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Federal Government Holds the Keys to an Unprecedented Public Lands Legacy
Media Release: Federal Government Holds the Keys to an Unprecedented Public Lands Legacy ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENCE, ONTARIO NATURE, LAND OVER LANDINGS, NATIONAL FARMERS’ UNION – ONTARIO,...
Media Release: NFU-O Warns Conservation Authority Amalgamation Risks Undermining Decades of Localized Conservation Work
Treaty lands and territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit; Guelph, ON (March 13th, 2026) – The National Farmers Union - Ontario (NFU-O) is dismayed to...
Media Release: NFU-O Demands Withdrawal of Bill 5
Treaty lands and territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit; Guelph, ON (June 4, 2025) — Bill 5, the Protect Ontario by Unleashing our Economy...
Media Release: Addition of the ‘Pickering Airport Lands’ to Rouge National Urban Park a Soaring Achievement, says National Farmers Union
Treaty lands and territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit; Guelph, ON (January 27, 2025) - Chalk up a crucial win for farmland protection. As...
Media Release: Minimum Wage Increases but Agricultural Workers are Still Excluded
Treaty lands and territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit (Guelph, ON) (October 31, 2024) - Ontario’s minimum wage increased to $17.20 on October 1,...
The National Farmers Union – Ontario Digs Senate Recommendations to Publicly-fund Farmer-Informed Protection of Agricultural Soils
Treaty lands and territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit (Guelph, ON) (September 20, 2024) - “There are only two things in farming you can...
Media Release: Farmers are Eager to Clean up Lake Erie, will Governments Listen?
A New National Farmers Union – Ontario Survey and Report Explores Agriculture’s Algal Bloom Problem & Its Solutions Treaty lands and territory of the...
Media Release: Waterloo Region Plows Under Crops While Fields Burn Out West
July 29, 2024 Treaty lands and territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit (Guelph, ON) - On July 24th, 160 acres of corn, intended for...
NFU-O Declares Intimate Partner Violence an Epidemic in Ontario
Between the Lakes Purchase (Treaty 3); Treaty lands and territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit; Guelph, ON (May 15, 2024) - As an accredited...