Sustainability: What is a CSA? Why bother?
CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture, or Community Shared Agriculture. A farm sells a "share" of their harvest in advance. Sometimes, you will hear...
Gardening: I forgot the Onions!
I forgot the onions!! Digging through my big bag of seeds last week, I realised that I'd forgotten all about onions! Onions are very...
Gardening: Heirloom Seeds or Hybrid Seeds
by Joselyn Morley
If you are buying seeds, you may hear people talking about Heirloom Seeds or Hybrid Seeds. You may read it on a...
Gardening…. in February
The beginning of February finds many of us planting pepper seeds, wondering just how long they will take to germinate this year! Sweet potatoes...
Sustainability: Local Food
by Joselyn Morley
The topic of sustainability can be overwhelming. It's easy to get tangled up in big ideas, and overwhelming concepts. Trying to live...
Gardening: In January?
by Joselyn Morley
What's growing in January? Well, two things that gardeners are beginning about now are peppers, and sweet potatoes. Some people seed eggplants...
Conservation authorities have vital role in protecting land and water
by the Ontario Federation of Agriculture
Ontario’s conservation authorities provide a watershed level planning perspective that transcends municipal borders, one that the Ontario Federation of...
