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Letter re. Waukesha WI’s Proposal to Divert Water from the Great Lakes

Dear Honourable Kathleen Wynne, Premier of Ontario: The National Farmers Union – Ontario is calling on you to object to Waukesha, Wisconsin’s proposal to divert...
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Letter to the Editor re. GM alfalfa

Dear Editor, Forage Genetics International (FGI) has recently announced that it has sold genetically modified (GM) alfalfa seed to customers in Ontario. This GM alfalfa...
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Saving the Central Experimental Farm and enabling Hospital Renewal

The Honourable Lawrence MacAulay, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food The Honourable Catherine McKenna, Minister of Environment and Climate Change (with responsibility for Parks Canada Agency...
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Open Letter to Federal Party Leaders

Dear Party Leaders: According to the Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada State of the Sector, agriculture and the agri-food sector generated $108.2 billion in 2014, accounting...
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Why I Joined the National Farmers Union – Ontario

By Julie Fleischauer Golden Acres Farm I joined the National Farmers Union-Ontario because out of all the important issues facing our farming communities at this...
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