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A green tractor in a field cutting hay in Ontario.

The flyer for the growing sustainable communities region 3 convention and NFU-O AGM.

Join us for the NFU-O AGM – The power of food: how to build community in the 21st century

February 1, 2019

National Farmers Union – Ontario Newsletter The Rural Voice | February 2019 Join us February 21-23 at the Gibson Centre - 63 Tupper Street West,...

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Whose seed?

January 1, 2019

National Farmers Union – Ontario Newsletter The Rural Voice | January 2019 Seed Synergy, the corporate seed industry lobby group, is pushing the federal government...

Year in review – strengthening local relationships

December 1, 2018

National Farmers Union – Ontario Newsletter The Rural Voice | December 2018 What an amazing year the NFU-O has had! We’d like to look back...

Encouraging a new generation of farmers

November 1, 2018

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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Farmland, water protection and new farmers should be top priorities for new government

September 1, 2018

National Farmers Union – Ontario Newsletter The Rural Voice | September 2018 Recently, the NFU-O asked you how the new Ontario government could best support...

Save our swallows with Nature Canada

August 1, 2018

National Farmers Union – Ontario Newsletter The Rural Voice | August 2018 By Ted Cheskey and Brodie Badcock-Parks Nature Canada Everyone loves swallows, the busy...