Ontario Farmland Trust - In the News

News Releases and Media Advisories

Policy Issues

News Release May 28, 2012, New Rouge National Urban Park Offers Unprecedented Opportunity to Support GTA Farming & Local Food

Ontario Farmland Trust Stewardship Fund

News Release July 22, 2011

Events

News Release. April 18, 2013.  Farm and Rural Leaders Discuss Resilience to Climate Change at Annual Farmland Forum. 

Protected Farms

Simcoe County Farms

News Release. April 12, 2012. Former Simcoe Landfill Site Permanently Protected for Agriculture

Hindmarsh Farm

News Release. September 30, 2009. First Huron Farm Permanently Protected

Media Advisory. September 18, 2009. Ontario Farmland Trust to Honor Securement of Conservation Easement in Appreciation Ceremony

Belain Farm

News Release. August 19, 2009. Preserving Rich, Agricultural Land in the Greenbelt. Ontario Farmland Trust Secures First Conservation Easement.

Media Advisory. August 11, 2009. Ontario Farmland Trust to Honor Securement of First Conservation Easement at Appreciation Ceremony in Ontario's Greenbelt

Ontario Farmland Trust - In the News

August 2, 2011. Stratford Beacon Herald. Groups Team to Protect Farmland. http://www.stratfordbeaconherald.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3240010

October 27, 2009. Equine Guelph. Caledon farm sets precedent for land preservation. http://www.equineguelph.ca/news/index.php?content=232

October 7, 2009. Goderich Signal Star. Hindmarsh family land donation protects farm from urban sprawl.

October 7, 2009. Erin Advocate. Farmland Trust donation blocks new development.

October 2, 2009. Bayshore Broadcasting News Centre. New Protection for Land.

October 2, 2009. CKNX Radio. Farmland Trust gets first Huron endowment.

August 20, 2009. CountryGuide. Ont. ag land trust secures easement in Greenbelt

 August 25, 2009. Caledon Citizen. Caledon Property Will Remain in Agriculture

Preserving PEI's Farmland - November 20, 2008, The Guardian

http://www.atlanticfarmfocus.ca/index.cfm?sid=192141&sc=586

Ottawa Farmers Want Farmland Protection Through Land Trusts - April 7, 2008, CBC

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/ottawa/story/2008/04/07/ot-farmland-trust-080407.html

Archive

Conference to Launch Ontario Farmland Trust - June 2, 2004 - News @ Guelph

http://www.uoguelph.ca/atguelph/04-06-02/articles/farmland.html

Protected Farms

Belain Farm (one page description)

Hindmarsh Farm (one page description)

Agricultural Land in Ontario

Quick Facts about Agricultural Land in Ontario