“Faced with global crises, we build food sovereignty to ensure a future for humanity!” Join us for an evening of presentations and discussion with three NFU delegates to La Via Campesina’s VIIIth International Conference— Jessie MacInnis (small-scale farmer and PhD student), Celeste Smith (Oneida seedkeeper) and Nettie Wiebe (small-scale farmer and former president of the
Come celebrate the kick-off of Free School 4 Farm Workers by joining us for this two-part online workshop where we take a deep dive into farm employment contracts and negotiation skills. This registration includes both sessions. The second session builds off of the first, and we encourage you to attend both. Employment Contracts 101: Tuesday,
Sowing seeds of solidarity: A learning series to support land and food sovereignty in Palestine Please join us for a learning series to follow up on the resolution passed at convention in support of a ceasefire and a just and lasting peace in Palestine. The teach-ins will feature farmers and advocates offering on-the-ground perspectives on the
Join us Saturday, February 17th at the Fox Theatre in Toronto, ON, from 10am-12pm for a community screening of Depth of Field: Films About Farming, followed by a collective conversation with local farmers and NFU Local 305 about alternative ways that farmers access land and find community support. - Accessibility: Please contact us in advance
Stewards of the Land: The NFU-NB Virtual Depth of Field Screening Join us on Sunday February 18th online at 3:00pm to 4:00pm AST! Don't miss a virtual community screening of short films from Depth of Field: Films About Farming with NFU-NB. Stay after the films for an engaging discussion with the featured farmers. them to
Join us Sunday, February 18th, 7:30-8:30pm at Truro Farmers' Market, 15 Young St., Truro, NS for a movie night at 2024's ACORN Conference. Open to the public. Free to attend. Don't miss a free public screening of three films featuring Atlantic Canada’s Knoydart Farm, Ella’s Forest Organics, and Ferme Marcel Goguen Farm from the new
Come celebrate the kick-off of Free School 4 Farm Workers by joining us for this two-part online workshop where we take a deep dive into farm employment contracts and negotiation skills. This registration includes both sessions. The second session builds off of the first, and we encourage you to attend both. Employment Contracts 101: Tuesday,
In the popular imagination, agriculture is often seen as a site of oppression and exploitation of Black people. However, Karina Vernon’s talk reveals agriculture as an important but under-celebrated site of resistance and freedom for Black people in Canada.
Depth of Field Film Screening at St. Thomas University Join us on Thursday February 22nd at Brian Mulroney Hall, Room 101, St. Thomas University in Fredericton, NB from 7:00pm to 8:30pm! Don't miss the screening of 3 new films from Depth of Field: Films About Farming with NFU-NB. Don't miss out on this incredible event!
We're inviting farmers from across BC to come together for a weekend of connecting, learning, sharing, and building power together to protect BC's limited viable farmland. Rising prices, development, investor influence, and more are making it increasingly difficult for young farmers to get started. We envision a food system where farming is a viable career
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