New Farm is in the process of establishing the New Farm Centre, a not-for-profit centre with a mission to mitigate climate change by developing, demonstrating and advocating for a resilient and regenerative farming system. This Centre is farmer-led and science based, collaborating with farm organizations, policy makers, educational institutions, researchers, industry leaders and consumers.

NFC’s Vision: Agricultural greenhouse gas emissions are significantly reduced, farms are resilient to climate change, farmer prosperity and wellbeing is improved, Canadian agricultural exports meet or exceed standards of international markets, Canadian import substitutions of regenerative and organic food products have increased significantly, access to nutrient-dense foods is increased, and biodiversity is increased.

1. On the Farm: Create a Centre for convening, demonstrating, researching and educating to promote climate-friendly agricultural practices.

2. In the Community: Create a Consulting Practice to promote, educate, and facilitate farms to transition toward climate-friendly practices using awareness, tools, incentives, sharing of best practice, and creating communities of support.

3. Across Canada and beyond: Lead a Policy Institute to work with sector partners (e.g. Farmers for Climate Solutions) to promote systems, tools and incentives while removing systemic barriers/disincentives to farms transitioning toward climate-friendly practices.

Farmers for Climate Solutions is a national farmer and rancher led coalition that advances pragmatic solutions to support farmers and ranchers in making the transition to low emissions, high resilience approaches to agriculture.

We were a lead donor starting in 2020 and understand that our early support helped build momentum to catalyze success in the 2021 federal budget that represented a historic win for Canadian agriculture that FCS will continue to build upon.

COG guides Canadian farmers in adopting organic regenerative agricultural practices that help mitigate climate change. They provide essential programs, training, advocacy, and research to support Canadian farmers on climate change's front lines.

With our support they increased programming services and resources to help more farmers/producers transition their farms to regenerative/organic.

COG developed a national cover cropping curriculum with the Farmers for Climate Solutions, and they are currently expanding regenerative organic oat production starting in the Prairies, growing their school garden workshops in Ottawa, concluding Canadian supply chain research (six organic commodities), and increasing their policy work at the federal level.

There is COG representation on several key committees and organizations, for example, AAFC (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada) Tables, and the Governance and Farmers Engagement and Policy Working Group of the Farmers for Climate Solutions.

EFAO is a membership organization that focuses on farmer-led education, research and community building. They bring farmers together to learn from each other and improve the health of their soils, crops, livestock and the environment.

Their goals are to:

1. Support EFAO members to run profitable, resilient ecological farms;
2. Broaden adoption of ecological agriculture among other farmers; and
3. Achieve provincial and federal policies that support ecological agriculture.

Advancing Sustainable Agriculture for Nature and People

Nature United is supporting farmers and addressing the barriers that prevent the widespread adoption of specific sustainable agriculture practices. This approach aims to restore nature while strengthening the long-term resilience of farms, communities and food systems.

This work focuses on the Aspen Parkland, a 17.3 million-hectare region spanning Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, where there is significant opportunity to improve soil health, protect water, enhance biodiversity and reduce emissions while maintaining productive farms.

Nature United’s approach is grounded in an ambitious goal: accelerating widespread, farmer-led adoption of sustainable practices across this landscape by 2030 and creating a pathway to scale these solutions across Canada.

To achieve this, the program takes a system-level approach:

• Demonstrating what works: Farmer-led Model Farm Networks test and showcase sustainable practices under real-world conditions. 

• Building knowledge and capacity: Applied research and technical training equip farmers and advisors with practical, region-specific expertise. 

• Aligning partners: Collaboration across farmers, Indigenous Nations, industry and NGOs addresses shared barriers and accelerates progress. 

• Unlocking incentives: Policy and financing efforts help ensure sustainable practices are supported and rewarded at scale. 

By advancing these priorities, Nature United is laying the foundation for a resilient, regenerative agricultural system in Canada that will deliver lasting benefits for people, nature and the climate.