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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  And now for some shameless self promotion… I was thrilled to be the recipient of a writing award at the recent Canadian Farm Writers Federation (CFWF) annual banquet. A news release I wrote last year called “What gardeners can learn from farmers” won a bronze in the Alice Switzer award category for news release writing. Continue reading A writing award from Canadian Farm Writers!
The tips – listed on a website called Take Action for the Environment – cover a variety of areas, but some of them, in my opinion, come directly from agriculture and represent things that farmers have been doing for years. For example: Continue reading Take action for the environment – by learning from farmers As printed in the Guelph Mercury, June 4 2009: We have attempted to tell our story for years — but for the most part, people haven’t been interested in food and farming. After all, from the average Canadian’s perspective, there was safe food and plenty of it, so what else was there to know? But that was in the days before food scares, a misnamed influenza virus, and an increasing environmental awareness shifted the spotlight increasingly on to agriculture and food producers. Continue reading Farmers ready and willing to talk about food production
Yet millions of people around the world depend on corn as a staple of life - as food for themselves, as feed for their livestock and as a renewable fuel alternative. And that demand is only expected to grow in the decades to come. Continue reading New corn to be better for environment
The new Vineland Research and Commercialization Centre is what is evolving out of the old horticulture research station once run by the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA) at Vineland, bringing with it a new focus on industry-driven research, business development and commercialization. Continue reading Making a green industry greener From the Guelph Mercury, Friday April 24, by Lilian Schaer: We must face up to the true costs of the things we consume |   | ||||
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A series of hiking trail signs highlighting environmental accomplishments by farmers are being unveiled today in the Greenbelt.
The federal government has developed a series of suggestions for Canadians to be more environmentally conscious.
Corn uses too much water and too much fertilizer to produce, its critics often charge, making it a bad environmental choice.
It has a long and proud history – and now, seemingly, also an exciting future that may help make a green industry even greener by solving some major issues facing Canada’s horticultural sector.