A series of hiking trail signs highlighting environmental accomplishments by farmers are being unveiled today in the Greenbelt.
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 [...]

The Holland Marsh area north of Toronto was the setting for a farm tour with Toronto area food writers in early June.
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.

Local food is in, the 100 mile diet is cool and we’re being advised to buy in season fruits and veggies to both be healthy and reduce the carbon footprint.
But what do Canadians really think about food, farmers and farming?

Farmers sometimes get a little upset at how their livelihoods are depicted in urban media and on the Internet. They feel their side of the story isn’t being told, which leads consumers to have unfair or incomplete notions of food and farming.
For the most part, farmers are too busy farming and often, activist groups are [...]

If we want to feed the world – and do it in an environmentally responsible and sustainable manner – organics won’t cut it.
That’s the message the World Wildlife Fund’s Director of Livestock will be bringing to the AGCare/Ontario Farm Animal Council annual meeting in Guelph on March 12.

The following editorial, from the Ontario Corn Producers Association, is one of several that have been appearing in the media recently asking the Ontario government to focus on science rather than emotion when it comes to making policies that impact farmers.
The Ontario Federation of Agriculture has been vocal on the issue, as has AGCare and [...]

The following article was printed in the Ontario Corn Producer, December 2008.
By Lilian Schaer
These days, it seems hard to predict what may happen with any degree of accuracy three months from now, let alone three years into the future. But although we live in volatile times, there are some fairly safe bets on what may [...]