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Union Farmer Fall ’23 | Union Fermière : Autumne ’23

Contents: To read the full document, please click “Download the pdf”. The edition is primarily in English, with excerpts in French.

Union Farmer Newsletter: September 2023

In this issue: “Let them eat concrete” Ontario’s farmers are fed up with the Greenbelt giveaways Farmers unite to defeat Canadian Grain Commission’s (CGC) unfair change to grading standards NFU

Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Canada: Third Edition

The most detailed report of its kind, Agriculture Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Canada: A Comprehensive Analysis (3rd Edition) subdivides Canadian agricultural greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and soil-carbon changes into 42

18 Reasons Why Agricultural Soil Carbon Offsets are the Wrong Approach to the Climate Crisis, and What We Should Do Instead

In this bold and blunt 17-page report the National Farmers Union (NFU) in 18 concise points, we expose the false solutions— that offset protocols, offset projects, and emissions trading are ineffectual, illegitimate, and damaging. The NFU urges the Canadian government to shelve plans for soil-based offset protocols. With sound research, the NFU provides the clear reasoning as to why offsets are ineffective. This then informs the ten policy recommendations that could address the climate crisis while simultaneously providing real, meaningful change for farms and farmers. 

Canadian Agriculture: The Challenge of Achieving Authentic Sustainability

How provincial rules help or hinder regional meat production

On December 12, 2022, the Honourable Marie-Claude Bibeau, federal Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, announced the beginning of a process to create a Sustainable Agriculture Strategy (SAS). Agriculture and Agri-Food

Guidance to providing your input to AAFC’s Sustainable Agriculture Strategy

The NFU has created a guideline for how you might want to respond to Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s (AAFC) questionnaire towards developing a 25-year Sustainable Agriculture Strategy. Use this as

Sustainable Agriculture Strategy—8 Things You Need to Know

The federal government and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) have initiated a process to develop a 25-year Sustainable Agriculture Strategy (SAS).  The NFU is one of 21 organizations on the

Union Farmer Winter ’23 | Union Fermière : l’hiver ’23

NFU’s 53rd convention a success. Resolutions. New Board. Presidential Updates. Sustainable Agriculture Strategy. Farm worker organizing. New! Films About Farming: 40 Films about Farming. And more! To read the full

Union Farmer Newsletter: February 2023

In this issue: Advocating for farmland protection in Ontario Towards a National Agricultural Labour Strategy that works for Farmers and Farm Workers Public transit should not stop at the city

2022 Winner

Janelle Stolhandske-Dale, has grown up on a grain farm near Swift Current, Saskatchewan.  She is currently in High School at the Swift Current Comprehensive High School.  She is a very busy

NFU Proposed Canadian Farm Resilience Agency

Nine NFU members and officials are holding meetings with individual MPs to help advance the NFU’s proposed Canadian Farm Resilience Agency (CFRA).  The NFU is pointing out to MPs that

Union Farmer: Fall 2022 | Union Fermière : Automne 2022

NFU 2022 Convention—Confronting Concentration. Farm workers mobilizing. Regional Updates. Updates from NFU Presidents. New Reports. Nitrogen Fertilizer. Gene-Editing. Actions. International Solidarity. To read the full document, please click “Download the