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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
Should you rent your farmland in retirement
Value of farm property can make renting out the land a good option for retirement income. Read more
New Online Resource for Ontario Forage
The new ONForageNetwork.ca website is the online hub for forage, pasture and biomass crop production in the province. Read more
Canadian Government works with Ontario farmers to solve environmental issues
The Living Laboratories Initiative has unveiled its new collaboration hub, Living Lab - Ontario, which brings together growers, scientists, and other stakeholders to develop, study, and share emerging agricultural practices and technologies. Read more
Lethbridge and Olds College signed an agriculture research MOU
In the field of agriculture studies, Lethbridge College and Olds College have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). Read more
The best tools for the job!
Small Farm Canada Editor Julie Harlow uses her Instant Pot for both food and alternative uses. Read more
24 Semi-finalist announced for the Food Waste Reduction Challenge
The 24 semi-finalists for Streams A and B of the $20 million Food Waste Reduction Challenge (announced in November 2020), an initiative of the Food Policy for Canada, were recently announced. Read more
FEATURES
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
Cannabis comment
An industry going to pot — and forgetting about small producers 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
