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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

Union Farmer Newsletter: September 2022

In this issue: Seed Regulatory Modernization – What’s it all about? Pest Management Regulatory Agency Legislative Review Putting Limits on Farmland Investment Companies Seed Regulatory Modernization – What’s it all

Nitrogen Fertilizer: Critical Nutrient, Key Farm Input, and Major Environmental Problem

This report takes a big-picture look at nitrogen fertilizer, details its many benefits and also its negative impacts, and makes the case for optimizing rather than maximizing tonnage. It examines the

Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Canada: Second Edition

NFU releases Second Edition of Canada’s most complete and detailed report on agricultural GHG emissions Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Canada: A New, Comprehensive Assessment. Click here to read the first

Year in Review—2021

The National Farmers Union wants to celebrate all of the efforts, accomplishments and wins from each end of the country thanks to work from its regions, working groups, caucuses, committees