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Urban Fresh Produce: Chadwick Lewis’ Farming Journey

National Farmers Union – Ontario Newsletter The Rural Voice | July 2025 Farming on public lands or community farms are two alternative ways for some...
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Turning Around a Farmland Transition Crisis — The Perpetual Purpose Trust

National Farmers Union – Ontario Newsletter The Rural Voice | June 2025 Submitted by Dr. Thorsten Arnold, Grey County Across rural North America, a quiet...
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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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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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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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Fertile grounds: Exploring alternative land access opportunities

National Farmers Union – Ontario Newsletter The Rural Voice | November 2023 The Greenbelt win has shown how important farmland protection is to Ontarians, but...
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The metamorphosis of Lucky Bug Farm

National Farmers Union – Ontario Newsletter The Rural Voice | September 2023 When the COVID-19 pandemic began, Aliyah Fraser was an urban planner. Months later, she...
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