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The Greenbelt lands are back but why stop there?
December 1, 2023
National Farmers Union – Ontario Newsletter The Rural Voice | December 2023 The NFU-O Calls on Rural Voice readers to help advance Environmental Protection, Food...
Fertile grounds: Exploring alternative land access opportunities
November 1, 2023
National Farmers Union – Ontario Newsletter The Rural Voice | November 2023 The Greenbelt win has shown how important farmland protection is to Ontarians, but...
The NFU convenes in Ottawa this November!
October 1, 2023
National Farmers Union – Ontario Newsletter The Rural Voice | October 2023 If you’ve been reading the Rural Voice, you know that the NFU continues...
The metamorphosis of Lucky Bug Farm
September 1, 2023
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...
Op-Ed: Growing Concerns — Food & Agriculture’s Absence from Public Discourse
September 1, 2023
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,...
Camille Yu-San Koon is Cultivating Crops and Community
August 1, 2023
National Farmers Union – Ontario Newsletter The Rural Voice | August 2023 In 2021, Camille Y u-San Koon found herself searching for work that would...
The fight to protect Ontario’s finite farmland continues: We need you to join the fight!
July 1, 2023
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
June 1, 2023
National Farmers Union – Ontario Newsletter The Rural Voice | June 2023 Across the country, changes in bylaws and regulations are resulting in a massive...
NFU-O President engages with policy makers and community leaders to enact change
May 1, 2023
National Farmers Union – Ontario Newsletter The Rural Voice | May 2023 Ontario farmers face a range of challenges, from the threat of farmland loss...