Our feature Smallholdings, Big Ideas heads to a cattle ranch in Alberta for a consequential story on building soil health. Small Farm Canada spoke with rancher and author, Takota Coen about managing soil needs including air, water, food and shelter for regenerative success.
SFC then heads further west and into the orchard with Matt Jones for goings-on in B.C. apple production. If you are considering a greenhouse, Kate Ayers shares Island growers’ top tips. Heading back to eastern shores, Dan Rubin speaks with Tom Angiers about farming challenges in Labrador.
Dan Kerr covers, building covers i.e. the walls and how to choose the material and maintain them. Helen Lammers-Helps serves up some delicious info on pesto and Dan Needles discusses therapy through post-hole digging. There is also dried flower farming, rhubarb marmalade, the beauty of birch, yaks, zucchini and more.
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