About the National Farmers Union
The National Farmers Union is a dynamic general farm organization representing the interests of small and medium-sized farms. The NFU is structured to take direction from the grassroots. At the local, regional and national levels, farmers make farmer-friendly policies for farmers. At all levels, the NFU collaborates with other like-minded organizations on important issues which affect the sustainability and viability of farms. The NFU also invites non-farmers to become associate members of the NFU and work side by side together, because food issues are farm issues, and farm issues are food issues!
NFU Local 316 encompasses Frontenac, Lennox & Addingston Counties in Eastern Ontario. We initiated Food Down the Road in December, 2006.
Want to know more about the NFU?
Read Q & A with a Local Farm Leader an interview with NFU Local 316 president, Andrea Cumpson (see page 3 of The Local Harvest 2007).
Find out more about the National Farmer's Union.
Contact Local 316 of the NFU nfu@fooddowntheroad.ca.
A National Farmers Union Local 316 initiative, Food Down the Road: Toward a Sustainable Local Food System for Kingston and Countryside relies on the generosity of many partners, supporters and volunteers. Food Down the Road is funded in part through contributions by the Government of Canada and the Province of Ontario under the Agricultural Management Institute (AMI), an initiative of the federal-provincial-territorial Agricultural Policy Framework designed to position Canada’s agri-food sector as a world leader. The Agricultural Adaptation Council administers the AMI program on behalf of the Government of Canada and the Province of Ontario.