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Resources

• Farms At Work: Making Good Farmland Agreements - 13 juin 2025
• NFU-O 2025 Human Resource Workshops - 10 juin 2025
• Fields of Opportunity: A Guide for Alternative Farmland Access - 2 mai 2025
• Rooting For Tomorrow: An Equitable Land Access Policy Framework for Ontario’s Next-Generation Farmers - 2 mai 2025
• Farmers’ Voices Matter 2025 Series - 31 mars 2025
• Findfarmland.ca - 6 Décembre 2024
• Ontario Farmers for Agricultural Conservation - 30 mai 2024
• The Canadian Farm Resilience Agency (2024) - 13 mai 2024
• Farm Business Registration 101 - 15 Décembre 2023
• Find Farmland (Land Listings) - 21 novembre 2023
• NFU-O Service Standard - 1 mai 2023
• Land Linking & Farmland Conservation (Workshop Recordings) - 21 octobre 2022
• Farmland Rental Agreement (Template) - 24 février 2022
• Who will feed us? New farmer perspectives on agriculture for the future (2021) - 10 novembre 2021
• Reframing the Farm Labour Crisis in Ontario (2021) - 15 juin 2021
• Imagine If: A Vision of a Near-Zero-Emission Farm and Food System for Canada (2021) - 18 mars 2021
• Taking Stock of Abattoir Regulations (2021) - 24 février 2021
• Tackling the Farm Crisis & the Climate Crisis (2019) - 2 février 2019
• Local food advocacy includes academics! - 24 juin 2018
• Local Food and the Environment - 24 juin 2018
• Toolkit for Non-Family Farm Transfer - 18 octobre 2016

Issues

• Soil & Water Health - 27 mai 2025
• Land Access - 27 mai 2025
• Farm Labour - 25 mai 2025
• Food Sovereignty - 15 septembre 2023
• Farmland Protection - 15 septembre 2023
• Climate Change & Biodiversity - 15 septembre 2023

Projects and Research

• Climate Action - 15 septembre 2023
• New Farmer Training Program - 15 septembre 2023
• Farm Labour - 15 septembre 2023
• Land Access - 15 septembre 2023

Locals

• Local 303 - 8 novembre 2024
• Local 308 - 8 novembre 2024
• Local 362 - 10 septembre 2024
• Local 353 - 10 septembre 2024
• Local 351 - 10 septembre 2024
• Local 347 - 10 septembre 2024
• Local 345 - 10 septembre 2024
• Local 344 - 10 septembre 2024
• Local 341 - 10 septembre 2024
• Local 340 - 9 septembre 2024
• Local 335 - 9 septembre 2024
• Local 334 - 9 septembre 2024
• Local 333 - 9 septembre 2024
• Local 330 - 9 septembre 2024
• Local 328 - 9 septembre 2024
• Local 320 - 9 septembre 2024
• Local 318 - 9 septembre 2024
• Local 312 - 21 novembre 2023
• Local 310 - 21 novembre 2023
• Local 305 - 21 novembre 2023
• Local 306 - 21 novembre 2023
• Local 301 - 21 novembre 2023
• Local 316 - 19 octobre 2023

