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The Pig, the whole Pig, and nothing but the Wild Boar

National Farmers Union – Ontario Newsletter The Rural Voice | March 2022 It is common to see good articles written about the wild boar problem...
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Local Food and Farm Co-ops: Bringing Benefits to the NFU-O Membership

National Farmers Union – Ontario Newsletter The Rural Voice | October 2021 Small but mighty, Local Food and Farm Co-ops (LFFC) is a valued ally...
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“Going Whole Hog”: Fred and Ingrid de Martines of Perth Pork Products

National Farmers Union – Ontario Newsletter The Rural Voice | August 2021 When it comes to niche farming and marketing, there are three things you...
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Farmers’ Rights: India and the Corporate Control of Food

National Farmers Union – Ontario Newsletter The Rural Voice | February 2021 Join us February 25-26 for the NFU-O’ s first-ever online annual convention and...
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Perry Farm’s community-built food pantry

National Farmers Union – Ontario Newsletter The Rural Voice | November 2020 This article is part of our series profiling our members’ response to the...
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Post-pandemic food and farming

National Farmers Union – Ontario Newsletter The Rural Voice | October 2020 Among the many things COVID- 19 has done, it has exposed the many...
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Farming in the face of a pandemic

National Farmers Union – Ontario Newsletter The Rural Voice | July 2020 As a grassroots organization, the NFU is its members, and there is no...
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Where’s the Beef (Processors)?

National Farmers Union – Ontario Newsletter The Rural Voice | March 2020 The closure of provincially licenced abattoirs in Ontario has been carrying on for...
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Provincial Policy Statement – Planning for the future

National Farmers Union – Ontario Newsletter The Rural Voice | November 2019 Recently, the NFU-O provided feedback to the revised Provincial Policy Statement, the document...
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