National Farmers Union | L'Union nationale des fermiers
@nfucanada.bsky.social
Advocating for people’s interests against corporate control of our food system | Défendre les intérêts des gens contre le contrôle des entreprises dans notre système alimentaire.
Canada's key seed breeding and production unit is to close because of Federal cuts. This is just stupid, nothing more. The @nfucanada.bsky.social has sounded the alert: mailchi.mp/nfu.ca/seed-...
Seed Increase Unit at Indian Head Research Farm is essential for Canada’s seed sovereignty
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To save a mere $27 million per year, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada plans to close 7 public agriculture research facilities, including the Indian Head Research Farm in Saskatchewan, which has served Canadian farmers for 140 years. www.nfu.ca/seed-increas...
Seed Increase Unit at Indian Head Research Farm is essential for Canada’s seed sovereignty | National Farmers Union
To save a mere $27 million per year, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) plans to close 7 public agriculture research facilities, including the Indian Head Research Farm in Saskatchewan…
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Le prochain prochain cadre stratégique offre l’occasion de repenser le système alimentaire canadien. L’UNF appelons les gouvernements à placer la souveraineté alimentaire au cœur de leurs priorités et à investir dans les fermiers et les communautés qui nous nourrissent. www.nfu.ca/fr/lunion-na...
L’Union Nationale des Fermiers recommande de placer la souveraineté alimentaire au cœur du prochain cadre politique | National Farmers Union
Le PCS doit s’inspirer des principes de résilience, de renouveau et de souveraineté Les fermiers ont besoin d’une politique de souveraineté alimentaire qui soutienne les nouveaux agriculteurs…
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The Next Agricultural Policy Framework is an opportunity to reshape Canada’s food system. The NFU is calling on federal, provincial and territorial governments to centre food sovereignty and invest in the farmers and communities that feed us. www.nfu.ca/the-national...
The National Farmers Union Recommends Centring Food Sovereignty in the Next Policy Framework | National Farmers Union
Farmers need a food sovereignty policy that supports new farmers, a diversity of farm products and practices, and fair prices for the food they produce for both domestic and export markets.
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“Farmland should be treated as a public good and not just as a private one for profit... We need a different system of farm ownership and use that would prioritize the people farming the land. This helps them make a go of it and earn a living.” - Claire Perttula thenarwhal.ca/canada-black...
Why are there so few Black farm owners in Canada? | The Narwhal
Black and racialized workers power agriculture, but barriers to land ownership mean they rarely own farms
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The National Food Security Strategy Identifies the Problems but Misses the Solutions. What the public really deserves is a food sovereignty policy. www.nfu.ca/canadas-nati...
Canada’s National Food Security Strategy Leaves Farmers Hungry for Real Solutions | National Farmers Union
Canadians have an appetite for safe, healthy, affordable food produced by Canadian farmers and workers. To advance domestic food production, the Government of Canada’s National Food Security Strategy…
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🚨🚜Farmers are sounding the alarm. Bill C-30, set to pass this week, threatens to erode food safety in Canada by giving corporations the power to bypass food safety laws in the name of economic security. Take action now to defend food safety in Canada: www.foodsafetyfirst.ca @nfucanada.bsky.social
Il est encore temps! La participation de tous les exploitants agricoles au #RecensementDelAgriculture de 2026 est essentielle pour brosser le portrait actuel du secteur agricole canadien. N'oubliez pas de remplir votre questionnaire dès aujourd'hui au recensement.gc.ca. #AgCan
Did you know? The 2021 #CensusOfAgriculture counted nearly 190,000 farms across Canada. The participation of all Canadian farm operators in the 2026 #CensusOfAgriculture is essential to capture the current state of Canada's agriculture sector. Remember to complete yours today at census.gc.ca #CdnAg
Le projet de loi C-30 contient des modifications législatives visant à conférer au Cabinet des pouvoirs étendus pour affaiblir la surveillance des secteurs de l'alimentation, de l'agriculture, de la santé et de l'environnement au Canada. www.nfu.ca/fr/bill-c-30...
