Gardening: Winter sowing
Winter sowing is the practice of making little green houses in order to germinate your seeds, and grow your seedlings. Many types of flowers...
Three tax filing changes farmers should know about
by Clint Cameron, OFA
Tax season is coming up and while it’s always important to stay on top of deadlines and new rules, there are...
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...
What would Mother Nature do?
by Rachel Gill
Here's a scary story to tell around the campfire this summer: Almost half of the world’s fertile soil has disappeared in the...
Super corn borer resistant to Bt corn could infect Eastern Ontario first
by Nelson Zandbergen
courtesy of Farmers Forum
European corn borer is becoming resistant to the Bt corn varieties that have effectively repelled the pest for 25...
Flowers in your vegetable garden – try mixing it up!
Seems like people either grow food, or grow flowers. If they do grow both, we've been conditioned to grow them separately; we have the...
What’s sowing…
April's weather can be all over the place! In the space of a week, it can go from sunny and warm, to rainy and...
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...
Summer Spotlight Dairy Show
by Kelly Fawcett‑Mathers
The Summer Spotlight Junior Dairy Show was held on August 26 in conjunction with the Chesterville Fair. The show was spearheaded by...
Reducing emissions without hobbling our ability to produce food is a must
Tyler Brooks,
Director of Communications and Stakeholder Relations,
Ontario Federation of Agriculture
Empty grocery store shelves in the Netherlands have made headlines recently, as farmers blocked food...