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SUMMARY:Organic Seed Production
DESCRIPTION:Organic Vegetable Seed Production is a self-directed\, online\, 8 week\, comprehensive intermediate course focused on delivering the science and business of organic vegetable seed production. The course is national in scope but provides opportunities for learning and mentorship specific to your region.  \nDuring this 8 week course\, students will be offered a self-directed learning experience with live opportunities for mentorship with established Canadian seed growers and networking opportunities with their student peers but no formal instruction. \nStudents will be offered “office hours” with mentors – established Canadian seed growers – where they may ask questions and seek guidance on course materials and assessments as well as receive feedback on their seed crop plan. Students will have the opportunity to enroll in a regionally delivered farmer mentorship program to support continued hands-on learning throughout the growing season. Outside of a mandatory orientation session\, students are not required to participate in these live opportunities in order to successfully complete the course\, although it is strongly encouraged for a full learning experience.
URL:https://www.nfu.ca/event/organic-seed-production/
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SUMMARY:Holistic Marketing & Business Planning
DESCRIPTION:This interactive online course steps you through the basics of using the Holistic Management decision-making framework to guide you in your marketing and business planning. You will have the opportunity to develop your business model and explore marketing options so that you can more effectively create your marketing and business plan outlines. You will also identify key action steps to begin implementation of those plans as part of the strategic development of your farm or ranch.
URL:https://www.nfu.ca/event/marketing-business-planning/
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SUMMARY:Welcome to the NFU!
DESCRIPTION:The onboarding sessions are opportunities for new or newly engaged members to get to know the organization. It’ll be an opportunity to learn\, share interests\, and ask questions about how to get involved.  \n\n\n\nJoin an upcoming event!  \n\n\n\n\nFebruary 6 12pm PST / 1pm MST / 2pm CST / 3pm EST / 4pm AST\n\n\n\nMarch 6 2pm PST / 3pm MST / 4pm CST / 5pm EST / 6pm AST\n\n\n\nMay 1 4pm PDT / 5pm MDT + SK / 6pm CDT / 7pm EDT / 8pm ADT\n\n\n\nNovember 4 2pm PDT / 3pm MDT + SK / 4pm CDT / 5pm EDT / 6pm ADT\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister
URL:https://www.nfu.ca/event/new-nfu-member-onboarding/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250213T120000
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SUMMARY:Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF): The NFU’s recent report
DESCRIPTION:Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAFs) are lower-emission\, non-fossil-fuel energy sources for the world’s aircraft fleet—“drop-in” fuels that require no modifications to aircraft or engines. The proposal is to make SAFs largely from biological sources: corn\, soybeans\, and canola now and over the next decade or so\, and then increasingly from straw and other “agricultural residues” and from purpose-grown energy crops such as grasses or fast-growing trees (with a minor portion from forestry residues).Why should citizens and policymakers be concerned about SAFs?  Because the immense scale of the global SAF project creates significant potential to move us away from many of our food systems\, climate\, decarbonization\, sustainability\, and social justice goals. At the same time\, the huge\, global SAF project may fail in its stated intent: to slash greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and warming effects from a rapidly expanding aviation sector.Darrin Qualman\, NFU Director of Climate Crisis Policy and Action\, will explain SAFs and tell webinar participants why the global SAF megaproject may be among the largest factors shaping agriculture and food systems this century.
URL:https://www.nfu.ca/event/sustainable-aviation-fuel-saf-the-nfus-recent-report/
CATEGORIES:NFUniversity
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Regina:20250220T140000
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SUMMARY:Leave a Legacy
DESCRIPTION:Let’s be clear – the NFU is unique. As a farmer-led organization\, there is nothing like it in Canada. But these are challenging times for organizations like ours\, continuing to tackle the tough issues on a tight budget\, with volunteer farmer leadership from across the country. The NFU needs your financial support if you are able to contribute. \n\n\n\nLearn about Leaving A Legacy\n\n\n\nLegacy donations can reduce your tax burden while ensuring your funds go directly to the important\, farmer-led work you want to see continue. \n\n\n\n40% of adult Canadians do not have a will and farmers’ finances are uniquely challenging. Planning may be possible to ensure the next generation’s success on (or off) your farm while supporting the ongoing work of the one farm organization that will protect their broader interests. It’s time to make a plan of action and be prepared. \n\n\n\nThe NFU and National Farmers Foundation will be hosting an online workshop on Thursday Feb. 20\, 2025 at 3pm EST about legacy donations. The workshop with Mike Skrypnek\, will cover: \n\n\n\n\nThat estate taxes can be minimized and even eliminated\n\n\n\nYou can prevent yourself from being taxed “twice“\n\n\n\nHow to defer capital gains when selling investments\, even with today’s proposed budget changes\n\n\n\nHow to generate income for life with assets you own\n\n\n\nHow you can take control of your legacy\, and our government supports it.\n\n\n\n\nRegister here. We look forward to learning with you.
URL:https://www.nfu.ca/event/leave-a-legacy/
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SUMMARY:Achieving Security and Justice through Collective Action and Solidarity
DESCRIPTION:In her 2023 CBC Massey Lecture series\, Astra Taylor argued “Insecurity is really central to the functioning of our political and economic system.” Rising farm debts\, the transformation of land into a financial instrument\, and our reliance on the market to fulfill basic needs has created insecurity and hollowed out rural communities.We live in the most prosperous era in human history\, but it’s also an era of profound insecurity. Ultimately\, however\, we are reliant on each other for our collective existence\, and it is this interdependence that will help us to resist the manufactured insecurity that we face today. \n\n\n\nAstra will argue that the interdependence that is needed will manifest in the form of solidarity. Solidarity must be seen both as a principle and as practice that can address the polycrisis that we face in this age of manufactured insecurity.
URL:https://www.nfu.ca/event/achieving-security-and-justice-through-collective-action-and-solidarity/
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