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Joint Statement from NFU-O’s Farm Leaders on Bill 97 and Proposed Provincial Planning Statement
The local leadership of the National Farmers Union – Ontario is united in asking the Ontario government to take pause on its recently released Proposed...
Response to the Proposal to Modernize the Veterinarians Act
Dear Ministry, The NFU-O is pleased to submit feedback on 23-OMAFRA001 A Proposal to Modernize the Veterinarians Act. The NFU-O is an accredited farm organization...
NFU-O Response to the Proposed Amendments to the Provincial Animal Welfare Services Act (2019)
RE: Regulatory Registry posting # 23-SOLGEN007: Proposed Amendments to the Provincial Animal Welfare Services Act, 2019 The National Farmers Union – Ontario (NFU-O) is an...
Open Letter to the Ford Government in Opposition of Farmland Severances
Farmland is Once Again Under Attack in Ontario! The National Farmers Union – Ontario (NFU-O) is calling on the Ford government to abandon its short-sighted...
Farmers and farm organizations are speaking up to protect Ontario’s farmland for farming
Friday, May 19th, 2023 Guelph, ON — The National Farmers Union – Ontario (NFU-O), Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA), and the Christian Farmers Federation of...
Joint Statement from Ontario’s Farm Leaders on Bill 97 & Proposed Provincial Planning Statement
The leadership of Ontario’s agricultural organizations, named below, are united in asking the Ontario government to take pause on its recently released Proposed Provincial Planning...
Letter to City of Pickering about Pickering Airport Lands
To Mayor Ashe and Pickering City Council, The National Farmers Union-Ontario (NFU-O) wishes to congratulate Pickering City Council for its April 24, 2023 vote in...
Letter to Durham Region Leadership Urging Against Urban Boundary Expansion
To Durham Region Leadership, The National Farmers Union – Ontario (NFU-O) urges the Regional Municipality of Durham Council at its special meeting on May 17th...
No Need to Expand Urban Boundaries to Meet Housing Targets in Greater Golden Horseshoe by 2031
February 27, 2023 Toronto, Treaty lands and traditional territories Mississaugas of the Credit and the ancestral territories of the Haudenosaunee and Wendat people. For immediate...