Ontario moves to restore general farm groups' accreditation
Posted: 11/21/2012 |
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Ontario's top three general farm organizations will be able to fund themselves through their usual membership fees for now, under a temporary reprieve from the province.
Rulings in May from the province's Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Appeal Tribunal saw all three -- the Ontario Federation of Agriculture, the National Farmers Union-Ontario and the Christian Farmers Federation of Ontario -- lose their accreditation, thanks to a new interpretation of changes made almost 20 years ago to the provincial Farm Registration and Farm Organizations Funding Act.
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Source: Alberta Farmer
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