Publications Publications
2013
Jun 11, 2013
Bee Careful! A precautionary approach to neonicitinoids
Turning off the lights in Canada
The New Cereals Council of Canada – The Best Corporate Lobbying Your Check-off Dollars Can Buy
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Jun 11, 2013
Message from the Editor
Presidential and Regional Reports
OP ED: Conference Board Food Strategy Consultation a Smokescreen
The Paul Beingessner Award for Excellence in Writing
Proposed Low-Level Presence Policy Serves Biotech Seed Industry, not Farmers
Food Sovereignty, Faith and Community: Diverse...
May 1, 2013
Day of Action against GM Alfalfa a Huge Success
NFU Submits Feedback on Fracking to Alberta Regulator
CETA Tactics Phoney Baloney? Beef and Pork Access Issue Lacks Credibility
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Apr 2, 2013
The case for preventing the introduction of Roundup Ready Alfalfa.
Report published by the Canadian Biotechnology Action Network (CBAN), April 2013.
Executive Summary:
Alfalfa is an important crop in diverse farming systems, and is widely grown in Canada. In fact, alfalfa is
one of the largest...
Mar 15, 2013
Message from the Editor
Presidential and Regional Reports
Around the World: News from the International Program Committee
The Civil Society Mechanism, Rome
Seeds: the Root of Power: LVC Biodiversity Commission Seeds Meeting in Paris, France, October 2012
LVC Meetings in Mexico...
Mar 14, 2013
The Price of Patented Seed — The Value of Farm-Saved Seed
GF2 Strategic Initiatives Fund Accelerates Globalization and Stalls Food Sovereignty
Are our pension funds retiring the family farm?
Working Hard to Keep the PFRA Community Pastures Public
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Mar 7, 2013
by Susan MacVittie, published in the Watershed Sentinel, March/April 2013
In March 2011, ethnic Maya Q’eqchi communities of smallholder farmers in southern Guatemala were violently evicted by state security forces from land they had farmed for generations. About 3,200 people from 14...
Mar 6, 2013
From the book:
The NFU was formed in 1969 through a merger of the Saskatchewan Farmers Union, the Ontario Farmers Union, the Farmers Union of British Columbia, and the Farmers Union of Alberta. In addition to these provincial unions, farmers from the Maritime provinces—not organized...
Feb 27, 2013
According to media reports, the last stages of negotiating the Canada – European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) are stalled due to a few very difficult issues, with agriculture being one of the most important. Many business-oriented commentators are framing the matter...
Jan 2, 2013
Presidents' Reports
National Farmers Foundation Report to Donors
The Beingessner Award for Excellence in Writing
Transportation Level of Service Legislation More Government Hype than Farmer Help
Convention Highlights 2012:
Supply Management: Unscrambling the Eggs
UPOV '91 ... Again -...
2012
Nov 7, 2012
Union Farmer Newsletter - October 2012
Should Ecological Goods and Services be part of the Ontario Local Food Act?
Frying our Bacon: Globalization, Competitiveness and Canadian Hog Policy
Oct 4, 2012
October 1, 2012
Dear Sir/Madam:
Further to letters written to you under dates July 16th, July 24th, August 1st and August 20th, the Renfrew County National Farmers Union Executive has instructed me to again update the above on the 2012 drought situation many farmers in Renfrew County continue to...
Sep 28, 2012
Union Farmer Quarterly: Fall 2012
Presidential and Regional Reports
Business Risk Management: Off-loading costs by downsizing programs?
NFU National Convention 2012 — Democracy in Action
Action against CETA in Ontario – NFU members making a difference
Rio + 20: “The Future We...
Sep 24, 2012
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September 24, 2012
re.AgriRecovery Assessment for Drought in Ontario
The NFU – Ontario sent a survey to members and received responses...
Sep 12, 2012
The Convention Pamphlet for the 43rd Annual National Convention is now available. Download the PDF here.
Sep 7, 2012
Notes for Remarks to Carleton University – September 5, 2012
By Allan R. Gregg
“Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities” – Voltaire
In his novel 1984, George Orwell paints a portrait of a nightmarish future where rights that we now take for...
Aug 16, 2012
Click here to see the NFU in New Brunswick's August E-Newsletter
Jul 24, 2012
The Ram's Horn is a monthly newsletter with stories and analysis of what is happening in the food system, locally and globally. It is published more or less monthly; subscriptions cover 10 issues, which is generally one year of publications.
Briefly (it's only 8 pages) and pointedly,...
Jun 14, 2012
The global food system is in profound crisis. More than a billion people suffer from hunger, and their numbers are rising faster than the global population. Yet more than enough food is produced to feed everybody in the world. At the same time we are heading deeper into a global climate crisis, for...
Jun 14, 2012
This three-part book 'pulls back the curtain on disturbing technological and corporate trends that are already reshaping our world and that will become crucial battlegrounds for civil society in the years ahead.'
Vandana Shiva, Founder, Research Foundation for Science, Technology and...