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Growing Concerns: The Pushback Against Land Expropriation in Wilmot

National Farmers Union – Ontario Newsletter The Rural Voice | May 2024 In early January, farmers and landowners of 770+ acres of prime agricultural land...
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The Greenbelt lands are back but why stop there?

National Farmers Union – Ontario Newsletter The Rural Voice | December 2023 The NFU-O Calls on Rural Voice readers to help advance Environmental Protection, Food...
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Op-Ed: Growing Concerns — Food & Agriculture’s Absence from Public Discourse

By Brendan Grant We’ve tried our best recently to refrain from using the “F” word, but with rapidly shortening days, some very chilly recent nights,...
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The fight to protect Ontario’s finite farmland continues: We need you to join the fight!

National Farmers Union – Ontario Newsletter The Rural Voice | July 2023 Once again, farmland is under attack in Ontario. On April 6, 2023, the...
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“Planting the Seed”: Growing Native Plants

National Farmers Union – Ontario Newsletter The Rural Voice | June 2023 Across the country, changes in bylaws and regulations are resulting in a massive...
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Genetic Modification: New developments a concern for farmers?

National Farmers Union – Ontario Newsletter The Rural Voice | April 2023 Farm papers are full of articles about possible new genetically modified (GM or...
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Documentary filmmakers help build trust between Canadian consumers and food sector

National Farmers Union – Ontario Newsletter The Rural Voice | February 2023 As farmers, we are all aware that most consumers do not know enough...
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More Farmland Lost Faster: What Bill 23 and Development on Greenbelt-protected Land Will Really Accomplish

National Farmers Union – Ontario Newsletter The Rural Voice | January 2023 Undemocratically pushed through before the window for public consultation had been closed, let...
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This is our last, best chance for effective climate action in agriculture

National Farmers Union – Ontario Newsletter The Rural Voice | August 2022 Provinces are currently negotiating with the Federal government to finalize the most important...
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