When Ted Stark, owner of Valensbrae Farm on Highway 97, decided two years ago to become a sheep farmer he had to overcome a number of challenges, including how to keep the sheep safe from predators. Valensbrae Farm is currently…
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Welcome to our 2016 Spring newsletter. There is controversy regarding organic food – is it better for you? why does it cost more? How do we know if what we are buying is actually organic and not just some words…
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GUELPH — Packing up your foodstuffs and selling them at the farmers market can be hassle and a drain on small farmers. And shopping at a bustling farmers market it is not every family’s idea of a pleasant shopping experience….
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Elora Dairy Livestock Research and Innovation Centre to receive $3 million in federal funding through the Canadian Agriculture Investment Program FERGUS – Michael Chong, Member of Parliament for Wellington-Halton Hills, today announced $3 million of federal money through the Canadian…
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I drove down the long driveway, peering to see the barn. I wasn’t sure exactly where I was going but expected that would be the place I would find my first box of bounty. There it was as I turned…
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The greenhouse at The Little Country School is up and running. The children have worked very hard since mid April to get the gardens ready for our vegetable stand and right now we have radishes, lettuce and kale available for…
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The second meeting of the Puslinch 4-H sheep club was held at the farm of Dr. Peter and Julie Rich. The meeting was led by Main Street Animal Hospital veterinarians, Dr. Peter Rich and Dr. Rob Swackhammer. We were separated…
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