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Spring 2014

Volume 21 Number 1

The Internet is Us

Jun 17, 2014 | Signe Ball | Editor’s Desk

It has been well over a decade since the federal government promised to make broadband Internet available to all Canadians.

David Peterson and his horse Malibou

David Peterson talks Pan Am

Mar 23, 2014 | Cecily Ross | Leisure

A long-time Caledon resident and avid horseman, David Peterson took time to speak with In The Hills about the impact the Games and the new world-class equestrian park will have on the area.

Tom Eisenhauer, president of Bonnefield Financial Inc., says that unlike hedge fund investors, his company’s investors are looking for the kind of steady, long-term returns more typical of farmland. Photo by Pete Paterson.

Dufferin’s New Landlord

Mar 23, 2014 | Tim Shuff | Back Issues

With 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?

Even the sound of the old ATV holds a memory of him, puttering in on it from his little house next door every morning

Five Years Out

Mar 23, 2014 | Jack Hostrawser | Farming

A Memoir. Even the sound of the old ATV holds a memory of him, puttering in on it from his little house next door every morning.

Creemore’s 100-Mile Store, owned by Sandra Lackie and Jackie Durnford, now boasts 100 suppliers who provide more than 1,000 products from within a 100-mile radius. Photo by Rosemary Hasner / Black Dog Creative Arts.

Local Food

Mar 23, 2014 | Nicola Ross | Back Issues

A look back at a decade of progress and the challenges still ahead.

Aabir Dey with a basket of organic seeds from the Everdale Farm seed library. The vegetables on the counter are from the farm’s fall harvest, stored through the winter in its cold cellar. According to the United Nations, the world has lost 75 per cent of the genetic diversity of food crops since 1900. Photo by Pete Paterson.

Sowing the Seeds of Food Security

Mar 23, 2014 | Liza Sardi | Back Issues

Everdale organic farm is at the centre of a project designed to create a self-sufficient organic seed industry in Canada.

Using a sausage horn, Chef Fabio expertly fills the sausage casings. Photos by MK Lynde.

Homemade Pork Sausage

Mar 23, 2014 | Cecily Ross | Back Issues | Food | Main Dishes | Recipes

With the right equipment and ingredients, a pinch of perseverance, and a big dollop of humour, you can make your own sausages.

With the right equipment and ingredients, a pinch of perseverance, and a big dollop of humour, you can make your own sausages.

A Real Grind

Mar 23, 2014 | Cecily Ross | Back Issues

With the right equipment and ingredients, a pinch of perseverance, and a big dollop of humour, you can make your own sausages.

Chef Fabio Bondi prepares and grinds a Tamworth pork shoulder. Photos by MK Lynde.

Mexican Chorizo

Mar 23, 2014 | Cecily Ross | Back Issues | Food | Main Dishes | Recipes

There is something so “suggestive” about sausages, something elemental … No wonder they are often the subject of ribald, schoolyard-type humour.

Whirligigs, Weathervanes and Other Wonders

Mar 23, 2014 | Yevgenia Casale | Back Issues

The whimsical decoration on everyday objects expresses “Art from the Heart” in a new exhibition at Dufferin County Museum & Archives.

Trainer Tony Fenech has been putting Orangeville mayor Rob Adams through his paces for about four years, usually in the gym at Big Tyme Fitness and Boxing, but sometimes for variety on the playground equipment of a local school. Photo by Rosemary Hasner / Black Dog Creative Arts.

Beyond the Fitness Fad

Mar 23, 2014 | Nicola Ross | Back Issues

Personal trainers offer clients much more than a physical workout.

An iridescent tree swallow in flight. Photo by Robert McCaw.

Swifts and Swallows

Mar 23, 2014 | Don Scallen | Environment

These birds fly with grace and verve, flitting over fields and wetlands and high above towns and villages.

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