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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...
Submission re. Amendments to Regulation 244/97 and Provincial Standards under the Aggregate Resources Act
The National Farmers Union – Ontario (NFU-O) is an accredited farm organization representing thousands of farmers in Ontario and has advocated for farm families across...
Trade injury letter to Minister Hardeman – NFU-O & CFFO
February 21, 2020 Dear Minister Hardeman, As Ontario farmers prepare their cropping, livestock and business plans for the 2020 farming season, the obvious...
Response to Bill 156 – Security from Trespass and Protecting Food Safety Act, 2019.
February 18, 2020 Dear Minister Hardeman, On behalf of the membership of the NFU-O, we would like offer our backing for Bill 156...
Bill 136: An Act to enact the Provincial Animal Welfare Services Act
To the Honourable Sylvia Jones, The National Farmers Union – Ontario gratefully received a copy of the first draft of Bill 136, An Act...
Bill 132: Better for People, Smarter for Business Act, 2019
The National Farmers Union – Ontario is an accredited general farm organization. We believe that agriculture should be economically, socially, and environmentally sustainable. Our organization...
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...