Le projet de loi C-30, qui vise à étendre les pouvoirs du gouvernement, autorise le Cabinet à passer outre les lois et règlements de l’ACIA | National Farmers Union
Le projet de loi C-30, intitulé Loi portant exécution de certaines dispositions de la mise à jour économique du printemps est un projet de loi omnibus qui contient des modifications législatives n’…
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Bill C-30 is an omnibus bill that contains legislative amendments that would give Cabinet sweeping power to weaken the oversight of Canada’s food, agriculture, health and environment. It would undermine the food inspection system that keeps us all safe. www.nfu.ca/bill-c-30-po...
Bill C-30 power grab empowers Cabinet to override CFIA laws and regulations | National Farmers Union
Bill C-30, the Spring Economic Update Implementation Act, is an omnibus bill that contains legislative amendments that have nothing to do with the budget, but everything to do with a Cabinet power…
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We are #hiring! Communications & Membership Coordinator. Apply by June 17th. — Nous embauchons ! Coordinateur.rice de communication et d'adhésion. Envoyez vos applications jusqu'au 17 juin. www.goodwork.ca/jobs/communi...
Communications campaigns, membership organizing, unions and nonprofits
Work in nature, environment & sustainability: GoodWork.ca
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Read the full article from the @nationalobserver.com here: www.nationalobserver.com/2026/05/28/n...
'Egregious': Feds race to destroy key organic research fields
Field crews at the federal agricultural research station in Swift Current, Sask., have destroyed Canada's only public organic research plots and are planning to plant the fields with non-organic wheat...
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Canada’s $9.75B organic food market is growing – but the gov is cutting the only federal organic research program. Farmers lose data. We lose competitiveness. Cuts today mean unsafe food tomorrow. Take action → FoodSafetyFirst.ca #FoodSafetyFirst
Organisations Canadiennes envoyé une lettre commune à Agriculture et Agroalimentaire Canada pour exprimer notre inquiétude concernant la fermeture prévue du Programme de recherche biologique et régénératrice au Centre de recherche et de développement de Swift Current. www.nfu.ca/fr/organizat...
26 organisations agricoles demandent l’arrêt immédiat de la destruction des actifs de recherche d’AAC dans le domaine de l’agriculture biologique | National Farmers Union
Des organisations de tout le Canada, dont la Nationale des Fermiers, ont envoyé une lettre commune à Agriculture et Agroalimentaire Canada pour exprimer leur inquiétude concernant la fermeture prévue…
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Organizations from across Canada, have sent a joint letter to Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada expressing urgent concern regarding the planned closure of the Organic and Regenerative Research Program at the Swift Current Research and Development Centre. www.nfu.ca/organization...
26 farm organizations call for immediate halt to destruction of AAFC organic research assets | National Farmers Union
Organizations from across Canada, including the National Farmers Union, have sent a joint letter to Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada expressing urgent concern regarding the planned closure of the…
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L’UNF soutient les initiatives visant à briser le siège imposé par Israël à la Palestine ; la nourriture ne doit pas servir d’arme de guerre. www.nfu.ca/fr/efforts-t...
Les efforts déployés pour fournir une aide alimentaire aux Palestiniens ne doivent pas donner lieu à des abus ; le droit international doit être respecté. | National Farmers Union
L’UNF soutient les initiatives visant à briser le siège imposé par Israël à la Palestine ; la nourriture ne doit pas servir d’arme de guerre. La nourriture continue d’être utilisée comme une arme…
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The NFU supports attempts to break Israel’s siege of Palestine, food cannot be used as a weapon of war www.nfu.ca/efforts-to-d...
Efforts to deliver food aid to Palestinians should not be met with abuse, international law needs to be upheld | National Farmers Union
The NFU supports attempts to break Israel’s siege of Palestine, food cannot be used as a weapon of war Food continues to be used as a weapon against the people of Palestine, as farms and seed banks…
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The NFU has signed on to the following letter to urge the government to remove dangerous provisions from Bill C-30 and Bill C-31. www.nfu.ca/environmenta...
Environmental organizations from across Canada urge the government to reconsider unwarranted, harmful and undemocratic changes to the Pest Control Products Act in Bill C-30 and Bill C0-31 | National F...
