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SUMMARY:Advance Payments Program
DESCRIPTION:The Advance Payments Program is a federal loan guarantee program which provides agricultural producers with easy access to low-cost cash advances.\n\nUnder the program\, you can access up to $1\,000\,000 in total advances based on the value of the eligible agricultural products you will produce or that you have in storage. The Government of Canada pays the interest on the first $100\,000 of your advance (the first $250\,000 for 2024 and 2025). You repay your advance as you sell the agricultural products\, with up to 18 months to fully repay the advance for most commodities (up to 24 months for cattle and bison).\n\nAPP advances can provide you with cash flow to meet your financial needs until you are able to sell your agricultural products. The program can provide marketing flexibility by allowing you to sell your agricultural products based on market conditions rather than the need for cash.\n\nAPP advances are available through 26 participating producer organizations\, that is\, APP Administrators\, across Canada.
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SUMMARY:Feast Fellowship
DESCRIPTION:about the Feast Fellowship\n\n\nFrom July 2025 – January 2026\, 8 farmer fellows will participate in responsive gender- and sexuality-affirming agricultural business programming\, including self-guided virtual modules\, live calls with and mentorship from Indigenous and BIPOC 2SLGBTQI+ Farmers in Residence and co-teachers who are experts in their respective fields. 2SLGBTQI+ Indigenous farmers can expect to deepen their learning on how to write a business plan\, finances\, accounting\, accessing loans and government programs\, Canadian tax law\, branding and marketing for Indigenous farm businesses\, and more! \nFeast Fellowship farmers + agricultural entrepreneurs will receive $4\,500 for their participation and completion of the Feast Fellowship. Feast Fellows are expected to complete all self-guided modules and attend all monthly live calls.
URL:https://www.nfu.ca/event/feast-fellowship/
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SUMMARY:BUSINESS MENTORSHIP NETWORK
DESCRIPTION:Whether you need business basics or strategic planning for long-term growth\, Young Agrarians knows that gaining business development skills is one of the biggest challenges facing new farmers. Our aim is to provide new farmers\, next generation farmers\, or farmers adding a new enterprise to an existing farm business with an opportunity to build their business knowledge and use it to grow their farm operations to achieve long-term viability.\n\nMentees will receive approximately 30 hours of mentorship primarily in the late winter/spring planning season\, an online farm business webinar series with live Q&A sessions in the winter\, check-ins through the summer season and reflection wrap up process in the fall. Mentors take a coach approach to help you chart a course towards long term business viability. Mentorships will be by phone\, email\, and where possible site visits.
URL:https://www.nfu.ca/event/business-mentorship-network-2/
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SUMMARY:Singing Back the Buffalo: An NFU Film Screening for the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
DESCRIPTION:On October 1st\, the NFU invites you to an on-line public film screening and discussion in honour of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Singing Back the Buffalo is an award winning documentary film about humanity’s connection to the buffalo and how efforts to facilitate their return to the plains is restoring people\, culture and the land. The film screening will be on Zoom and will include a discussion with the filmmaker\, Tasha Hubbard. \n\n\n\nWe welcome anyone who is interested in learning about the impacts of colonization on food systems and the positive steps we can take toward reconciliation.
URL:https://www.nfu.ca/event/singing-back-the-buffalo-an-nfu-film-screening-for-the-national-day-for-truth-and-reconciliation/
CATEGORIES:IPC
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SUMMARY:Untangling the Barriers to Ending Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) in Rural Communities
DESCRIPTION:On October 30th at 2 pm PDT / 3 pm SK+AB / 4 pm MB / 5pm EDT / 6 pm ADT the NFU Women’s Caucus is hosting an on-line workshop with Pamela Cross\, a feminist lawyer and author of “And Sometimes they Kill You: Confronting the Epidemic of Intimate Partner Violence”. The workshop will explore what Intimate Partner Violence (IPV)/Gender Based Violence (GBV) is\, what it looks like in rural communities and the truly transformative actions we can take to end it. \n\n\n\nOpen to all NFU members and allies interested in learning about and taking action against gender based violence. (Reading Pamela’s book is recommended but not required.) \n\n\n\nPamela Cross is a feminist lawyer; a well-known and respected expert on violence against women and the law. She works as a researcher\, writer\, educator and trainer with women’s equality and violence against women organizations across Canada. Pamela’s book was shortlisted for the Donner Prize for the best public policy book written by a Canadian.
URL:https://www.nfu.ca/event/untangling-the-barriers-to-ending-intimate-partner-violence-ipv-in-rural-communities/
CATEGORIES:Women's Caucus
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