Year: 2021

This month’s article deals with the frequently agonizing decision of what to do with the farm when your health or age means you can no longer farm it adequately. You may want to sell and retire comfortably, but you know that anyone who can afford to buy farmland at today’s prices is unlikely to continue farming it organically. Richard and Karen Cook tells us of their journey in deciding to share their land with Kevin, a young wanna-be farmer who, along with his animal helpers, is transforming part of the farm.

How many small farmers have had the thought that it would be more efficient for one vehicle to bring several farms’ goods to market, rather than so many farmers giving up their weekend to drive and stand around at the same market?

What we hear on the ground We live in the province with the largest market for organics in Canada and yet one where anyone can call their produce organic regardless of how it is produced. Why do some Ontario farmers

Building a Community Abattoir A case study from Salt Spring Island In 2004, the BC government announced impending changes to the meat inspection regulations which would require slaughterhouses to be licensed when meat is sold for human consumption. With no

Did you know?  In Ontario – unlike Quebec and several other Canadian provinces – the term organic is not regulated, meaning anyone selling within the province can say they are selling organic products, regardless of how they are produced. So

I am Martin Turcot, co-owner of Ferme aux pleines saveurs with my life partner Chantale. I grew up on a nearby farm where potatoes were a main crop. Chantale grew up on a farm on Ile d’Orléans, renowned for producing the best