Periodicals
2013
Union Farmer Newsletter – October 2013
Download PDF versionContents:Serving Two Masters: Implications of Seed Field Crop Inspection PrivatizationAgroecology: Production with food sovereignty in mind(please note - Agroecology webcast has been rescheduled to 12 - 2 PM ET. A recording of the webcast will be available immediately following the live event.)
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Union Farmer Newsletter – September 2013
Download PDF versionRoundup Ready Alfalfa Campaign UpdateNFU says NO to GM Low Lignin Alfalfa
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Union Farmer Quarterly: Summer 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 Groups Look for Common Strategies Planning to Grow the NFU Letter to the Editor: Re: Farmer’s Privilege and UPOV’91, The Union Farmer Quarterly/Spring 2013 Remembering:
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Union Farmer Newsletter – May – June 2013
Bee Careful! A precautionary approach to neonicitinoidsTurning off the lights in CanadaThe New Cereals Council of Canada – The Best Corporate Lobbying Your Check-off Dollars Can BuyDownload PDF
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Union Farmer Newsletter – April 2013
Day of Action against GM Alfalfa a Huge SuccessNFU Submits Feedback on Fracking to Alberta RegulatorCETA Tactics Phoney Baloney? Beef and Pork Access Issue Lacks CredibilityDownload PDF
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Union Farmer Quarterly: Spring 2013
Message from the Editor Presidential and Regional Reports Around the World: News from the International Program CommitteeThe Civil Society Mechanism, RomeSeeds: the Root of Power: LVC Biodiversity Commission Seeds Meeting in Paris, France, October 2012LVC Meetings in MexicoMigration SeminarStill fighting for equality: Highlights of the Women's International Commission meetingSeminar on Public Policies for Food SovereigntyAgroecology: Feeding the world<div
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Union Farmer Newsletter – March 2013
The Price of Patented Seed — The Value of Farm-Saved SeedGF2 Strategic Initiatives Fund Accelerates Globalization and Stalls Food SovereigntyAre our pension funds retiring the family farm?Working Hard to Keep the PFRA Community Pastures PublicDownload PDF
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Union Farmer Quarterly: Winter 2012 – 2013
Presidents' ReportsNational Farmers Foundation Report to DonorsThe Beingessner Award for Excellence in WritingTransportation Level of Service Legislation More Government Hype than Farmer HelpConvention Highlights 2012:
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Union Farmer Newsletter – October 2012
Union Farmer Newsletter - October 2012Should Ecological Goods and Services be part of the Ontario Local Food Act?Frying our Bacon: Globalization, Competitiveness and Canadian Hog Policy
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Union Farmer Quarterly: Fall 2012
Union Farmer Quarterly: Fall 2012Presidential and Regional ReportsBusiness Risk Management: Off-loading costs by downsizing programs?NFU National Convention 2012 — Democracy in ActionAction against CETA in Ontario – NFU members making a differenceRio + 20: “The Future We Want” ….NOTNO TO THE FALSE SOLUTIONS OF GREEN CAPITALISM!Practical Applications of Renewable EnergyDear Friends of the Canadian Whe
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Union Farmer Quarterly: Summer 2012
Union Farmer Quarterly: Summer 2012Presidential and Regional ReportsOrganizing in British ColumbiaFarmers, the Food Chain and Agriculture Policies in Canada in Relation to the Right to FoodGovernance, mandates and the Canadian Grain CommissionUN Committee Adopts Land Guidelines in RomeAn active year for the NFU’s International Program Committee (IPC)The Kootenay Country Co-op StoryCreating space for
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