Reading Time: 3 minutes They call it arsenic hour. It’s that time of day when the parents are back in the house, but before dinner is served. Everyone is tired. Everyone is hungry, and there’s an emotional meltdown waiting to happen, either to you or the kids. It’s no wonder we so often resort to processed or take-out food […] Read more
Healthy food for busy farm families
As Virginia Woolf wrote, “One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.”
The storm’s aftermath
Reading Time: 4 minutes The heavy rain turned to hail. From the living room window Jeff saw pea-sized stones hit his front lawn. Elaine carried their little boy crying in from the bedroom. “He’s terrified,” she said. “Come here,” Jeff said, taking the frightened toddler in his arms and holding him up to the window. “See? This is why […] Read more
REFLECTIONS
Reading Time: 2 minutes “Life is hectic. There is no time to relax. I can’t find a balance between work and play. I rush here and there but seem to be going in circles.” The award-winning movie “To Make a Farm” follows the stories of five young people who decide to farm. They find great pleasure in developing their properties, […] Read more
OxyContin in the news
Reading Time: 2 minutes Recently, you have probably heard about OxyContin, and you may be wondering what the issue is. To understand the matter better, let’s start by thinking a bit about the opioid class of drugs. The first historical mention of opioids is in Greek writing dating back to the third century BC, although the pain-relieving and psychological […] Read more
Saying goodbye
Reading Time: 4 minutes It isn’t as if you made the decision lightly. In fact, it may be the hardest decision you’ve ever had to make. The idea of retiring rather than working until you drop took months — years actually — to get used to, not to mention the hours of emotional wrestling before you could look yourself […] Read more
A sustainable store
Reading Time: 4 minutes Schmucker says that opening additional stores would require quitting his day job, which he loves, and he’s not prepared to do that. So he puts in a dozen hours a week at the store, working around his main job, which is in public engagement with Mennonite Central Committee, where he is in his 12th year. […] Read more
Reaching for the magic
A shopping trip with CBC food expert Sarah Elton shows why more consumers see her as the real voice
Reading Time: 5 minutes Sarah Elton poses beside a meat cooler inside the Fresh From the Farm store in multi-hued, residential Toronto. We meet early and pause to give the photographer a chance to take a few pictures while the store is still closed, because when the doors do open in 20 minutes, it threatens to be mayhem. If […] Read moreTime to decide
Small, mid-size and large farms all are searching for more hours in the day. As it turns out, the solution is the same for all of them
Reading Time: 5 minutes When James Perry became director of human resources at the United States Department of Agriculture some 30 years ago, he fell into the trap. He felt instantly overwhelmed. Faced with being in charge of training, development and education for 3,600 employees, he spent more time deciding what he didn’t have time to do than he […] Read moreThe stars align
Reading Time: 3 minutes In the middle of August, my neighbour Vern Bunton and his son were leaning on the box of my half-ton down by the mailbox enjoying a visit, when I made a polite remark about the lovely crop of beans young Matthew had grown on 50 acres across the road. This was Matthew’s first crop and […] Read more
The storm’s aftermath
Reading Time: 4 minutes The heavy rain turned to hail. From the living room window Jeff saw pea-sized stones hit his front lawn. Elaine carried their little boy crying in from the bedroom. “He’s terrified,” she said. “Come here,” Jeff said, taking the frightened toddler in his arms and holding him up to the window. “See? This is why […] Read more
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