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Symposium on the Canadian Grain Commission
Do you trust the big grain companies and railways to regulate themselves?
Plan to attend a one-day public symposium on the Canadian Grain Commission
Sunday, March 14, 2010 - Heritage Inn, Saskatoon, SK
pdf icon Click here to download more information on this event (82.8 kb)
NFU District Meeting in Prince Edward Island
The NFU Region 1, District 1 (Prince Edward Island) District Meeting will be held on Thursday, March 18, 2010 at the Howard Johnson Dutch Inn in North River, PEI.
Registration begins at 9:30 AM, with Call to Order at 10:00 AM
Keynote speaker: Joan Brady, NFU Women's President
NFU District Meeting in New Brunswick
The NFU Region 1, District 2 (New Brunswick) District Meeting will be held on Saturday, March 20, 2010 at the Florenceville Legion Hall, Greenfield Road, Florenceville, New Brunswick.
Theme for the District Convention is "Food For Thought"
Registration at 9:00 AM, Call to Order at 9:30 AM. The meeting will wrap up by 4:00 PM.
Registration (includes lunch) is $15 (NFU members), $25 (non-NFU members) or $40 (maximum/family)
Guest speakers to be announced
Union Farmer Newsletter - February 2010 edition
pdf icon Click here to download the newsletter (452 kb)
Union Farmer Quarterly - Winter 2009-10 edition
The newest edition of the Union Farmer Quarterly, with extensive coverage of the National Farmers Union 40th annual National Convention in Ottawa, is now available to download.
pdf icon Click here to download the Union Farmer Quarterly Winter 2009-10 edition (4.6 mb)
Organic Farming: a pioneer's perspective
Elmer Laird, a founding member of the National Farmers Union, was inducted into the Saskatchewan Agricultural Hall of Fame in 2008. He established the first certified organic research farm in Canada, and has been writing about organic food production for over twenty years. The Saskatchewan Organic Directorate (SOD) has compiled Elmer's writings, and the document is now posted on the SOD website.
Click here to access this valuable resource (PDF format - 7.78 mb).

40th Annual NFU National Convention
Ottawa, Ontario - November 26-28, 2009

Pat Mooney: Farmers hold the key to survival in uncertain times
pdf icon Click here to download a summary of Pat Mooney's address to convention

Terry Boehm: Farmers' strength lies in organization
pdf icon Click here to download a summary of NFU President-elect Terry Boehm's address to convention

Stewart Wells: Co-operative ethic builds better society
pdf icon Click here to download a summary of outgoing NFU President Stewart Wells' address to convention

Evelyn Potter, NFU Founding Women's President: Women are an integral part of the NFU
pdf icon Click here to download the text of the presentation by Evelyn Potter, NFU Founding Women's President (1969-74)

Jean Leahy: NFU women led the push for progressive social legislation
pdf icon Click here to download a summary of the presentation by Jean Leahy, NFU Women's President (1975-79)

Larry Hill: WTO agreement in its current form will hurt farmers financially
pdf icon Click here to download the text of the presentation by Larry Hill, Chair of the Canadian Wheat Board, to the NFU convention

Walden Bello: Democratic alternatives to corporate globalism
pdf icon Click here to download the text of Walden Bello's presentation to the NFU convention

