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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
Women in Agriculture Trending Upwards
From 2011 to 2016 the Canadian Census of Agriculture says women were listed as farm operators on 28.7% of farms. Read more
The Deep Space Food Challenge
NASA and the Canadian Space Agency have launched the Deep Space Food Challenge to challenge innovators to develop food production systems that will enable astronauts to grow their own food in space Read more
Kiss the Ground
The documentary follows a group of farmers, activists, and scientists as they band together in a global movement of regenerative agriculture. The film makes the case that many pressing global issues can be addressed by regenerating the Earth's soils. Read more
FCS Hands Government Budget Plan to Fight Climate Change
The Farmers for Climate Solutions has handed the federal government suggestions for how to better engage the agricultural sector in cutting Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions. Read more
The Loss of Ontario Abattoirs
The CFFO Have Recently Established a Committee to Look for Solutions for the Industry, While Meat & Poultry Ontario are Pushing for Education Programs to Garner Interest in the Industry from the Youth Read more
2021 North & Eastern Ontario Local Food Conference
The NOFIA and the County of Renfrew are co-hosting the 2021 North & Eastern Ontario Local Food Conference virtually in March. The event will explore lessons learned from the pandemic that can strengthen local food businesses 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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2020 Hatchery Guide
Where to get your chicks in Canada Read more
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
