins The Agenda to explain this forgotten history.

Righting a Wrong in Baseball History

For the first time, more than 1 million Ontarians visited a food bank in the last year. And that's the eighth year in a row that that number has increased. And the future doesn't look much better. Two-thirds of groups that make up Ontario's food bank network say that they fear they will not be able to meet future demand, leaving people hungry. Carolyn Stewart, Chief Executive Officer of Feed Ontario, says that the data is another result of Ontario' affordability crisis. 

Rising Food Bank Use A Symptom of Ontario's Affordability Crisis

The Supreme Court of Canada ruled that First Nations communities were owed billions of dollars from the Canadian and Ontario government as part of the Robinson Treaties settlement. Some nations say the settlement is an underpayment. The Agenda looks at why some of the settlement has not been paid, and what it might take to correct this historic wrong. 

Will Robots Take Over the Farm?

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