Tag: farming
Food: Too Good to Waste!
My eyes are usually much bigger than my stomach. I can easily buy much more than my family can eat. Hence, I have been engaged in a lifelong battle with my vegetable crisper –…
New Market Vendor Pays Homage to her Past
Irene Rudigier shakes her head in amazement at how things turn around in life. At her booth in the Millbrook Market, she offers produce that she shunned as a child: things like celeriac, Jerusalem…
Next Farmers’ Market July 22
If you haven’t yet been to the Millbrook Farmers’ Market, here are a few reasons to whet your appetite. The produce at the market is fresh – often picked that very morning. It is…
Clement Poultry and Orchards Comes to the Millbrook Farmers’ Market
While Clement Poultry and Orchards may be a recent addition to our local farmers’ market, they are not new to the business. This family farm has been owned and operated in the Newcastle area…
Food Charters: Designing Our Own Local Food System
There’s been a lot in the news lately about local food and farming and so last week’s celebrations for Ontario’s fifth annual Local Food Week seems perfectly timed to promote the good things that…
Plant a Forest, Help Clean the Air
Eleanor Reed is planting a forest on a private property south of Millbrook. A licensed Forest Consultant and registered professional Forester, she helps property owners do their part in reducing their carbon footprint by…
Walton Wood Products Make You Feel Good Inside and Out
Walton Wood Farm founder Leslie Scott has something to prove and she’s not done yet. When she pitched her firm on the 11th season of the Dragon’s Den series, she received more offers…
🌿 Spring Plant Sale
Mark Sunday May 27th on your calendar: that is when we bring our SPRING PLANT SALE to the Farmer’s Market at the Old Millbrook School from 10 A.M. – 1 P.M. This is one…