• Documenting a daughter’s film-inspired farm suspicion
    May 1, 2010
    On the eve of her 19th birthday, my daughter returned home from university for a visit. She brought with her a popular current documentary she wanted me to see called “Food Inc.”
  • Wind Rider win for Damascus duo
    April 1, 2010
    LONDON — Camilla Willings of Fina Vista Farms in Damascus was crowned winner of the Home Hardware Wind Rider Challenge at the recent Can-Am All Breeds Equine Emporium in London.
  • Canada’s two Nuffield Scholars at international conference
    April 1, 2010
    It is estimated that by 2050 there will be nine billion people on the planet. A looming question is how farmers are going to provide this growing population with healthy, safe, accessible and sustainably produced food from fewer farms and with diminished human capital.
  • McGivern elected NFU coordinator
    April 1, 2010
    DESBORO — Sean McGivern, a 31 year-old mixed farmer from Desboro in Grey County, is the new Regional Coordinator for the National Farmers Union (NFU) in Ontario.
  • One-size regulations must end
    April 1, 2010
    Dear Editor,
    Consumers across Southern Ontario have been rediscovering the delicious taste and freshness of local Ontario grown foods in increasing numbers the last few years: fresh vegetables, flowers and local meats — things like fresh pork sausages, cornfed beef tenderloins and healthful grass-fed beef.
  • Small butchers on the chopping block
    April 1, 2010
    Dear Editor
    There is a lot of hype about the “100 mile diet” these days, meaning that you buy locally.
  • Hot dog plant to create 500 jobs
    April 1, 2010
    LISTOWEL — As far as luck goes, Listowel struck the pot of gold with news last month that will bring 500 jobs to the former Campbell’s Soup plant.
  • P&H plans big expansion in Hensall
    April 1, 2010
    HENSALL — The village of Hensall will soon see more new construction as Parrish and Heimbecker (P&H) announced last week it plans to build a new, state-of-the-art, dry edible bean processing facility in Hensall.
  • Former Corn Producers director named GFO chair
    April 1, 2010
    LONDON — The first chair of the Grain Farmers of Ontario (GFO) — the organization formed through the merger of three province-wide commodity associations representing producers of corn, wheat and soybeans — hails from an Eastern Ontario region, District 13.
  • Food is putting Perth on the map
    April 1, 2010
    STRATFORD — Perth County is well-positioned to become a major player in Ontario’s culinary tourism market.