The Current Issue

Welcome sunny days with a garden-inspired focaccia, follow the map to buy fresh from the farm, and get in the race for October’s municipal elections.

Looking to eat local? Use this guide to find the freshest eggs, produce, meat, honey and craft beverages right at the source.

In The Hills is honoured to receive an honourable mention from the National Magazine Awards Foundation for its distinctly local storytelling.

Meet three of the magazine’s clever contributors – Barbara Fletcher, Jaxon Wakeford and Dan Needles.

Readers respond to stories about rural navigation, road naming, local makers and recycling challenges in the Headwaters.

Pine needles, barbed wire and reeds are just some of the materials Jamila Monahan incorporates into intriguing vessels and sculptures.

Paint in lavender fields, catch concerts and live music, and test your endurance at Mud Hero.

Dan Needles on how eating together and enjoying life’s simple pleasures helped his father live to the ripe old age of 97.

In Headwaters and beyond, plants and animals, from stinging nettles and poison ivy to ants and porcupines, rely on physical and chemical defences to stay alive. We tend only to notice when we get too close.

For Fiddle Foot Farm’s Amy Ouchterlony, the modern woman farmer is part grower, part entrepreneur, part caretaker – and often much more.

What others discard Lawrence and Lucy Kristan transform into award-wining pieces that celebrate the natural world.

Rock some geode earrings, upcycle your style and discover gorgeous Indigenous patterns this summer.

Fairy garden focaccia, pea shoot pesto and dressed up dips anchor an easy and eye-catching spread designed by Elaine Li.

Plus culinary collabs at local craft breweries, field-to-fork dining experiences and exotic game sandwiches, all on the menu in this issue’s Food + Drink.