Nicola Ross

“I can’t deny the thrill of knowing that I may be the first person ever to paint this view.”

On the calm, early morning waters of Island Lake, rowers get a healthy head start on their day.

Italian cooks flock to this Dutch family’s pick-your-own farm in Caledon.

Local Heroes: The Coalition of Concerned Citizens fought to perserve our rural landscape

Bridgitte says chocolate is also great brain food. It can shift your consciousness, making you feel better. “But,” she warns, “brain-activating chemicals are very heat sensitive.”

We’d warmed up with a short hike down to a kettle lake covered in untrodden snow. We couldn’t resist the temptation to make tracks, so we crossed the lake enjoying the silence and the warm sunshine.

Sausages that are fast becoming a popular option, even among Broadway Farm’s Market’s most health-conscious customers.

Soon we’re flying up the road. Had I worn a silk scarf, it would have been streaming out behind me.

The traditions of the annual agricultural fair were brought to Canada by British settlers.

Jean Denison finds the Erin Fair’s Optimist fries hard to resist, but she can’t resist the church pies either.

For consumers, improved meat safety sounds encouraging – but the transition to a more strictly regulated system has not been without casualties.

Seven of the 20 individual plots have been rented for $25 each by area residents who want fresh vegetables.

Croquet, at least the version I was about to learn, is both remarkably like and completely different from what most kids play.

Like Your Mom And Popeye Told You: Queen Victoria Baby Leaf Spinach comes from right here in Dufferin County!

From big city to back forty, an urban couple leaves the world of cappuccino and concrete for a better life … on the farm.

What happens when five of Caledon’s most committed local-food mavens get together to share coffee, muffins and some big ideas?

Mountain biker Karen Gillies and road cyclist Nicola Ross invite each other out for a spin.

Ted Webb’s infectious passion for cycling has transformed a sleepy village into a road racer’s dream.