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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...
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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 NFU convenes in Ottawa this November!

National Farmers Union – Ontario Newsletter The Rural Voice | October 2023 If you’ve been reading the Rural Voice, you know that the NFU continues...
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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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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,...
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Camille Yu-San Koon is Cultivating Crops and Community

National Farmers Union – Ontario Newsletter The Rural Voice | August 2023 In 2021, Camille Y u-San Koon found herself searching for work that would...
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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...
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“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...
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NFU-O President engages with policy makers and community leaders to enact change

National Farmers Union – Ontario Newsletter The Rural Voice | May 2023 Ontario farmers face a range of challenges, from the threat of farmland loss...
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