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Media release: NFU-O Calls on Minister to take action to prevent vomitoxin losses
For immediate release - June 20, 2017 (Florence, ON) The National Farmers Union – Ontario has formally requested that Minister Leal require end users and...
Leveraging the power of consumer advocates and influencers to drive promotion of local food in Ontario
May 29, 2017 — Guelph, ON — The National Farmers Union-Ontario (NFU-O) is teaming up with local food advocates and influencers across the province to increase...
NFU-O applauds the formation of a Prison Farm Advisory Panel
The National Farmers Union - Ontario (NFU-O) applauds the formation of a Prison Farm Advisory Panel by Correctional Services Canada (CSC). The panel is a...
Emery Huszka & Don Ciparis, National Farmers Union: Sustainable Agriculture, Nutrients & Harmful Algal Blooms Presentation
Emery Huszka & Don Ciparis, National Farmers Union: Sustainable Agriculture, Nutrients & Harmful Algal Blooms Presentation from International Joint Commission on Vimeo.
Farmland is for Farmers: NFU-O Presentation to Ontario Farmland Trust
(Orillia, ON) Emery Huszka, NFU-O President, presented at the Ontario Farmland Trust forum on March 30 about the impact to farmland when farmers no longer...
NFU-O asks OMAFRA and MNR for Answers and a Plan for Rabies Cases
In a letter to Minister Leal of Agriculture Food and Rural Affairs and cc’d to Minster of Natural Resources, Kathryn McGarry, the NFU-O raised concerns...
NFU-O Calls for More Funding at International Joint Commission on Great Lakes
(Sarnia) On Wednesday, March 22, Don Ciparis and Emery Huszka of the National Farmers Union-Ontario brought agricultural concerns to the International Joint Commission on the...
Emery Huszka Acclaimed National Farmers Union – Ontario President/NFU Region 3 Coordinator
Photo by Connie Tabbert 2017-2018 NFU-O Council members: Top row: Ayla Fenton, National Board member; Steve Laing, Marcelle Paulin, Paul Dejong, Councillors-at-large; Bottom row: Tony...
NFU-O Celebrates Protection of Central Experimental Farm
(Guelph, ON) The National Farmers Union - Ontario (NFU-O) congratulates the National Capital Commission (NCC) on its guidance of an open and democratic site selection...