Land Stewardship
22Apr’22
Response to Proposed Amendment to the Greenbelt Plan & Ideas for Adding or Expanding Urban River Valleys
RE: ERO #019-4485 Proposed Amendment to the Greenbelt Plan, Proposed Amendment to the Greenbelt Area boundary Regulation O. Reg. 59/05, ERO 019-4483; and Ideas for Adding or Expanding Urban River […]
20Jan’22
Letter to Oakville Town Council Opposing the Halton Region Urban Boundary Expansion
Dear Mayor Burton and Town Council, We are sending this letter on behalf of the National Farmers Union – Ontario (NFU-O) and the NFU-O Local 351, representing Hamilton, Brant […]
17Aug’21
Submission to Health Canada on Potential Environmental Risk Related to Squash Bee Exposure to Neonicotinoids (PSRD2021-02)
Neonicotinoid Cucurbit uses (Crop group 9: cucumber, melon, squash) At time of special review initiation in 2014(REV2014-06) Changes to registration based on mitigation for cucurbit uses following pollinator re-evaluation decisions(RVD2019-04; RVD2019-05; RVD2019-06) […]
26Aug’20
Conservation Authorities Letter to Premier
Dear Premier Ford, We, the 112 undersigned organizations, call on the Government of Ontario to retain the current mandate of the province’s 36 Conservation Authorities in protecting, restoring and […]
20Apr’20
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 Ontario and Canada since 1969. […]
14Jun’19
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 Union – Ontario (NFU-O) board […]
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 […]
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