Updates from the NFU-O
Explore a wealth of insights and updates, responding to the triumphs and challenges faced by small and mid-size farmers. Here you'll find the NFU-O's policy statements and press releases, shaped by the experiences and feedback of farmers like you.
All News Items
- All News Items
- In the Media
- Policies and Briefs
- Press Releases
Submission to the Provincial Policy Statement Review
The National Farmers Union – Ontario (NFU-O) is an accredited farm organization representing thousands of sustainable family farmers in Ontario and has advocated for farm...
Farming as Collateral Damage in the Age of Trade Wars
Current trade tensions between China and the United States continue unabated while the trading world watches anxiously. The US. will pay its farmers $16 billion...
Submission re Federal, Provincial and Territorial Ministers of Agriculture Meeting
July 5 2019 Canada's Food Policy Concerns - Focus on developing domestic markets and localized distribution systems with direct, fair, and transparent distribution chains;...
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...
NFU-O response to Ontario animal welfare consultation
Communications Branch Ministry of the Solicitor General 25 Grosvenor St, 10th floor Toronto, Ontario M7A 1Y6 The National Farmers Union – Ontario (NFU-O) is...
NFU- O’s Response to Bill 66: Restoring Ontario’s Competitiveness Act
January 16, 2019 RE: 013-4293 Bill 66: Restoring Ontario’s Competitiveness Act, 2018; 013-4125 Proposed open-for-business planning tool; 013-4239 New Regulation under the Planning Act...
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...
A Letter to MPP John Vanthof
June 8, 2018 Dear John Vanthof, Congratulations on your re-election and the NDP’s role as official opposition party. The NFU-O is looking forward to a...