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Farmers sound climate change alarm amid unusually wet summer

CBC July 28, 2024 The Westboro Farmers' Market was bustling on Saturday morning, the path running down Byron Linear Park packed with shoppers. A line formed at Stuart Oke's...
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Land Access Stories from the Field: BeetBox Co-op Farm

BeetBox Co-op Farm is an urban vegetable farm in Nepean that grows a variety of fresh and high-quality food, following and exceeding the Canadian Organic...
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Land Access Stories from the Field…a series

National Farmers Union – Ontario Newsletter The Rural Voice | July 2024 Accessing farmland is becoming more and more difficult due to development pressures and...
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Let’s Talk About Improving Nutrient Management

National Farmers Union – Ontario Newsletter The Rural Voice | June 2024 Farmers care about agricultural conservation. Over three quarters of the 246 Ontario farmers...
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Land Access Stories from the Field: Five Haystacks

Five Haystacks Farm is a 45 acre farm in Campbellville, Ontario that is home to Little Wolf Farm, Lawoti Farms, and Carabao Fields. Without farming...
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Land Access Stories from the Field: Root Radical x Redwing Herb Farm

Root Radical is a local organic Community Shared Agriculture (CSA) farm on Howe Island, serving Katarokwi/ Kingston since 2007. Emily and Aric grow diverse seasonal...
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Nine ON Farms featured in Depth of Field: Films About Farming

National Farmers Union – Ontario Newsletter The Rural Voice | April 2024 The National Farmers Union and the award-winning documentary filmmakers of March Forth Creative...
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Young, skilled and ready to innovate, Black farmers are taking on Canada’s agricultural challenges

Globe and Mail March 14, 2024 With Canada facing a looming disaster of having too few farmers as existing operators retire, some see young, racialized...
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Join us in Guelph for the NFU-O AGM and Convention: “Soil: A Matter of Biology”

National Farmers Union – Ontario Newsletter The Rural Voice | March 2024 Mark your calendars! The NFU-O Annual General Meeting (AGM) and Convention will be...
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