Farmland Preservation
30Mar’17
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 own it. “The NFU has […]
26Oct’16
Op Ed: Equity or Equitable? – MPAC Assessments Highlight Farmland Challenges
by Emery Huszka, NFU-O President Recently, farm families across Ontario have received MPAC notices reflecting dramatic changes in values. In some cases, assessment estimates are doubled from 2012. MPAC has […]
02Sep’16
Media Release: NFU-O urges retention of Central Experimental Farm for agriculture
NFU-O farmers and board members pose with Losing Our Grip, which highlights the loss of farmland to urban development. (Ottawa, ON) National Farmers Union-Ontario members recently attended the public consultation […]
09Jun’16
Supporters Welcome Prison Farm Feasibility Study
June 8, 2016 KINGSTON, Ontario — Prison farm supporters welcomed the announcement last week that the federal government will conduct a feasibility study on restoring the Kingston prison farms. “We […]
05Feb’16
Saving the Central Experimental Farm and enabling Hospital Renewal
The Honourable Lawrence MacAulay, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food The Honourable Catherine McKenna, Minister of Environment and Climate Change (with responsibility for Parks Canada Agency and National Historic Sites of […]
02Feb’16
Submission to the 2016 Ontario Pre-Budget Consultation
As an organization representing farmers across the province, both in rural and urban communities, the National Farmers Union-Ontario submits the following priorities for the 2016 Ontario Budget. The NFU-O would […]
07Jan’16
Renfrew County National Farmers Union cautiously happy about the prison farm news
WESTMEATH — The recent news article from the CBC stating Kingston’s cows are closer to coming home, is encouraging news to many supporters of the federal prison farm program that […]
17Jan’17
The NFU-O represents farming sector during a meeting of the Senate
On Thursday, December 8 2016, Emery Huszka – NFU-O President and Region 3 Coordinator – spoke at a meeting of the Senate. The meeting was to discuss the study on […]
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