2012

2012 Winners
2012 Winners

Our modern lifestyles demand more rights and freedom of speech. In Canada specifically, we repeatedly hear about our rights as citizens to have the freedom of speech and the right to make decisions. Democracy is built on the foundation that everybody has the right to represent their idea in government.

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Union Farmer Newsletter – October 2012
Union Farmer Newsletter – October 2012

Union Farmer Newsletter - October 2012Should Ecological Goods and Services be part of the Ontario Local Food Act?Frying our Bacon: Globalization, Competitiveness and Canadian Hog Policy

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Renfrew County Local of NFU – Letter Requesting Drought Assistance, Oct 1, 2012
Renfrew County Local of NFU – Letter Requesting Drought Assistance, Oct 1, 2012

"Further to letters written to you under dates July 16th, July 24th, August 1st and August 20th, the Renfrew County National Farmers Union Executive has instructed me to again update the above on the 2012 drought situation many farmers in Renfrew County continue to deal with. Attached you will find a September 27, 2012 Article titled "County Still in Level II Drought."

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Union Farmer Quarterly: Fall 2012
Union Farmer Quarterly: Fall 2012

Union Farmer Quarterly: Fall 2012Presidential and Regional ReportsBusiness Risk Management: Off-loading costs by downsizing programs?NFU National Convention 2012 — Democracy in ActionAction against CETA in Ontario – NFU members making a differenceRio + 20: “The Future We Want” ….NOTNO TO THE FALSE SOLUTIONS OF GREEN CAPITALISM!Practical Applications of Renewable EnergyDear Friends of the Canadian Whe

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AgriRecovery Assessment for Drought in Ontario
AgriRecovery Assessment for Drought in Ontario

The NFU – Ontario sent a survey to members and received responses from farmers across the province including Bruce, Elgin, Grey, Huron, Lanark, Lennox and Addington, Ottawa, Oxford and Renfrew counties. Those who responded are working anywhere from 8 to 500 acres. Their crops/activities include beef, sheep, pork, pasture/hay, wheat, spring grains, soybeans, spelt, corn, mixed vegetables, strawberries and horse breeding.

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1984 in 2012 – The Assault on Reason
1984 in 2012 – The Assault on Reason

In his novel 1984, George Orwell paints a portrait of a nightmarish future where rights that we now take for granted – the freedom of assembly, speech and to trial – have all been suspended. Acceptance of this totalitarian state is justified by the interests of stability and order, and by the needs a perpetual war. But what makes 1984 endure where other dystopian novels have been forgotten is that Orwell removed one more right that is even more unimaginable in a modern context – the right to think.

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The Great Food Robbery: How Corporations Control Food, Grab Land and Destroy the Climate
The Great Food Robbery: How Corporations Control Food, Grab Land and Destroy the Climate

The global food system is in profound crisis. More than a billion people suffer from hunger, and their numbers are rising faster than the global population. Yet more than enough food is produced to feed everybody in the world. At the same time we are heading deeper into a global climate crisis, for which the industrial food system is to a large extent to blame. Meanwhile corporations are grabbing huge areas of land and water systems in poor countries, and displacing rural communities.

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Earth Grab Geopiracy, the New Biomassters and Capturing Climate Genes
Earth Grab Geopiracy, the New Biomassters and Capturing Climate Genes

This three-part book<em 'pulls back the curtain on disturbing technological and corporate trends that are already reshaping our world and that will become crucial battlegrounds for civil society in the years ahead.</em' Vandana Shiva, Founder, Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Ecology

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Union Farmer Quarterly: Summer 2012
Union Farmer Quarterly: Summer 2012

Union Farmer Quarterly: Summer 2012Presidential and Regional ReportsOrganizing in British ColumbiaFarmers, the Food Chain and Agriculture Policies in Canada in Relation to the Right to FoodGovernance, mandates and the Canadian Grain CommissionUN Committee Adopts Land Guidelines in RomeAn active year for the NFU’s International Program Committee (IPC)The Kootenay Country Co-op StoryCreating space for

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Olivier De Schutter, Special Rapporteur on the right to food: Visit to Canada from 6 to 16 May 2012, Preliminary Report
Olivier De Schutter, Special Rapporteur on the right to food: Visit to Canada from 6 to 16 May 2012, Preliminary Report

On 16 May 2012, the Special Rapporteur on the right to food conveyed to the Government of Canada his preliminary reflections on his visit. Later that day, he held a press conference in Ottawa at the National Press Theatre. He opened the press conference with some preliminary remarks on the visit.

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Union Farmer Quarterly: Spring 2012
Union Farmer Quarterly: Spring 2012

Union Farmer Quarterly: Spring 2012Union Farmer Quarterly: Spring 2012Presidential and Regional ReportsCETA getting tougher on Citizens with each SECRET DraftInterest in local food leads to new on-farm dairiesSafe Food – from the viewpoint of farmersUnited Nations Annual Session in Rome – Update on the Committee on World Food SecurityCo-operating to Build Food SovereigntyGrains, Trains and Democracy - The Canadian Wheat Board in 2012The Paul Beingessner Award for Excellence in Writing – 2012 entry informationKeep Our Canadian Wheat Board DVD Order Form42nd National Convention Audio Recording Order Form

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Union Farmer Newsletter – April 2012
Union Farmer Newsletter – April 2012

Union Farmer Monthly - April 2012.

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