Shape the conversation on climate change, income security, and community resilience - farmers can't be left out! We are in a farm income crisis. The National Farmers Union (NFU) continues to expose the issue and seek systemic change. In a recent press release; Grocery Prices are Rising and Farmers’ Share Declining as Corporate Processors and Retailers Take
This unique workshop links Indigenous food cultivation and harvesting practices on ocean and land as Indigenous leaders work toward reclaiming food sovereignty.
Shape the conversation on climate change, income security, and community resilience - farmers can't be left out! We are in a farm income crisis. The National Farmers Union (NFU) continues to expose the issue and seek systemic change. In a recent press release; Grocery Prices are Rising and Farmers’ Share Declining as Corporate Processors and Retailers Take
*le français suit Farmland Committee Speaker Series Presented by: Coline Sovran, M.P.S., Advocacy Officer, Terre de Liens Learn how a social movement in France is 'enabling citizens and peasants to take action on the ground' through preserving farmland and facilitating access. About Terre de Liens: “ a civic organization established to assist
Help the NFU Youth create a strategic plan for the year while connecting with young farmers across the country. Join us on Wednesday February 2, 2022 6pmAST, 5pmEST 4pmCST, 3pmMST, 2pmPS. Email macinnis@nfu.ca for more information.
Have you seen a few harvests? Remember rotary phones? Join in on the NFU’s Engaged Elders monthly social hour and talk farming, succession, joys and concerns with other farmers across Canada. The second Tuesday of every month through April at: 1 PM Pacific 2 pm Mountain 3 pm SK & MB 4 pm Eastern 5
The National Farmers Union voted in favor of offering a new membership type for farm workers which offers all the benefits and voting privileges of farmers at a 50% off the family membership rate. We want to celebrate this exciting shift by gathering farm workers from coast to coast to coast together in an open
What are the implications of scaling up biofuel production? Can we do so while also feeding a growing population? What are the climate and environmental and human rights implications? Is it even possible? What are the industry claims and the realities? Find the answers to these questions and more information on biofuels on Thursday, February
On Thursday, February 17th NFU's Farmland Committee will host Ian McSweeny Organizational Director of Agrarian Trust to discuss the principles of the organization, its history and structure, the work it does creating individual agrarian commons and the commons alliance, and some context on US agriculture and land trusts. About Ian McSweeny: Ian’s work has focused
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