NFU Projects

The National Farmers Union is undertaking many different projects in the area of Kingston and Countryside.

Current National Farmers Union Projects:

• The New Farm Project (http://nfu.newfarmproject.ca)
• Food Down the Road Newspaper (www.fooddowntheroad.ca)
• Save Our Prison Farms (www.saveourprisonfarms.ca)
• The Collaborative Regional Alliance for Farmer Training / CRAFT Kingston (www.craftontario.ca)
• Poultry Abbatoir Feasibility Study (www.nfuontario.ca/316/)
• Plan to Grow: Action research towards scaling up local food production in kingston and countryside (www.newfarmproject.ca/plan-to-grow/)

Past NFU Projects:

• Food Down the Road: Toward a Sustainable Local Food System for Kingston and Countryside
• Feast of Fields

NFU Local 316 is also an active participant in:

• The Backyard Hens Initiative
• Loving Spoonful (co-founder)
• The City of Kingston and County of Frontenac Integrated Sustainability plans
• KFL&A Public Health’s Healthy Communities Initiative
• KGH food services contract