Publication Archive
The holding place for all publications in the NFU site, such as the Union Farmer.
Union Farmer Quarterly: Summer 2013
Message from the Editor Presidential and Regional Reports OP ED: Conference Board Food Strategy Consultation a Smokescreen The Paul Beingessner Award for Excellence in Writing Proposed Low-Level Presence Policy Serves Biotech Seed Industry, not Farmers Food Sovereignty, Faith and Community: Diverse Groups Look for Common Strategies Planning to Grow the NFU Letter to the Editor: Re: Farmer’s Privilege and UPOV’91, The Union Farmer Quarterly/Spring 2013 Remembering:
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Union Farmer Newsletter – May – June 2013
Bee Careful! A precautionary approach to neonicitinoidsTurning off the lights in CanadaThe New Cereals Council of Canada – The Best Corporate Lobbying Your Check-off Dollars Can BuyDownload PDF
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Union Farmer Newsletter – April 2013
Day of Action against GM Alfalfa a Huge SuccessNFU Submits Feedback on Fracking to Alberta RegulatorCETA Tactics Phoney Baloney? Beef and Pork Access Issue Lacks CredibilityDownload PDF
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The Inevitability of Contamination from GM Alfalfa Release in Ontario
The case for preventing the introduction of Roundup Ready Alfalfa: If GM alfalfa is introduced in Eastern Canada, contamination of non-GM alfalfa will be unavoidable. There are several ways in which this gene flow can occur.
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Union Farmer Quarterly: Spring 2013
Message from the Editor Presidential and Regional Reports Around the World: News from the International Program CommitteeThe Civil Society Mechanism, RomeSeeds: the Root of Power: LVC Biodiversity Commission Seeds Meeting in Paris, France, October 2012LVC Meetings in MexicoMigration SeminarStill fighting for equality: Highlights of the Women's International Commission meetingSeminar on Public Policies for Food SovereigntyAgroecology: Feeding the world<div
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Union Farmer Newsletter – March 2013
The Price of Patented Seed — The Value of Farm-Saved SeedGF2 Strategic Initiatives Fund Accelerates Globalization and Stalls Food SovereigntyAre our pension funds retiring the family farm?Working Hard to Keep the PFRA Community Pastures PublicDownload PDF
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Land Grabs – Industrial agriculture displaces the world’s poor for profit
by Susan MacVittie, published in the Watershed Sentinel, March/April 2013
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Working for Farm Families for 40 Years – NFU History Book
The NFU was formed in 1969 through a merger of the Saskatchewan Farmers Union, the Ontario Farmers Union, the Farmers Union of British Columbia, and the Farmers Union of Alberta. In addition to these provincial unions, farmers from the Maritime provinces—not organized into farmers’ unions at the time—also became part of the NFU structure.
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Fact Sheet: Will CETA help family farmers in Canada?
According to media reports, the last stages of negotiating CETA are stalled due to a few very difficult issues, with agriculture being one of the most important. Many commentators are framing the matter as stubborn dairy producers preventing all of Canada from cashing in on CETA.
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Union Farmer Quarterly: Winter 2012 – 2013
Presidents' ReportsNational Farmers Foundation Report to DonorsThe Beingessner Award for Excellence in WritingTransportation Level of Service Legislation More Government Hype than Farmer HelpConvention Highlights 2012:
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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 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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