Farming

Farm kids are returning to their roots.

We did it for the love of farming. The kids do it because they love it too, and see a future in it.

Sheldon Creek’s whole milk is sold in traditional glass bottles with a plug of cream on top. They also sell chocolate milk, strawberry milk and eggnog seasonally, and yogurt.

Their crops include oats they sell themselves and a 30-acre field of sunflowers they harvest and sell for birdseed.

Goats are notorious sorting animals. They’d pick through and find the one grain they like, forgetting about everything else they need to be healthy.

Gary van Bolderen carved out an exceptional niche in the equestrian business. Now his son is taking over the reins – and Gary couldn’t be happier.

And what of this farmland? What is it? Is it just dirt? Is it landscaping? Can it be simply recreated?

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?

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.

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

Classic truffles and novelty chocolates make an irresistible combo at The Chocolate Shop.

An Ancient Crop Adds Zest to Country Living!