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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...
Renfrew celebrates the NFU!
National Farmers Union – Ontario Newsletter The Rural Voice | October 2019 Approximately 70 attendees enjoyed a farm to table dinner on Saturday, Aug. 24...
Farming as Collateral Damage in the Age of Trade Wars
National Farmers Union – Ontario Newsletter The Rural Voice | September 2019 By Don Ciparis, NFU-O President Current trade tensions between China and the United...
The future of Business Risk Management Programs: Agri-Resilience
National Farmers Union – Ontario Newsletter The Rural Voice | August 2019 Canadian farmers are feeling vulnerable to the increasingly unpredictable and extreme weather, and...
NFU-O news
National Farmers Union – Ontario Newsletter The Rural Voice | July 2019 There are many issues and meetings that are responded to and attended in...
Calling on government to protect farm families from animal extremists
National Farmers Union – Ontario Newsletter The Rural Voice | June 2019 Any farmer who reads agricultural news is aware of the increased harassment and...
Young farmers gather to address the future of farming
National Farmers Union – Ontario Newsletter The Rural Voice | May 2019 More than 60 young farmers from across Canada came together March 4-7 outside...
Growing Sustainable Communities: NFU-O AGM and Convention update
National Farmers Union – Ontario Newsletter The Rural Voice | April 2019 In February, the NFU-O held our 2019 convention and AGM in Alliston, Ontario....
Farmers’ role in climate mitigation
National Farmers Union – Ontario Newsletter The Rural Voice | March 2019 This winter has brought extreme polar vortexes seeing wind chills of -50°C, contrasted...