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

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?

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

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...
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Encouraging a new generation of farmers

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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Save our swallows with Nature Canada

National Farmers Union – Ontario Newsletter The Rural Voice | August 2018 By Ted Cheskey and Brodie Badcock-Parks Nature Canada Everyone loves swallows, the busy...
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Mitigating the effects of extreme weather events through soil health

National Farmers Union – Ontario Newsletter The Rural Voice | July 2018 By Tony Straathof It’s early June, and now that the planting is complete,...
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