Jackie Milne, President of Hay River's Northern Farm Training Institute. (2016)
Town of Hay River
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Hay River Deliberating Use of Northern Farm Institute Location

Connor Pitre
By Connor Pitre

The Town of Hay River is looking to get feedback from the community on the redevelopment and use of the old Northern Farm Training Institute (NIFTI) property in Hay River.

The Northern Farm Training Institute is a non-profit group that provides farm training to residents of the NWT in an attempt to improve local food systems. Their goal is to become a holistic farm and educational centre. Hay River’s location faced numerous financial troubles, and ended up reducing the amount of time it could stay open, and it came to a point that they could no longer keep animals on site.

Additionally, in a July 2022 Facebook Post, NIFTI stated that the Territorial Government had made it illegal for farmers to sell food directly to individuals if they do not have a government issued permit.

The Territorial Agri-Food Association will be collecting the data from this survey to decide what to do with the land, and will present the information to the Hay River Town Council near the end of March.

The survey can be found by clicking here.

Connor Pitre
Connor Pitre
Born and raised in Central Alberta, Connor Pitre attended the Western Academy Broadcasting College in Saskatchewan, before making his way to the NWT in November of 2021. Since then, he has become a regular staple of the True North FM crew in the News department, and occasionally filling in on the afternoon show.

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