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Introducing the Farm Unit membership

National Farmers Union – Ontario Newsletter The Rural Voice | August 2020 If you farm as a co-operative, collective, or partnership where the majority of...
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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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COVID-19 and policy updates

National Farmers Union – Ontario Newsletter The Rural Voice | June 2020 The NFU continues to speak up for our members on calls with AAFC...
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Training and retaining agricultural labour

National Farmers Union – Ontario Newsletter The Rural Voice | May 2020 Bringing healthy food from farm to table requires almost 80,000 skilled primary agricultural...
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NFU-O holds annual general meeting

National Farmers Union – Ontario Newsletter The Rural Voice | April 2020 In February, the NFU-O held its annual general meeting and convention in Hamilton,...
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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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Join us for the NFU-O AGM and Region 3 Convention

National Farmers Union – Ontario Newsletter The Rural Voice | February 2020 Join us February 25-26, 2020 at the First Unitarian Church of Hamilton, 170...
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Tackling the Farm Crisis and the Climate Crisis: a new report from the National Farmers Union

National Farmers Union – Ontario Newsletter The Rural Voice | January 2020 “The farm crisis and the climate crisis share many of the same causes,...
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Strong rural communities start with you

National Farmers Union – Ontario Newsletter The Rural Voice | December 2019 By Sarah Bakker Recently I attended, one of our climate change kitchen table...
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