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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.
Du 12 au 16 novembre, le Sommet des Peuples Vers la COP30, qui s'est tenu à Belém, au Brésil, a rassemblé 20 000 personnes issues d'une grande diversité de cultures et de pays afin de renforcer la solidarité, la résistance et la coopération internationales en faveur d'un changement systémique.
November 20, 2025 at 1:28 PM
From November 12th to 16th, the Peoples’ Summit Toward COP30 in Belém, Brazil brought together 20,000 people from a wide diversity of cultures, identities, countries and territories to build international solidarity, resistance and cooperation for systemic change. 

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November 20, 2025 at 1:24 PM
À la conférence des Nations Unies sur le climat #COP30 à Belém do Pará, au Brésil, l’UNF et @la_via_campesina_official participent en tant qu'observateurs aux négociations officielles et au Sommet des peuples pour les mouvements sociaux. 🌎
November 18, 2025 at 10:42 AM
At the #COP30 UN climate conference in Belém do Pará, Brazil, the NFU and @viacampesinabe.bsky.social are participating as observers of the official negotiations and in the People’s Summit for social movements. 🌎
November 18, 2025 at 10:39 AM
A group of 5 NFU members are currently delegates at the 3rd Nyeleni Global Forum in Kandy, Sri Lanka.

This forum is a convergence space for global social movements, who are, together, moving towards ambitious action on systemic transformation of our food system and society at large.
September 11, 2025 at 6:01 PM
September 10, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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September 9, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Une modification proposée à la réglementation sur les semences menace la souveraineté semencière et constitue une atteinte inacceptable à la pratique ancestrale des agriculteurs consistant à conserver leurs semences.

📣 Signez dès AJD la pétition parlementaire !

www.noscommunes.ca/petitions/fr...
September 9, 2025 at 6:02 PM
September 9, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Proposed seed regulatory change threatens seed sovereignty in Canada by removing Farmers’ Privilege from new fruit, vegetable, and ornamental varieties. This encroaches on farmers’ age-old practice of saving seed.

📣 Sign the Parliamentary e-petition today!

www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
September 9, 2025 at 5:57 PM
NFU delegates returned home on Wednesday carrying wisdom, strategy, energy, medicine, ideas, care and so much more from all the farmers, farm workers, educators and activists involved.
August 20, 2025 at 12:15 PM
The NFU is so grateful to Rural Vermont and the People's Agroecology School for organizing the 2025 Short Course in People's Agroecology, as well as to each and every participant from across the globe who contributed to the experience.
August 20, 2025 at 12:15 PM
This week five delegates from the NFU were in Vermont for a course hosted by Rural Vermont and the People’s Agroecology School of Vermont - they gathered with international allies in the agroecology movement for a series of on-farm work brigades, political education events, and knowledge exchange.
August 14, 2025 at 2:19 PM
This Thursday, June 26th @ 7pm ET!

In celebration of Indigenous Peoples Day, NFU’s Indigenous Solidarity Working Group is hosting a virtual movie night featuring the film “Kanenon:we - Original Seeds”.

Register here: nfu-ca.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
June 24, 2025 at 5:07 PM
On June 21st, NFU Youth President, Adama Bundu, joined other @viacampesinabe.bsky.social members to observe the exam and ceremony of the graduating class of El Josco Bravo School of Agroecology in Puerto Rico as part of the movement’s First International Brigade coordinated by Organización Boricuá.
June 24, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Top of the agenda: using institutional spaces to advance the People’s Right to Food.
June 13, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Indigenous farmer and NFU member, Celeste Smith is in Brazil for a meeting of the Civil Society and Indigenous Peoples Mechanism (CSIPM) — the main civil society space for advocating to the UN Committee on Food Security.
June 10, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Our 2025 NFUniversity Season was so successful, we decided to add one more class before the end of the season!

Join us on May 28th as Didi Pershouse presents us with a new view of the interconnections between water, soils, and the climate.

🔗 Register here: nfu.ca/event/explor...
May 20, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Join the NFU on May 22nd at 3PM EST for a panel webinar on the farmers’ share of food prices and an examination of how corporate concentration in the Canadian food system harms both farmers and consumers! 🚨📈

Register here: nfu-ca.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
May 14, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Don't miss this webinar TOMORROW April 23rd at 12 PM ET.

Food, Tariffs & The Election - hosted by Food Secure Canada.

Featuring guest speakers: Phil Mount (NFU), Sophia Murphy (IATP) and Pam Franche (Justice for Workers).

Register today: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
April 22, 2025 at 7:01 PM
NFUniversity brings together experts, researchers & farmers to tackle some of the most pressing issues in agriculture.

These sessions go beyond the basics, deepening understanding & sharpening the skills & analysis needed to advocate for a just and sustainable food system.

www.nfu.ca/nfuniversity/
February 12, 2025 at 8:19 PM