The Food Corner
Since pumpkins are everywhere this time of year, carved or otherwise, you may as well give in and make use of this great fruit....
Farmers need help dealing with wildlife crop damage and losses
by Bill Groenheide, Director, OFA
Farmers always worry about the weather impacting their crops, from drought and heat to flooding, hail, and high winds. However,...
Frangulous Buckthorn!
by Fred Schueler & Aleta Karstad, Fragile Inheritance Natural History
In our 1995 survey of the ecology of the Kemptville Creek drainage basin, there was an...
Farmers call for quick resolution to Seaway workers’ strike
submitted by OFA
The Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA) is joining Grain Farmers of Ontario, Fertilizer Canada and the Canadian Chamber of Commerce in urging...
World’s largest female invades the cheese factory
by Fred Schueler, Fragile Inheritance natural history
In a visit to the Bishops Mills Cheese Factory, recently acquired by the Municipality and progressing towards becoming...
Farmers urge government to invest in rural healthcare
by Jackie Kelly-Pemberton, Director, OFA
Healthcare affects all Ontarians and regardless of where we live in this province, its services and resources are something we...
Hairy autumnal wanderers
by Fred Schueler and Aleta Karstad, Fragile Inheritance natural history
In the fall, hairy black and brown caterpillars cross roads and lawns looking for places...
The Food Corner
By Paul Cormier, Salamanders of Kemptville
Jeanne Dams is a mystery writer from Grand Bend Indiana with whom I have been exchanging emails. I’m very...
Ditch single-use plastics in school lunches
submitted by Friends of the Earth
Friends of the Earth's 11-year-old Plastics Campaigner, Maya, is calling on students, parents, and teachers to join her in...
Agriculture is about more than farming
by Paul Vickers, Executive Member, OFA
This week marks Ontario Agriculture Week. Strategically selected to be just before Thanksgiving, it’s a perfect time to celebrate...