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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...
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...
Op-Ed: Growing Concerns — Food & Agriculture’s Absence from Public Discourse
By Brendan Grant We’ve tried our best recently to refrain from using the “F” word, but with rapidly shortening days, some very chilly recent nights,...
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...
“Planting the Seed”: Growing Native Plants
National Farmers Union – Ontario Newsletter The Rural Voice | June 2023 Across the country, changes in bylaws and regulations are resulting in a massive...
Genetic Modification: New developments a concern for farmers?
National Farmers Union – Ontario Newsletter The Rural Voice | April 2023 Farm papers are full of articles about possible new genetically modified (GM or...
Documentary filmmakers help build trust between Canadian consumers and food sector
National Farmers Union – Ontario Newsletter The Rural Voice | February 2023 As farmers, we are all aware that most consumers do not know enough...
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...
This is our last, best chance for effective climate action in agriculture
National Farmers Union – Ontario Newsletter The Rural Voice | August 2022 Provinces are currently negotiating with the Federal government to finalize the most important...