News

• Re: ERO 025-1099 Consultation on simplifying and standardizing official plans and ERO 025- 1097 Proposed Changes to the Planning Act (Schedule 10 of Bill 60 – the Fighting Delays, Building Faster Act, 2025) - 21 novembre 2025
• Re: ERO 025-1077 Consultation on Proposed Special Economic Zones Criteria - 21 novembre 2025
• Re: ERO #025-1077 – Consultation on Proposed Special Economic Zones Criteria - 21 novembre 2025
• Re: ERO 025-0908 – Developing guidance on section 16 activities under the Species Conservation Act, 2025 - 21 novembre 2025
• Re: ERO 025-0909 – Proposed legislative and regulatory amendments to enable the Species Conservation Act, 2025. - 20 novembre 2025
• Letter to the City of Pickering Re: Northeast Pickering Secondary Plan - 17 novembre 2025
• Broad Coalition of Civil Society Organizations Presents Legislative Petition to Repeal Bill 5 - 3 novembre 2025
• Media Release: NFU-O Demands Withdrawal of Bill 5 - 4 juin 2025
• 2 MPPs have proposed an Ontario foodbelt. Could it help tariff-proof the ag sector? - 19 mai 2025
• NFU-O Recommendations for the 2025 Ontario Budget - 8 mai 2025
• Joint Statement: 2025 Ontario Budget Recommendations - 8 mai 2025
• Media Release: Addition of the ‘Pickering Airport Lands’ to Rouge National Urban Park a Soaring Achievement, says National Farmers Union - 28 janvier 2025
• NFU-O Nuclear Emergency Preparedness and Response Consultation Letter - 20 janvier 2025
• Joint Response: Redside Dace Recovery Strategy (Caruthers Creek Watershed) - 2 Décembre 2024
• Response: Highway 413 Act Joint Letter - 20 novembre 2024
• Response: Bill 212 Joint Letter - 20 novembre 2024
• NFU-O Response to Reducing Gridlock – Saving You Time Act, Building Highways Faster Act, and Highway 413 Act - 19 novembre 2024
• Media Release: Minimum Wage Increases but Agricultural Workers are Still Excluded - 31 octobre 2024
• Letter to Prime Minister Trudeau Regarding the Federal Pickering Lands - 25 septembre 2024
• The National Farmers Union – Ontario Digs Senate Recommendations to Publicly-fund Farmer-Informed Protection of Agricultural Soils - 20 septembre 2024
• Media Release: Farmers are Eager to Clean up Lake Erie, will Governments Listen? - 29 août 2024
• NFU-O Response to Regulating Commercial-Scale Geologic Carbon Storage Projects in Ontario - 26 août 2024
• Media Release: Waterloo Region Plows Under Crops While Fields Burn Out West - 29 juillet 2024
• FPT Roundtable: Letter to Minister Flack - 4 juillet 2024
• NFU-O Declares Intimate Partner Violence an Epidemic in Ontario - 15 mai 2024
• NFU-O Response to Bill 185 and the Proposed PPS (2024) - 13 mai 2024
• Letter to Minister Smith Regarding Green Energy Procurement Guidelines - 30 avril 2024
• Joint Letter to Premier Ford Regarding Threat to Farmland in Wilmot - 16 avril 2024
• Joint Letter to Elected Officials in the Region of Waterloo Regarding Threat to Farmland in Wilmot - 16 avril 2024
• Letter to Elected Officials in the Region of Waterloo Regarding Threat of Wilmot Farmland Expropriation - 16 avril 2024
• Letter to Premier Ford Regarding Threat of Wilmot Farmland Expropriation - 16 avril 2024
• Max Hansgen Acclaimed National Farmers Union – Ontario President / NFU Region 3 Coordinator for Second Term - 8 avril 2024
• A Manufacturing “Mega-Site” on Prime Farmland is a Mega-Mistake, says the National Farmers Union – Ontario - 2 avril 2024
• NFU-O Response to the Get it Done Act (Bill 162) - 1 avril 2024
• Letter to Minister of Finance re: 2024 Budget Consultation - 9 février 2024
• NFU-O Response To Restored Protections to Duffins Rouge Agricultural Preserve - 29 novembre 2023
• NFU-O Response to Proposal to Return Lands to the Greenbelt - 29 novembre 2023
• Ford’s Return of Greenbelt Lands is Vindication for NFU-O Farmers and their Supporters - 22 septembre 2023
• NFU-O Response to New Heat Stress Regulation Under the Occupational Health & Safety Act - 18 septembre 2023
• Reprimands are not Enough: Rescind Greenbelt Removals, says National Farmers Union – Ontario - 1 septembre 2023
