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Farming

Eat Your Spinach!

Jun 16, 2011 | Nicola Ross | Homegrown in the Hills

Like Your Mom And Popeye Told You: Queen Victoria Baby Leaf Spinach comes from right here in Dufferin County!

Our Meat Birds Have Arrived!

Jun 7, 2011 | Cathy Bray | Blogs

We have decided we want to try raising two different heritage meat birds this year.

The New Farmer

May 14, 2011 | Nicola Ross | Back Issues

From big city to back forty, an urban couple leaves the world of cappuccino and concrete for a better life … on the farm.

Valley of the Bees

May 14, 2011 | Monica Duncan | Back Issues

Hockley honey comes from happy hives.

The Tea Lady of Caledon East

Mar 23, 2011 | Nicola Ross | Homegrown in the Hills

Léna Valiquette blends her tisanes from the flowers and herbs she grows and dries in Hockley Valley. Her shop also carries a wide selection of true teas and coffees.

Yummy Pies!

Nov 20, 2010 | Nicola Ross | Homegrown in the Hills

Goodness Me! What Yummy Pies You Make! Five cups of fruit go into each nine-inch, deep-dish pie.

Closing the Divide Between Farm and Plate

Sep 13, 2010 | Nicola Ross | Homegrown in the Hills

Closing the divide between farm and plate: I grew up believing that my part of the Niagara Escarpment wasn’t much good for farming. Gord McArthur sees things differently.

Grow Local

Jun 15, 2010 | Monica Duncan | Back Issues

In these hills growing your own food seems to come with a renewed sense of purpose. Monica Duncan visits several kinds of local vegetable gardens – some of them new, some long established – and talks with the growers.

Palgrave Community Kitchen

Jun 15, 2010 | Nicola Ross | Homegrown in the Hills

Palgrave’s certified commercial kitchen is open to cooks, caterers and community groups.

Agriculture in the Greenbelt

Mar 21, 2010 | Jeff Rollings | Environment

In recent years farmers have been subjected to a plethora of regulations related to environmental protection and food safety. Has the pendulum swung too far?

Our Own Eggs: Backyard Chickens

Mar 21, 2010 | Monica Duncan

In a bid to become somewhat more self-sufficient, my husband and I recently decided to try keeping our own chickens for egg production.

Seasonal Rites

Mar 21, 2010 | Nicola Ross | Homegrown in the Hills

Rock Garden Farms offers the very best of in-season, Ontario grown fruits and vegetables.