Food Corner

By Paul Cormier, Salamanders of Kemptville Casserole time! Casseroles are great because they don’t take a lot of time and they are tasty. You can...

Taking an active role in representing agriculture is rewarding

by Ethan Wallace, Board Director, OFA The strength of organizations lies in the commitment and passion of their members and volunteers. That’s particularly true for...

The Weather with Connor

Hello, everyone! Welcome back to another week of The Weather with Connor. This week, I thought I'd do more of a longer range forecast...

Common Local Trees are dying due to global warming

William John Langenberg, M.Sc Env. Biol., Former researcher and lecturer at Kemptville College Climate change seems to have a devastating effect on some common local landscape...

Is local food safer?

by Deron Johnston Recently, there was a massive recall on romaine lettuce across North America because of possible contamination with E. coli. A particularly nasty...

Leeds and Grenville contributes 83,000 trees to Living Tribute

More than 83,000 new trees have been planted across the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville this spring in honour of Canadian veterans, thanks...

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,...

Choosing the right plant

by Dan Driedger Scanning the web can quickly reveal a host of individuals and businesses who are selling plants at this time of year. Interest...

In defence of our forests and woodlots

by Marc Nadeau I occasionally drive along Somerville Road and my eyes are still not accustomed to the big block of cleared land that was,...

Food Corner

by Paul Cormier, Salamanders of Kemptville Do you have more green tomatoes than you know what to do with this time of year? Just bake...