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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
Soil testing and analysis – how healthy is your soil?
Soil texture or density, water infiltration rates, aggregate stability, or even cation exchange capacity are important soil properties. Read more
Dry soils and erosion presenting challenges for Saskatchewan grain farmers
Grain farmers in Saskatchewan have seen their soils become drier over recent years. Read more
Small Farm Canada launches Soil Resources for Earth Day
In honour of Earth Day, Small Farm Canada announced the launch of new soil resources on the website. Read more
Hopedale Woman Combats Rising Grocery Prices by Hunting and Foraging
In Hopedale, Newfoundland, the rising cost of living is becoming a challenge for its residents. Dawn Winters is combating these costs by utilizing her hunting and foraging skills Read more
Yellowknife Approves Plan to Assist Local Businesses Growing Their Own Food
Yellowknife currently has a 10-year strategy that aims to grow the local food economy adopted in 2019. Last Monday, city council adopted an implementation plan for this strategy, setting short-term goals. Read more
Food Producers Forum Outreach to Community Food Hubs in Newfoundland and Labrador
Community Food Hubs helping community gardeners, family farmers and other groups interested in food security in five locations outside St. John's. 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
