Taxpayers’ dollars used to plough under crops
Niagara-on-the-Lake Local July 30, 2024 NEWS RELEASE NATIONAL FARMERS UNION–ONTARIO ************************ On July 24th, 160 acres of corn, intended for animal silage, in Wilmot Township...
Region of Waterloo criticized after corn crop on newly purchased Wilmot lands plowed over
CBC Lite July 30, 2024 The Region of Waterloo is being criticized for plowing down a corn crop on land it recently purchased in Wilmot...
Growing Concerns: The Pushback Against Land Expropriation in Wilmot
National Farmers Union – Ontario Newsletter The Rural Voice | May 2024 In early January, farmers and landowners of 770+ acres of prime agricultural land...
Manufacturing “mega-site” on prime farmland is a mega-mistake
Farmers Forum April 3, 2024 GUELPH – Converting 770 acres of prime agricultural land in Wilmot Township into a “mega-site” for an unspecified manufacturing operation is...
The Greenbelt lands are back but why stop there?
National Farmers Union – Ontario Newsletter The Rural Voice | December 2023 The NFU-O Calls on Rural Voice readers to help advance Environmental Protection, Food...
The fight to protect Ontario’s finite farmland continues: We need you to join the fight!
National Farmers Union – Ontario Newsletter The Rural Voice | July 2023 Once again, farmland is under attack in Ontario. On April 6, 2023, the...
More Farmland Lost Faster: What Bill 23 and Development on Greenbelt-protected Land Will Really Accomplish
National Farmers Union – Ontario Newsletter The Rural Voice | January 2023 Undemocratically pushed through before the window for public consultation had been closed, let...
NFU-O members weigh in on Ontario’s Greenbelt: to grow or not to grow?
National Farmers Union – Ontario Newsletter The Rural Voice | May 2021 Ontario’s Greenbelt is the world’s largest with two million acres of protected farmland,...
Farmland, water protection and new farmers should be top priorities for new government
National Farmers Union – Ontario Newsletter The Rural Voice | September 2018 Recently, the NFU-O asked you how the new Ontario government could best support...