The Food Corner

by Paul Cormier, Salamanders of Kemptville As I have often repeated to anyone who wants to hear: “simple is good!” In fact, many heritage recipes...

Farmers pausing growth, but confident in future outlooks, survey says

by Paul Vickers, Vice President, OFA The pressures of inflation, high interest rates, tax increases and global conflicts are having an impact on Ontario’s farmers. That’s...

The Food Corner

By Paul Cormier, Salamanders of Kemptville What would we do in Canada without The Egg? Eggs are part of our breakfasts, baking and many other...

Local food system

by Dana Douglas, MScFN, RD, LG&L District Health Unit The “food system” refers to everything and everybody that’s involved in growing, processing, acquiring, transporting, distributing,...

Hostas and other shady characters!

by David Dunn of Rideau Woodland Ramble  In the deep dark corners of your garden, you can find some pretty shady characters! Hostas are a...

Home Canning

by Dana Douglas, MScFN, RD, LG&L District Health Unit Home canning is a great way to preserve, but requires special attention and safe techniques to...

Early Daffodils

by Fred Schueler – Fragile Inheritance Natural History Even before the poet William Wordsworth "wandered lonely as a cloud (into])a host of golden daffodils," these...

The Food Corner

by Paul Cormier, Salamanders of Kemptville Complex recipes aren’t much fun, unless you have the time and can get really into it. Today’s recipe may...

Farm shows a chance to meet, learn and reconnect

by Andrea McCoy-Naperstkow, Director, OFA Even though the weather hasn’t caught up to the calendar just yet, we’ve just turned the corner into spring. It...

New awareness campaign asks Ontario growers to ‘Be Drift Aware’

As Ontario growers head to the fields this spring, they have easy access to new stewardship resources, no matter what they’re growing. A partnership...