Support line for farmer wellness now live
A telehealth line to provide mental wellness support to all Ontario farmers and farm families is now live.
Through the Farmer Wellness Initiative, the provincial...
A New Year’s Agenda for Environmental Adaptation
by Philip Fry
I was spurred to begin this column by the October 2021 report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, and a survey...
Invasive Brown Marmorated Stink Bug found in Merrickville
by William Langenberg
We have a new pest. Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (Halyomorpha halys) is an excellent hitchhiker and extremely invasive. It made its way...
Enhancing the eco-values of our patchwork landscape
by Philip Fry
We should, I think, be content with the patchwork landscape we have inherited and how it is being currently governed at both...
Billowy stands of an Invisible Invasive
by Fred Schueler, Fragile Inheritance Natural History
In June, 2009, the vegetation around a small pond we had dug in 1983, formerly dominated by Meadowsweet...
Deck the halls with gifts sourced locally
by Tracey Arts, Director, OFA
It’s been another challenging year as we continued to navigate the pandemic while simultaneously juggling our daily roles of entrepreneur,...
From Colonial Grid to Patchwork Landscape
by Philip Fry
When colonial settlement was initiated in our region in the late eighteenth century, the forest inhabited by indigenous peoples was seen as...
Interbreeding with Aliens
by Fred Schueler & Aleta Karstad, Fragile Inheritance Natural History
On the radio and internet, you often encounter pitches for stories or movies of unknown...
Soil, Landscape, and Reconciliation
submitted by Philip Fry
Not long after “CO2 Down to Earth 2” appeared in the NGT, I dropped in to see friends who live just...
Obvious Snails
by Fred Schueler, Fragile Inheritance Natural History
When a species has “obvia” as its specific epithet, and it’s so conspicuous that you can survey its...