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Farmers’ Voices Matter: The NFU-O Wants to Hear from You!
March 1, 2025
National Farmers Union – Ontario Newsletter The Rural Voice | March 2024 Join the National Farmers Union - Ontario (NFU-O) for its on-line Farmers’ Voices...
National Farmers Union – Ontario Votes 2025
February 14, 2025
Unsure who to vote for? Are you curious where the parties and your local candidates stand on issues of importance to farmers? Many National Farmers...
Nourish: Farming for People, Profit, and the Planet
February 1, 2025
National Farmers Union – Ontario Newsletter The Rural Voice | February 2025 Mark your calendars! This year's AGM and Convention will be held on Saturday,...
Cultivating Best Human Resource Practices on Small and Mid-Scale Farms
January 1, 2025
National Farmers Union – Ontario Newsletter The Rural Voice | January 2025 The NFU-O’s free on-line Human Resources training for farm operators is back by...
Growing Concerns: The Pushback Against Land Expropriation in Wilmot
May 1, 2024
National Farmers Union – Ontario Newsletter The Rural Voice | May 2024 In early January, farmers and landowners of 770+ acres of prime agricultural land...
The Greenbelt lands are back but why stop there?
December 1, 2023
National Farmers Union – Ontario Newsletter The Rural Voice | December 2023 The NFU-O Calls on Rural Voice readers to help advance Environmental Protection, Food...
Op-Ed: Growing Concerns — Food & Agriculture’s Absence from Public Discourse
September 1, 2023
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,...
The fight to protect Ontario’s finite farmland continues: We need you to join the fight!
July 1, 2023
National Farmers Union – Ontario Newsletter The Rural Voice | July 2023 Once again, farmland is under attack in Ontario. On April 6, 2023, the...
“Planting the Seed”: Growing Native Plants
June 1, 2023
National Farmers Union – Ontario Newsletter The Rural Voice | June 2023 Across the country, changes in bylaws and regulations are resulting in a massive...