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The Rocky Road to Protecting Prime Soils in Stone Mills

Back in 2006, after a partial and incomplete survey of local farmers, Stone Mills Township rezoned the bulk of its agricultural lands (including prime farmland...
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This Ontario Farmer is Leading a Movement to Stop a Highway

David Suzuki Foundation November 7, 2024 Max Hansgen loves his job. He loves to be outside and to work with his hands, and in a...
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Say NO to Flato Development Inc.’s Farmland Grab Scheme in Kawartha

In 2021, Flato Developments Inc. began lobbying the Kawartha city council to rezone 156 hectares of farmland in Cameron from “agricultural” and “rural” to “tourist...
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Fields not Fences: Stop the Proposed Prison on Kemptville Farmland

The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs plans to transfer the former Kemptville College farm property to the Ministry of the Solicitor general for...
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Land Over Landings: A 52-Year Fight to Save Pickering Farmland

In 1972, 18,600 acres of mostly Class 1 farmland in north Pickering were expropriated by the Federal Government for an airport that wasn’t built. They...
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Ontario’s Greenbelt Tentatively Holds Strong

In November of 2022, Ontario’s Ford Government passed Bill 23, the More Homes Built Faster Act. It threatened to remove 7,400 acres of highly productive...
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Saving Ed Lake: The Cost of Aggregate Extraction

Since 2018, CBM Aggregates, a division of St Marys Cement Inc. (Canada), has been investigating Ed Lake Farm in Aberfoyle as a potential gravel pit...
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Fertile Grounds at Risk: Wilmot Township’s Farmland Under Attack

In March of 2024, Wilmot Township, the Region of Waterloo, and the provincial government (through the provincial agency, the Ontario Realty Corporation) contracted a US-based...
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NFU-O: Waterloo Region plows under crops while fields burn out west

Farmers Forum July 30, 2024 GUELPH – On July 24, 160 acres of corn, intended for animal silage, in Wilmot Township were ploughed under and...
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