Periodicals
2017
Union Farmer Quarterly: Summer 2017
Revisiting NAFTA • Cultivating a Culture of Curiosity: Farmer-led Research in Ontario • Introductions to Two Regional Representatives: Dixie Green, Christopher Sanford Beck • Introduction to the new IPC Coordinator: Carla Fehr • Deepening Our Understanding of Policy Issues - Inspiring Conversations in Our Communities • Time to get Out from Under • Prison Farm Advisory Panel Named • Farming in a Changing Climate • We Remember Marion Fletcher • NFU Convention Bursary Program • The Beingessner Award for Excellence in Writing - 2017 contest details
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Union Farmer Newsletter: June 2017
NAFTA renegotiation provides opening for renewed US attack on Canadian wheat grading framework • What do NFU members want to see in Canada’s first National Food Policy? • Frequently Asked Questions about the Wheat Class System • NFU Submission to CGC Consultation on proposed Eastern Wheat Class • NFU Vice President presents on Climate Change at Senate Committee • Census of Agriculture 2016 • What does NAFTA actually say about Supply Management?
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Union Farmer Quarterly: Spring 2017
Challenges in a Post-Truth Era • North American Region Meeting of La Via Campesina—February 8th to 11, 2017, Birmingham, Alabama • Opposing Paradigms— the need to land squarely on the ecological side • Rethinking Our Relationship to the Land • New Board member profiles: Rachelle Ternier, Seann Dory, Cam Goff • The Beingessner Award for Excellence in Writing - 2016 Winning Entries • Climate Justice and Food Sovereignty Training in Morocco • We Remember Joyce Hutchings
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Union Farmer Newsletter: May 2017
Cross border connections – farmers working together for better dairy policy • Proposed Safe Food for Canadians regulations at odds with food policy mandate • Innovation – Product or Knowledge? • Consultation on Cash Ticket Deferrals
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Union Farmer Newsletter: March 2017
The Case for a Carbon Tax • Neonicotinoids under review: PMRA proposes phase‐out of imidacloprid and launches review of clothianidin or thiamethoxam • The Public Trust PR Campaign: Agribusiness efforts to avoid public regulation • Grain farmers—we want to hear from you! • Do Farmers Really Believe a Market Exists For Grain Sales?
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Union Farmer Newsletter: January 2017
NFU on Parliament Hill • Next Agricultural Policy Framework • Study on the acquisition of farmland in Canada and its potential impact on the farming sector
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Union Farmer Quarterly: Winter 2016-17
The Climate Crisis — A defining issue for the next 50 years? • Balancing Power in the Public Interest and Understanding the Science • Reflections on the NFU's 47th Annual Convention from Bursary Recipients • Gene Drives Threaten Biodiversity: Report from the Convention on Biological Diversity • Islanders and the Land and Migrant Dreams • National Farmers Foundation Report to the NFU National Convention • Resolutions passed at the NFU’s 47th Annual Convention • We Remember ... Marie Hendricken (1935 – 2016)
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Union Farmer Newsletter: November 2016
An Evening with David Suzuki • An Introduction to Carbon Pricing • A system that leaves small producers at the mercy of buyers
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Union Farmer Newsletter: September 2016
NFU argues against Health Canada’s proposal to allow ground beef irradiation • NFU provides input to Agriculture Ministers Meeting on the next Agriculture Policy Framework • NFU Submission to the Canadian Grain Commission regarding its proposal to license producer railway car loading facilities
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Union Farmer Quarterly: Fall 2016
Contents Message from the Editorial Advisory Committee Message from the President Message from the Women’s President Message from the Youth Regional Reports Migrant Farm Workers in Canada: 50 Years Later
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Union Farmer Quarterly: Summer 2016
Contents: Memories of Roy Atkinson Message from the President Message from the Women’s President Message from the Youth President Regional Reports Meet your elected representatives: Board member Reg Phelan Women’s
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Union Farmer Newsletter: June 2016
Canada Transportation Act Review Totally Fails Farmers • Landgrabbing takes a new twist with Surface Capital • Canada Pension Plan Investment Board buys 40% of Glencore Agri
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