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The general public doesn’t “get” what we do because they don’t know. And we’re often a little amazed at how much people don’t know, especially about things that we take for granted. Continue reading Speaking up for food and farming   Farmers must stand together and start leading the discussion on sustainable food and farming. That’s the message Montana logger and environmental advocate Bruce Vincent told a record audience at the Speakers’ Forum hosted by AGCare and the Ontario Farm Animal Council (OFAC) in Guelph yesterday. Continue reading Farmers urged to lead food and farming debate
They will all be presenting at this year’s AGCare/Ontario Farm Animal Council (OFAC) speakers’ program, which will focus on advocacy, outreach and the social license to farm. Continue reading Advocacy, outreach and the social license to farm
I had been a part of an annual food writer tour run by AGCare and the Ontario Farm Animal Council of a farm in the Ottawa area that raises chickens destined for KFC, aka Kentucky Fried Chicken. I wrote about what I heard, saw and experienced that day – and posted a few photos of our visit. Continue reading A KFC chicken post follow up
The CleanFARMS blitz program starts tomorrow and will run until October 22 as part of an Ontario government-supported Great Lakes Basin water quality initiative that offers farmers a free, safe way to recycle and dispose of these items. Continue reading Free farm disposal program starts tomorrow
The signs have been installed along popular hiking trails in the Greenbelt – an area of permanently protected farmland, forests, wetlands and greenspace in southern Ontario – as a way of showcasing the many environmental advancements made by farmers. Continue reading Trail signs highlight “green” farming
A group of about 30 food media and home economists – involved in everything from writing articles to recipe testing to authoring cook books – spent the day experiencing Ontario food and farms. Continue reading Telling the story of food and farming |   | ||||
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Most of us in agriculture have the same gripe. Whether we farm or whether we work for or with farmers, our common complaint is that agriculture is misunderstood.
One of the most read posts on this blog continues to be one that I wrote about a year and a half ago, called 
Farmers can safely dispose of their obsolete pesticides, unused animal health products and used sharps at collection sites across Ontario this week.
A series of hiking trail signs highlighting environmental accomplishments by farmers are being unveiled today in the Greenbelt.
The Holland Marsh area north of Toronto was the setting for a farm tour with Toronto area food writers in early June.