NFU in New Brunswick launches new website
The National Farmers Union in New Brunswick has launched a brand-new, bilingual website.
Click here to link to the NFU in New Brunswick website
NFU in Ontario launches new website
The National Farmers Union in Ontario has launched a redesigned website with many new features, including information on purchasing local food from farmers in your area!
Click here to link to the NFU in Ontario website
Take action on the prison farm closures in Canada
Click here to take action on this issue.
Are you an Ontario farmer interested in joining the NFU?
The National Farmers Union is a certified general farm organization under the Ontario Farm Business Registration (FBR) program. If you choose to join the NFU through this program, you must complete the Ontario FBR application form available on the Agricorp website. Remember, the deadline for registering under the FBR program is March 1, 2009.
Click here to log on to the Agricorp FBR program website
Are you a New Brunswick farmer interested in joining the NFU?
The National Farmers Union is a certified general farm organization under the New Brunswick Agricultural Producers Registration and Farm Organizations Funding Act. If you choose to join the NFU through this program, you must complete the New Brunswick Registrar of Farms registration form . Under this program, registration is valid from November 1 of each year until October 31 of the following year. For more information, please contact the New Brunswick Registrar of Farms directly at 1-888-323-4440.
Pdf icon Click here to download a PDF version of the New Brunswick Registrar of Farms registration form in English
Pdf icon Click here to download a PDF version of the New Brunswick Registrar of Farms registration form in French
Are you a Prince Edward Island farmer interested in joining the NFU?
The National Farmers Union is a certified general farm organization under the PEI Farm Registration and Farm Organizations Funding Act. If you would like to join the NFU through this program, please complete the "Farm Registration Form 2009", which can be downloaded here in PDF format. Please remember that the deadline for submitting your completed application form is April 1, 2009.
Pdf icon Click here to download a PDF version of the PEI Farm Registration Form 2009
Where's the beef... plan?
The Canadian Cattlemen's Association has published a response to the NFU cattle report. We invite you to read both the NFU report and the CCA response, and decide for yourself which offers the most penetrating and reliable analysis. In the interests of helping farmers/ranchers make informed decisions, the NFU also challenges the Canadian Cattlemen's Association to provide a link on its website to the NFU cattle report.

NFU special report on the crisis in the cattle sector:
The Farm Crisis and the Cattle Sector: Toward a New Analysis and New Solutions
Pdf icon Download the PDF of the Executive Summary (438 kb)
PDF icon Download the PDF of the full report (2,064 kb)
Canadian Cattlemen's Response to the NFU report
Click here to link to the CCA website and its response document.
Sign the petition to include beginning farmers in the Ontario provincial farm safety net program
The following is a note from NFU Ontario Coordinator Grant Robertson:
"Young and beginning farmers in Ontario have been experiencing a serious disadvantage due to the government's Ontario Cattle, Hog and Horticulture Payment. This is something that often occurs with Safety Net programming and something the NFU has highlighted on numerous occasions. A group of young and beginning farmers have come together to lobby for change on this issue. One aspect of what they are doing is working with Ernie Hardeman MPP to deliver petitions to the Ontario Legislature to draw attention to this issue. I would urge you strongly to print off a copy of the petition, get a few friends, neighbours or strangers to sign it, and pass it back to Ernie Hardeman's office,at: Ernie Hardeman, MPP Oxford (Attention: Tara Berry), Queen's Park Office, Room 413, Legislative Building, Toronto, Ontario M7A 1A8
"Please let us know you have sent in a petition by e-mailing me at this e-mail address so we can track numbers. This is a non-partisan issue, so please send your petitions to Ernie as he has been the one spearheading this in the Legislature. If you wish to copy your favourite political party to also take up the issue, then that of course would be an excellent idea. Thank you in advance for being a part of the solution."
Pdf icon Click here to download a PDF version of the petition (58.4 kb)
NFU Services for Members
Health and Dental Plan: The NFU is pleased to offer a Health and Dental Plan to all members, their families and employees.
Find out more information here

NFU in New Brunswick Farm Financial Services - 506-273-4328

NFU in Prince Edward Island Farm Financial Services - 902-436-1872

NFU Manitoba Farm Income Tax Service NFU Manitoba Financial Services - Phone 204-261-0500

Who are we:

The National Farmers Union is a direct-membership organization made up of Canadian farm families who share common goals. Every member of the farm family - including the farmer and their spouse and children, ages 14 to 21 - are full voting members of the Union. This structure recognizes that every family member contributes to the farm by working on it directly, or indirectly through off-farm employment.

Associate Members are a valued part of the National Farmers Union family as well. Associate Members are non-farmers who understand that food issues are everyone's concern, and who want to help family farmers build a sustainable and nutritious food system in Canada.

Member families of the Union believe that through an organization that represents all commodities produced in Canada, it is possible to promote the family farm as the most appropriate and efficient means of agricultural production. Our goal is to work together to achieve agricultural policies which will ensure dignity and security of income for farm families while enhancing the land for future generations.




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