When it's time to start implementing local climate plans, a set of challnges often arise that are political and institutional in nature. Municipal governments often come up against established procedures and resistance to change that can slow down the adoption of new climate policies and practices. At the same time, implementing climate plans effectively often
EFAO’s annual conference draws farmers, growers, and food producers from across the food system for two days of intensive learning, idea-sharing, networking and celebration with good food and friends. With over 300 attendees, the EFAO Conference connects you with people who care passionately about farming and food.
ASIST, from LivingWorks, is a 2-day intensive, interactive and practice-dominated course designed to help individuals recognize the risk of suicide, and learn how to intervene to prevent the risk of suicidal thoughts from becoming suicidal behaviours. Suitable for all persons in positions of trust: health professionals, social service workers, teachers, counsellors, youth workers, police and
Learn how to more effectively manage your farm or ranch for the triple bottom line (social, environmental, and financial sustainability). Improve your ability to observe and understand relationships on your operation. Make decisions and monitor results to avoid unintended consequences and reach your goals more quickly with fewer resources.
The NFU is a partner organization to the Leveraging Ecosystems to transform Agriculture on the Prairies (LEAP) Project at the University of Manitoba. The LEAP Project seeks to explore agricultural intensification strategies and design farming systems that use technology and nature-based tools to reduce GHG emissions, capture carbon, support biodiversity, and help agriculture mitigate and adapt to negative effects of climate change.
Financing is one of the most common challenges local governments face when looking to put their climate plans into action. Municipal governments are limited in the tools available to them to raise revenue, being largely dependent on property taxes, user fees, and funding from other levels of government. Though climate mitigation and adaptation will ultimately
In this course, you will learn the key grazing planning principles and practices for improving land health and productivity. You will learn the steps to this simple approach to grazing planning so that you can better analyze and address critical grazing considerations, as well as determine forage inventory, animal needs, and grazing and recovery periods.
A diverse and inspiring lineup dedicated to advancing organic agriculture and sustainable food systems.
Join Dr. Anushay Malik in this NFUniversity session as she chronicles the rise and fall of the Canadian Farmworkers Union (CFU) and examines its lasting impact. Through this exploration, uncover key insights into labor organizing, the role of migrant women, and the ongoing struggles faced by South Asian farmworkers in rural BC today.
Anyone who has farmed for a day, a week, a month, or a full season knows that farming is a MARATHON (maybe a series of marathons!), and not a sprint. When we look at farmwork through the lens of sport and athleticism, what changes for us? How does that impact our diet, our noticing in
The National Farmers Union / L’Union Nationale des Fermiers is unique among farm organizations: we advocate for people’s interests against corporate control of our food system.
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