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Open Letter Regarding Schedule 6 of the Budget Measures Act
Dear Honourable Premier and Ministers, The National Farmers Union – Ontario (NFU-O) is an accredited farm organization representing thousands of sustainable family farmers in Ontario and...
Settlement reached in freedom-of-information request
Ontario’s three general farm organizations the Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA), Christian Farmers Federation of Ontario (CFFO) and the National Farmers Union – Ontario (NFU-O) are very pleased to...
Response to Freedom of Information Request for FBR Numbers
Updated August 10, 2020 OMAFRA Notice of Decision. Sent July 14, 2020 foiaccess.omafra@ontario.ca To Whom It May Concern: As an...
NFU-O Statement on the Deaths of Two Migrant Farm Workers
In the past week, Mexican migrant farm workers Bonifacio Eugenio Romero and Rogelio Muñoz Santosa have died of COVID-19 in Southwestern Ontario. They lost their...
Local Food Requires Local Abattoirs says NFU-O
The need for more regional meat processing capacity in Ontario has never been so evident. The closure of two of Canada’s largest beef processors due...
Request for Assistance to Farmers Markets to Meet COVID-19 Measures
The National Farmers Union (NFU) would like to thank Public Health Ontario and all of the Public Health Units across the province for their tireless...
NFU-O Calls on Farmers to Take Climate Action
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 12, 2019 National Farmers Union - Ontario Calls on Farmers to Take Climate Action In 2015, National Farmers...
Milk Busting Myths and Slaying Demons
Canada’s supply management system has come under fire recently after the US President’s visit for the G7 summit. While there are five supply managed commodities,...
A Letter to Premier Elect Ford
June 8, 2018 Dear Premier Elect Ford, Congratulations on your election. As you take office, we hope you’ll keep farmers in mind. As some of...