Ontario Farmers for Agricultural Conservation
This report examines farmer attitudes and perceptions of nutrient management, including the risks and solutions to water
contamination from animal manure and the agricultural application of nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizer.
The Canadian Farm Resilience Agency (2024)
This two-page brief summarizes the NFU’s proposed plan for a Canadian Farm Resilience Agency (CFRA): a new institution to lead agricultural emission reduction and climate adaptation.
Read MoreFarm Business Registration 101
A guide that aims to provide answers to all your questions about Ontario’s Farm Business Registration (FBR) program.
Read MoreNFU-O Member Handbook
A guide to everything you need to know about being a member of the NFU-O.
Read MoreFarmland Rental Agreement (Template)
A farmland rental agreement template, prepared by Farm & Food Care Ontario.
Read MoreWho will feed us? New farmer perspectives on agriculture for the future (2021)
This report lays out a road-map for a holistic approach to food systems transformation, from the perspective of new farmers, and how we begin building it together.
Read MoreReframing the Farm Labour Crisis in Ontario (2021)
This report chronicles agricultural labour issues on small and mid-sized farms and concludes with a series of recommendations for building farm employer and farm worker capacity and municipal, provincial, and/or federal support and legislation to address those labour issue.
Read MoreImagine If: A Vision of a Near-Zero-Emission Farm and Food System for Canada (2021)
This report takes a 2030 viewpoint and invites readers to imagine a wide range of positive policies and on-farm measures implemented in the 2020s to reduce food-system emissions and increase resilience and sustainability.
Read MoreTaking Stock of Abattoir Regulations (2021)
This report reviews provincial regulations on slaughter, meat processing (cut/wrap), and marketing across Canada.
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