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 Read more
On the International Day of Action Against the WTO and Free Trade Agreements, NFU calls for fair and just international trade systems September 10th 2023 marks the 20th anniversary of Read more
The National Farmers Union (NFU) urges Trade Minister Ng to respect Mexico’s decision to prohibit imports of GM corn for human consumption, as it has put these measures in place in order to uphold its food sovereignty, including the traditional Indigenous farming systems known as milpa. We urge you to refrain from having Canada join the Panel as a Third Party in the US dispute with Mexico in order to avoid escalating our role in this dispute out of respect for Indigenous rights, Canada being signatory to the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, and to support Canada’s biodiversity protection commitments as a signatory of the UN Convention on Biodiversity. Read more
Dear Michel Miraillet, The National Farmers Union of Canada/Union Nationale des Fermiers (NFU) expresses deep solidarity with our sister organization in France, Confédération Paysanne and its members who are engaging Read more
The National Farmers Union (NFU) urges Trade Minister Ng to not bring Canada into the USA's dispute over GM corn import prohibition, and to respect Mexico’s decision to prohibit imports of GM corn for human consumption. Mexico has put these measures in place in order to uphold its food sovereignty, including the traditional Indigenous farming systems known as milpa. Read more
This International Workers’ Day (May Day) the National Farmers Union (NFU) calls on the federal government to immediately adopt the 2018 UN Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Read more
Since 1996, peasants and farmers across the world remember the massacre in Eldorado do Carajás, Brazil, where nineteen landless peasants were murdered for defending their rights to land protected under Brazilian law. Read more
Trinational communiqué of peasant organizations, farmers, environmentalists, unions, churches, social activists, academics and journalists from our three countries The transnational corporations and business organizations that benefit from GM corn and Read more
The National Farmers Union (NFU) stands in solidarity with migrants living, working, and studying in Canada on this International Migrants Day. Over the past year, the NFU has reiterated and Read more
Civil society organisations are calling on governments to remove the threat that ISDS (investor state dispute settlement) poses to the climate. The following statement outlines our primary concerns and demands. Read more
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