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100 ISSUES STRONG
It's hard to believe, but Small Farm Canada magazine has now published 100 issues of the magazine. Time flies when you are having fun! Read more
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Small Farm Canada Annual Seed Guide
The seed guide can help you find open-pollinated, untreated, pesticide-free, ecological, endangered, certified organic, rare, and heirloom varieties. Read more
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Small Farm Canada publication acquired by Farms.com
The acquisition of Small Farm Canada enhances Farms.com’s expanding portfolio of media and publishing products and services for the agriculture and food industries. Read more
NEWS
Celebrate Farmer’s Day on June 11th!
The United Farmers of Alberta Co-operative recognizes farmers and ranchers whose work doesn’t stop, even for a pandemic. Read more
Planet of Plenty Award Winner: Shipwheel Cattle Feeders & Burnbrae Farms
Alltech is pleased to recognize Burnbrae Farms of Lyn, Ontario and Shipwheel Cattle Feeders of Taber, Alberta as recipients of the Alltech Canada Planet of Plenty Award. Read more
Local Food week in Ontario
Local Food Week, June 1-7, 2021, is a time to celebrate Ontario's abundance of local foods. Read more
Bruce Farmers care for the environment by teaming up with Cleanfarms
: Farmers in Bruce County are playing a crucial role in a network of farmers from BC to PEI who are working with Cleanfarms in various pilot projects to help develop a leading-edge zero plastic waste strategy for Canadian agriculture. Read more
Top financial strategies for young farmers from FCC
Young farmers need comprehend the significance of effective record-keeping practices. Read more
Snuggling Ducks and Chickens can be dangerous
Advice from Ontario Public Health to reduce the risk of salmonella transmission from poultry. Read more
FEATURES
Grain elevator comes down as saddened community watches
Community saddened as it watches the last Saskatchewan Wheat Pool grain elevator in Meacham, Sask. came down on June 8. Read more
Counting hay bales will help you sleep at night
(and not in the way you think.) Read more
Power to the people at Trick Farm
Micro hydro is just one of many traditional forms of production at this Huron Country property Read more
Keeping bugs away
Regular contributor Janet Wallace has a look at what works and what doesn’t. Read more
Day of the Triffids? No, it’s Day of the Goldenrod!
Five ways goldenrod (or the undead weed on your own farm) is like a zombie movie. Read more
Notes from the Larkspur Supper Club
The Canadian collective in a time of peril
As the countryside gradually locked down, I watched my neighbourhood revert to familiar patterns of self-care that I have seen over my lifetime: checking on the elderly, distributing essentials, sharing and volunteering. Read more
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Poultry
Raising happy chickens
What is happiness to a bird? Living out its days scratching, pecking, drinking, eating, clucking, and (if you’re a hen) laying eggs? Amy Hogue has a few tips that will keep your flock happy and healthy. Read more
Home butchering 101
It’s important to ensure everything is set up ahead of time, using a well thought out assembly-line system so the job runs smoothly from start to finish. Read more
A poultry success story
Merrifield Farms is an excellent example of small farm innovation and excellence Read more
Could your birds make you sick?
Regular contributor Amy Hogue, looks at five health risks that could be living in your coop Read more