• Media Release: NFU-O Calls for Reversal of Decision to Develop the Greenbelt and Reinstatement of Proper Public Consultations and Planning Processes - 10 août 2023
• NFU-O Response to Terms of Reference for Rouge National Urban Park Study - 26 juin 2023
• Response to Proposed Policies adapted from A Place to Grow and Provincial Policy Statement - 5 juin 2023
• Joint Statement from NFU-O’s Farm Leaders on Bill 97 and Proposed Provincial Planning Statement - 31 mai 2023
• Response to the Proposal to Modernize the Veterinarians Act - 30 mai 2023
• NFU-O Response to the Proposed Amendments to the Provincial Animal Welfare Services Act (2019) - 25 mai 2023
• Open Letter to the Ford Government in Opposition of Farmland Severances - 19 mai 2023
• Farmers and farm organizations are speaking up to protect Ontario’s farmland for farming - 19 mai 2023
• Joint Statement from Ontario’s Farm Leaders on Bill 97 & Proposed Provincial Planning Statement - 18 mai 2023
• Letter to City of Pickering about Pickering Airport Lands - 11 mai 2023
• Letter to Durham Region Leadership Urging Against Urban Boundary Expansion - 10 mai 2023
• No Need to Expand Urban Boundaries to Meet Housing Targets in Greater Golden Horseshoe by 2031 - 9 mars 2023
• Letter to Minister of Finance re: 2023 Budget Consultation - 10 février 2023
• Letter to PM About the Urgent Need for Parks Canada Acquisition of Duffins Rouge Agricultural Preserve - 10 janvier 2023
• Joint Response to A Place to Grow and Provincial Policy Statement (ERO 019-6177 - 23 Décembre 2022
• Review of A Place to Grow and Provincial Policy Statement (ERO 019-6177) - 22 Décembre 2022
• Feedback on the Rural Agricultural Landscape Program (RALP) Consultation - 20 Décembre 2022
• Response to Proposed Planning Act and City of Toronto Act Changes (ERO 019-6163) - 9 Décembre 2022
• Open Letter to Premier Doug Ford and The Ontario Legislative Assembly: Repeal Bill 23 Immediately  - 5 Décembre 2022
• Response to Proposed Amendments to the Greenbelt Plan and Greenbelt Area boundary regulation (ERO 019-6216 & ERO 019-6217) - 4 Décembre 2022
• Joint Submission to Proposed Amendments to the Greenbelt Plan and Greenbelt Area boundary regulation (ERO 019-6216 & ERO 019-6217) - 1 Décembre 2022
• A Grow Ontario Strategy Should Prioritize Sustainable, Accessible, and Climate-friendly Local Food Systems - 1 Décembre 2022
• Open Letter to Premier Ford about Farmland Loss - 28 novembre 2022
• Response to Proposed Revocation of Central Pickering Development Plan (ERO 019-6174) - 24 novembre 2022
• Response to Proposed Changes to the Ontario Wetland Evaluation System (ERO 019-6160) - 24 novembre 2022
• Response to Proposed Changes to the Conservations Authorities Act (ERO 019-6141) - 24 novembre 2022
• Joint Response to Proposed Changes to Ontario Wetland Evaluation System (ERO 019-6160) - 24 novembre 2022
• The Problems with Bill 23 and the Proposal to Remove Lands from the Greenbelt - 22 novembre 2022
• Massive Coalition of Groups Unite to Condemn Ford Government’s Secret Sprawl Plans - 21 novembre 2022
• “More Sprawl, Built Irresponsibly:” What Bill 23 and Development on Greenbelt-protected Land Will Really Accomplish - 18 novembre 2022
• NFU-O Stands in Solidarity with CUPE Ontario Education Workers - 4 novembre 2022
• Ontario Urgently Needs its Own Land Grabbing Prevention Legislation - 26 août 2022
• Letter to Durham Regional Leadership and Envision Durham Regarding Proposed Growth Plan - 24 mai 2022
• Key Agricultural Election Issues 2022 - 20 mai 2022
• Joint Letter Response to The Proposed Community Infrastructure and Housing Accelerator Tool and Resulting Risk to Farmland, Drinking Water, and Natural Areas - 29 avril 2022
• Response to Proposed Guidelines for Community Infrastructure and Housing Accelerator - 29 avril 2022
• Response to Housing Needs in Rural and Northern Municipalities - 29 avril 2022
• Response to Proposed Amendment to the Greenbelt Plan and Ideas for Adding or Expanding Urban River Valleys - 22 avril 2022
