Author Archives: Karen Graham

Updates to the Species at Risk Farm Incentive Program (SARFIP) have recently been announced, with renewed support from Environment Canada and the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and forestry.

Cavan Monaghan Township is accepting applications for Community Funding

Celia Hunter Dan Marinigh assumed the position of Chief Adminstrative Officer / Secretary-Treasurer at the Otonabee Region Conservation Authority (ORCA) this week.

Karen Graham Cindy Osland describes herself as a city girl, but she looks quite at home on the farm she operates with husband Darrell on the 5th line of Port Hope which has been in the family for generations.

Celia Hunter The bounty and variety of local farm produce can be savoured and enjoyed every Friday afternoon, 3-6 pm, with the weekly selection available at the Mt. Pleasant Women’s Institute Hall on County Road 10 in the village of Mt. Pleasant.

Celia Hunter From the time the soil can be turned over until after the first frost, there are a dozen volunteers who gather every Monday evening – and through the week as their time allows – to sow, tend, weed, and gather vegetables, berries and even edible flowers for the… Continue reading →

Celia Hunter Farming, food production, sustainability: all words, issues and concepts that have a vital but everyday feel to them for us in this part of rural Ontario.  For Amanda Klarer in Cameroon, West Africa, they are equally vital issues, but the everyday feel is not quite the same.

Celia Hunter Ryan Huntley states, “I moved to Millbrook three years ago to help a beautiful old church in need of some love.