OFA celebrates farming and food on Canada’s Agriculture Day
By Sara Wood, Director, Ontario Federation of Agriculture
February 22 was Canada’s Agriculture Day – an annual event that brings both consumers and farmers together...
Food Corner
by Paul Cormier, Salamanders of Kemptville
Baked Brie is another one of our family's favourites. We use it as an appetizer, but you can certainly...
Food Corner
by Paul Cormier, Salamanders of Kemptville
I love rice of every kind: Basmati, brown, white, purple even. Now, down South in Cajun country, they make...
The Food Corner
by Paul Cormier of Salamanders, Kemptville
This recipe is adapted from a terrific book entitled Out of Old Nova Scotia Kitchens, by Marie Nightingale. It...
Food Corner
by Paul Cormier, Salamanders of Kemptville
Sometimes, the simplest dishes give the most pleasure. Such is the case with Ma Cormier’s Carrot Salad, a personal...
Christmas blizzard stopped trucks, forces farmers to dump 1.7 million litres of milk
by Nelson Zandbergen
Courtesy of Farmers Forum
Ontario dairy farmers dumped about 1.7 million litres of milk due to the Christmas weekend blizzard that left roads...
The Triumph of the Bromes
submitted by Fred Schueler, Fragile Inheritance Natural History
Brandon Mayer’s recent article “Weed Spraying Facts” provides facts about the excuses that are used for roadside...
This is a marathon, not a sprint
by Jennifer Doelman, Director, Ontario Federation of Agriculture
As we persevere through yet another lockdown, the public health crisis of COVID-19 has turned into a...
OFA and partners searching for sustainable solutions for deadstock
by Paul Maurice, Director, Ontario Federation of Agriculture
For livestock farmers, it’s an unfortunate reality that sometimes, animals die on the farm from causes beyond...
Greening Green Energy
by Philip Fry
After weeks of little response, I have been overwhelmed with informative and encouraging messages, some brief and focused, others full of exciting...