Tim Shuff
Tim Shuff is a freelance writer.
How ‘Clean Fill’ Became a Dirty Word
Sep 11, 2015With a proposal to flatten his farm fields, a Mono farmer stepped squarely into the centre an environmental hornets’ nest.
10 Years of the Greenbelt
Jun 16, 2015Ontario launched the Greenbelt Plan’s 10-year review, which is taking place concurrently with reviews of the Niagara Escarpment Plan, the Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Plan & Places to Grow.
Dufferin’s New Landlord
Mar 23, 2014With its purchase of the mega quarry lands, a Canadian investment firm gained control of one of the biggest single blocks of prime farmland in Ontario. Will the new landlord be better than the old?
The Battle Shifts Gear
Mar 31, 2013With the mega quarry shelved, opponents say they’ll keep fighting until they get permanent protection for farmland in Ontario.
The Apple Growers’ Blues
Aug 17, 2012A spring freeze that wiped out 88 per cent of Ontario’s apple crop is only the latest in a string of challenges pressuring local growers to squeeze more value out of the humble apple.
Cody Gillies: End-to-end
Jun 19, 2012Cody Gillies aims to run the Bruce Trail in record time – and raise money for sick kids at Headwaters Health Care Centre!
Welcome to Paradise
Jun 19, 2012Luxury property developer Shane Baghai extends his ambitions – and his taste for excellence – to farming.
The Milky Way
May 18, 2012Imagine, milk with terroir. Two local Ontario dairy farms are about to revolutionize the way we think about that most basic of foods.
Green Gravel
Sep 9, 2011Can a green gravel certification solve the controversies over aggregate in Ontario? It had better, because it may be the only way out of our current mess.
Birth of a Protest
Jun 16, 2011This spring, when The Highland Companies filed its application for a 2,316-acre limestone quarry, a small rural protest caught the big wave.
Melancthon Mega Quarry
by the Numbers
Jun 16, 2011
This spring, when The Highland Companies filed its application for a 2,316-acre limestone quarry, a small rural protest caught the big wave.
High Stakes in the High County
Sep 16, 2009The Highland Companies, a U.S.-based investment syndicate, has assembled 9,500 acres, most of it in Melancthon, but many people in the community, led by NDACT, worry about the future of their farmland and water resources.
My First Time Fly Fishing
Jun 18, 2009Because I love the outdoors, I always thought fishing would be the perfect sport for me.
Cook it and they will learn
Sep 15, 2008The culinary arts program at ODSS has found a way to kids’ hearts and minds through their stomachs.
Local Farm, to Local Food, to Local Fuel
Jun 20, 2008The Everpure Biodiesel Co-op aims to put the ‘bio’ back in biofuels.
The Menu is the Message
Jun 21, 2007Feast of Fields connects the links in the local food chain in an annual festival of fun and flavour.
Bullfrog Power
Mar 22, 2007Purchasing Power! Bullfrog Power’s green electricity is hot in Headwaters, but is it worth the premium price?