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Young, skilled and ready to innovate, Black farmers are taking on Canada’s agricultural challenges

Globe and Mail March 14, 2024 With Canada facing a looming disaster of having too few farmers as existing operators retire, some see young, racialized...
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Fertile grounds: Exploring alternative land access opportunities

National Farmers Union – Ontario Newsletter The Rural Voice | November 2023 The Greenbelt win has shown how important farmland protection is to Ontarians, but...
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The metamorphosis of Lucky Bug Farm

National Farmers Union – Ontario Newsletter The Rural Voice | September 2023 When the COVID-19 pandemic began, Aliyah Fraser was an urban planner. Months later, she...
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Camille Yu-San Koon is Cultivating Crops and Community

National Farmers Union – Ontario Newsletter The Rural Voice | August 2023 In 2021, Camille Y u-San Koon found herself searching for work that would...
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Encouraging a new generation of farmers

National Farmers Union – Ontario Newsletter The Rural Voice | November 2018 In Ontario, 55 per cent of farmers are over the age of 55...
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Land access tools for new farmers

National Farmers Union – Ontario Newsletter The Rural Voice | March 2018 Access to land has always been the main obstacle for new and young...
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