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Farming

How to Grow Mushrooms

Not in a hurry? Growing your own mushrooms might be for you.

Jun 20, 2016

Heatherlea Farm Shoppe

With its own livestock and in-house butchers, this Caledon farm reinvents traditional food production in a shiny new market.

Jun 20, 2016

Many Parts Make a Whole Village

Caledon’s first ecovillage celebrates 10 years of sustainable living.

Jun 20, 2016

A Vineyard Grows in Hockley

How Mario Adamo’s Italian roots – and love of fine wine – spurred his family’s next big adventure.

Mar 21, 2016

Dairy Herd SOLD

With the dairy herd gone, a farmer’s daughter reflects on memory and identity.

Mar 21, 2016

Zoo Food

How a local feed mill has become the go-to resource for zoos across North America.

Mar 21, 2016

George Sant & Sons Greenhouses: Sowing the Seeds of Family Life

Sants Greenhouses is a sprawling five-greenhouse operation that helps beautify not just southern Ontario but all corners of North America.

Mar 23, 2015

The Next Generation

Farm kids are returning to their roots.

Sep 11, 2014

Landman family: A recipe for family harmony with something for everyone

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

Sep 11, 2014

Den Haan family: Two generations of dairy farming pioneers

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.

Sep 11, 2014

Davis family: Oats, sunflowers and pink rubber boots

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

Sep 11, 2014

A Stable Relationship: Dutch Masters Construction Services

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.

Sep 11, 2014