• Letter to Niagara Regional Leadership Regarding Settlement Area Boundary Review - 7 février 2022
• Letter to Wilmot Township in Response to Proposed Ministerial Zoning Order (MZO) - 31 janvier 2022
• Letter to Minister Bethlenfalvy Regarding the 2022 Budget Consultation - 26 janvier 2022
• Letter to Minister Thompson Regarding the Kemptville College Farm Property - 20 janvier 2022
• Letter to Oakville Town Council Opposing the Halton Region Urban Boundary Expansion - 20 janvier 2022
• Letter to Minister of Environment and Climate Change Canada Re: Bradford Bypass Designation - 20 Décembre 2021
• Response to Proposed Changes to Ontario Energy Board (OEB) Act Re: Third-Party Net-Metering Arrangements - 17 Décembre 2021
• Joint Letter Requesting Federal Impact Assessment of Bradford Bypass - 16 Décembre 2021
• NFU-O Welcomes Meat Processors Capacity Improvement Initiative Announcement - 22 novembre 2021
• NFU-O Commends Strategic Agri-Food Processing Fund Announcement - 11 novembre 2021
• Response to Proposed Changes to the ESA (ERO 019 4280) - 5 novembre 2021
• Joint Submission to Delay of Protection for Black Ash under the ESA (ERO 019-4278) - 5 novembre 2021
• National Farmers Union Statement re: National Day for Truth and Reconciliation - 29 septembre 2021
• Response to Proposed Changes to Combine the Grains Act, the Livestock and Livestock Products Act and the Farm Products Payments Act - 27 août 2021
• Response to Greater Golden Horseshoe Transportation Plan - 27 août 2021
• Joint Response to Chatham-Kent Temporary Clear Cutting By-law (72-2021) - 19 août 2021
• Submission to Health Canada on Potential Environmental Risk Related to Squash Bee Exposure to Neonicotinoids (PSRD2021-02) - 17 août 2021
• Joint Letter to Minister Bibeau in Response to Drought Conditions in Northwestern Ontario - 22 juillet 2021
• Submission to Pest Management Regulatory Agency Consultation on Glyphosate, Proposed Maximum Residue Limit (PMRL2021-10) - 22 juillet 2021
• NFU-O announces new report: “Reframing the Farm Labour Crisis in Ontario” - 15 juillet 2021
• Welcome Letter to New Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Minister Thompson - 15 juillet 2021
• Follow-up Letter to Minister Clark Regarding Growing the Greenbelt Discussion - 15 juillet 2021
• Response to Regulatory proposals (Phase 1) under the Conservation Authorities Act (ERO 019-2986) - 28 juin 2021
• Response to Ontario’s Strategy to Address the Threat of Invasive Wild Pigs (ERO 019-3468) - 10 juin 2021
• Follow-up Letter to Minister Hardeman Regarding Next Policy Framework - 21 mai 2021
• The NFU-O Supports Immediate Paid Sick Leave Legislation - 23 avril 2021
• Farm Organizations, Nature Conservancy Groups Protest MZOs - 4 mars 2021
• Comments on Proposed Water Quality Management Framework (ERO 019-2017) - 5 février 2021
• A Call to Amend Planning Act with Respect to Municipal Zoning Orders and Section 47 (ERO 019-2811) - 29 janvier 2021
• Follow-up Letter to Minister Hardeman Regarding Ontario Abattoir Capacity Shortage - 28 janvier 2021
• 2020 NFU-O Year in Review - 11 Décembre 2020
• Open Letter Regarding Schedule 6 of the Budget Measures Act - 7 Décembre 2020
• Settlement reached in freedom-of-information request - 12 novembre 2020
• NFU-O Shares Results of Abattoir Survey with Minister Hardeman - 5 novembre 2020
• Conservation Authorities Letter to Premier - 26 août 2020
• Carruthers Creek MZO Request - 25 août 2020
• Reflections and Proposals on “A Place to Grow: Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe” (ERO 019-1679 & ERO 019-1680) - 30 juillet 2020
• Response to Freedom of Information Request for FBR Numbers - 14 juillet 2020
• NFU-O Statement on the Deaths of Two Migrant Farm Workers - 8 juin 2020
• Local Food Requires Local Abattoirs says NFU-O - 8 mai 2020
• Request for Assistance to Farmers Markets to Meet COVID-19 Measures - 21 avril 2020
• Submission re. Amendments to Regulation 244/97 and Provincial Standards under the Aggregate Resources Act - 20 avril 2020