The NFU has signed on to the following letter to urge the government to remove dangerous provisions from Bill C-30 and Bill C-31. For the past two decades, the mandate of the PCPA has been to…
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L’UNF a signé la lettre suivante pour exhorter le gouvernement à retirer les dispositions dangereuses des projets de loi C-30 et C-31. www.nfu.ca/fr/environme...
Les organisations environnementales de tout le Canada exhortent le gouvernement à reconsidérer les modifications injustifiées, nuisibles et antidémocratiques apportées à la loi sur les produits antipa...
L’UNF a signé la lettre suivante pour exhorter le gouvernement à retirer les dispositions dangereuses des projets de loi C-30 et C-31. Au cours des deux dernières décennies, le mandat de la LPA a été…
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The cuts to AAFC would throw away decades of public investment in people, science and infrastructure, while increasing long-term risk to farmers and the food system. www.cpac.ca/headline-pol...
Conservatives Discuss Agricultural Research Stations – May 27, 2026
Conservative MPs John Barlow and Jacques Gourde hold a news conference on Parliament Hill to discuss agricultural research stations. (no interpretation)
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A small group of farming members of the NFU are excited to host partners from Puerto Rico’s Organización Boricuá de Agricultura Ecológica, for an Agroecology Brigade this week in Nova Scotia. The week-long event kicked off today at Spring Tide Farm in Lapland, NS. www.nfu.ca/national-far...
National Farmers Union Nova Scotia to Host Agroecology Brigade with Partners from Puerto Rico | National Farmers Union
Lapland, Nova Scotia (Mi’kma’ki) – Members of the National Farmers Union (NFU) and farmers and farmworkers from across Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Ontario are excited to host partners from Puerto…
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La modification de la réglementation sur les droits des obtenteurs coûte cher aux agriculteurs et profite aux entreprises semencières www.nfu.ca/fr/plant-bre...
La modification de la réglementation sur les droits des obtenteurs coûte cher aux agriculteurs et profite aux entreprises semencières | National Farmers Union
Les fermiers doivent s’attendre à une hausse des prix des semences et à une privatisation accrue de la sélection végétale, les multinationales du secteur tirant profit du contrôle exclusif sur les…
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Plant Breeders Rights regulatory change costs farmers and benefits seed companies. www.nfu.ca/plant-breede...
Plant Breeders Rights regulatory change costs farmers, benefits seed companies | National Farmers Union
Farmers can expect higher seed prices and more privatization of plant breeding as multinational seed companies cash in on exclusive control over new varieties enabled by the new Plant Breeders’ Rights...
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Cuts today = unsafe food tomorrow. Canada is closing 7 research farms & cutting 600 CFIA jobs. This dismantles Canada’s food safety system. ✍️Act now → www.foodsafetyfirst.ca. Send a letter to your MP & PM Carney and tell them: protect our food safety system — reverse the cuts. #FoodSafetyFirst
Des coupures aujourd’hui = de l’insécurité alimentaire demain. Canada impose des coupures à l'ACIA et AAC. C’est un démantèlement du système de sécurité alimentaire. ✍️Passez à l’action → www.mangersansdanger.ca. Envoyez une lettre à Carney pour lui dire : annulez les coupures. #MangerSansDanger
The unanimous findings of yesterday's report from the Standing Committee on Agriculture confirm what agricultural workers and communities have been saying for months: these closures will cause lasting harm to workers, farmers, food security, and Canada’s ability to respond to climate change.
Parliamentary Committee Report Confirms Farm Research Centre Closures Threaten Jobs, Agriculture, and Food Security - Syndicat Agriculture Union
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Ottawa, May 7, 2026 — The Agriculture Union says a new report from the House of Commons Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri‑Food confirms what agricultural workers and com...
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La pression publique fonctionne – continuons sur cette lancée pour faire annuler les coupes budgétaires imposées à Agriculture et Agroalimentaire Canada ! #cdcpoli
Public pressure is working - keep it up to reverse the cuts to Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada! #cdnpoli
As the official review of USMCA continues, civil society organizations are gathering to share key ideas and insights on trade justice for the food and agriculture sector in North America. May 4: "Shared visions for trade justice for agriculture in North America" www.iatp.org/event/trade-...