• Trade injury letter to Minister Hardeman – NFU-O & CFFO - 18 mars 2020
• Response to Bill 156 – Security from Trespass and Protecting Food Safety Act, 2019. - 18 mars 2020
• Bill 136: An Act to enact the Provincial Animal Welfare Services Act - 3 Décembre 2019
• Bill 132: Better for People, Smarter for Business Act, 2019 - 3 Décembre 2019
• Submission to the Provincial Policy Statement Review - 22 octobre 2019
• Farming as Collateral Damage in the Age of Trade Wars - 3 octobre 2019
• Submission re Federal, Provincial and Territorial Ministers of Agriculture Meeting - 22 août 2019
• NFU-O Calls on Farmers to Take Climate Action - 14 juin 2019
• NFU-O response to Ontario animal welfare consultation - 6 juin 2019
• NFU- O’s Response to Bill 66: Restoring Ontario’s Competitiveness Act - 5 février 2019
• Milk Busting Myths and Slaying Demons - 15 juin 2018
• A Letter to Premier Elect Ford - 8 juin 2018
• A Letter to MPP John Vanthof - 8 juin 2018
• A Letter to MPP Mike Schreiner - 8 juin 2018
• Op Ed: Water is a Necessary Election Issue - 5 juin 2018
• Op Ed: Water is a Necessary Election Issue - 5 juin 2018
• Op Ed: Beyond the Election: Protecting Farmland for the Future - 4 mai 2018
• Prison Farms to Re-open at Kingston - 28 février 2018
• Local 344 – Member Newsletter - 8 février 2018
• NFU-O responds to OMAFRA’s draft agricultural soil health and conservation strategy - 3 janvier 2018
• Op Ed: Looking a gift card in the mouth: what Loblaw’s price-fixing is signaling about the future for Canadian farmers - 21 Décembre 2017
• Support the NFU-O this holiday season! - 15 Décembre 2017
• Save the Date! – Region 3 Convention & NFU-O AGM - 15 Décembre 2017
• November 2017 Newsletter – Local 328 - 10 novembre 2017
• November 2017 Newsletter – Local 312 - 7 novembre 2017
• Thinking outside the (garden) Box - 14 septembre 2017
• Media release: NFU-O Calls on Minister to take action to prevent vomitoxin losses - 20 juin 2017
• Leveraging the power of consumer advocates and influencers to drive promotion of local food in Ontario - 31 mai 2017
• NFU-O applauds the formation of a Prison Farm Advisory Panel - 12 mai 2017
• Emery Huszka & Don Ciparis, National Farmers Union: Sustainable Agriculture, Nutrients & Harmful Algal Blooms Presentation - 9 mai 2017
• Farmland is for Farmers: NFU-O Presentation to Ontario Farmland Trust - 30 mars 2017
• NFU-O asks OMAFRA and MNR for Answers and a Plan for Rabies Cases - 29 mars 2017
• NFU-O Calls for More Funding at International Joint Commission on Great Lakes - 24 mars 2017
• Emery Huszka Acclaimed National Farmers Union – Ontario President/NFU Region 3 Coordinator - 10 mars 2017
• NFU-O discusses Standing Rock and Pipeline on CKDM News - 1 Décembre 2016
• NFU-O Celebrates Protection of Central Experimental Farm - 24 novembre 2016
• NFU-O President addresses agricultural transportation issues to Ministries - 3 novembre 2016
• Op Ed: Equity or Equitable? – MPAC Assessments Highlight Farmland Challenges - 26 octobre 2016
• Media Release: NFU-O urges retention of Central Experimental Farm for agriculture - 2 septembre 2016
• Media Release: NFU-O Commends Climate Change Action Plan; Regulations are The Critical Piece - 15 juin 2016
• Op Ed: Bottling Canada’s Food Policies – What the debate over ketchup says about the future of farming - 31 mars 2016
• Emery Huszka New National Farmers Union – Ontario President/NFU Region 3 Coordinator - 15 mars 2016
• Submission to the 2016 Ontario Pre-Budget Consultation - 2 février 2016
• Coloured Diesel for Food Production Not to Subsidize Road Maintenance says NFU-O - 15 janvier 2016
• Groups call on Ontario Energy Board to do its job, review plan to sell Hydro One - 4 novembre 2015
• Recommendations to the Ontario Chicken Industry Consultation on Allocating Future Growth - 6 février 2015
• Recommendations to the Ontario Chicken Industry Consultation on Allocating Future Growth - 6 février 2015
• Precautionary approach, support for farmers vital to neonic strategy, says NFU - 28 janvier 2015