Reading Time: 2 minutes It just doesn’t really feel like work,” Olivia Riddoch says about working on the family’s 4,000-acre cash crop farm in Sarnia, Ont. Riddoch oversees crop protection at Fairwind Farms. “I manage the weeds — or at least I try to. It’s the job that everyone sees. They drive by, you have a bad field and […] Read more
When Plan B Turns Into Plan A
Podcast with Lindsay Lake Farms
Reading Time: < 1 minute We sat down with Christiane Teerling, co-owner of Lindsay Lake Farms, to catch up on what they’ve been up to since we featured them in 2022. In March 2020 they were set to move their farm from Germany to Nova Scotia, but it turned out to be quite the modern pioneer adventure. You can listen […] Read more
Summer Series: Podcast with Mark Brock
Reading Time: < 1 minute For the last instalment of our Summer Series podcast, we spoke with Mark Brock, an Ontario grain and sheep farmer and Nuffield scholar, about what drives his business decisions and how he treats farming not only as a lifestyle, but as a business. Listen to this episode and past episodes at country-guide.ca or on Apple […] Read more
Summer Series: Podcast with Julie Maw
Reading Time: < 1 minute Julie is the owner of Mooremaw Farms along with her husband and three sons. She’s also a Grain Farmers of Ontario director and operates a seed dealership. In this episode, she chatted with us about how she got on the path to agriculture, what it’s like to navigate farm growth, best advice she’s received throughout […] Read more
Summer Series: Podcast with Christian Dionne
Reading Time: < 1 minute In this instalment of the Country Guide podcast, we hear from Québec maple syrup producer, cash cropper and podcast host Christian Dionne (Podcasts agricoles du Québec) about farming in la belle province. Tune in at country-guide.ca!
Summer Series: Podcast with Norm Lamothe
Reading Time: < 1 minute Norm Lamothe of Woodleigh Farms Ltd. is a multi-generational (6th generation) family-run business. Norm and his family are committed to ensuring that all the environmental impacts are considered when making decisions in their operations and following organic and sustainable practices. In recent years they have shifted away from traditional methods of agriculture to what we […] Read more
Summer Series: Podcast with Cody Snyder
Reading Time: < 1 minute Cody Snyder is a seasoned traveler who found his way back to the family farm. In this episode, Cody tells us how travelling the world has changed his outlook on business and his career. Listen in at country-guide.ca. If you missed our last episode where we featured Cody’s dad, Graham, you can catch up on […] Read more
Summer Series: Podcast with Graham Snyder
Reading Time: < 1 minute “It’s not a job it’s a life” In our latest episode from our Country Guide we speak with Graham Snyder on what hard work means to him and how he farms as a family. Graham Snyder has been working on farms his whole life. From cash crop farming to tillage and combining the Snyder family […] Read more
Summer Series: Podcast with Olivia Riddoch
Reading Time: < 1 minute In the latest Country Guide podcast episode we spoke with Olivia Riddoch of Fairwind Farms. She shared her story about the career change that brought her back to the family farm where she now manages crop protection on over 4,000 acres. Tune in at country-guide.ca/ and don’t forget to subscribe to the Country Guide Podcast […] Read more
Summer Series: Podcast with CG Associate Editor, April Stewart
Reading Time: < 1 minute In this edition of Country Guide’s Summer Series Podcast, Associate Editor April Stewart chats about her Québec farm, ag journalism, women in agriculture and more. Tune in at country-guide.ca and don’t forget to subscribe to the Country Guide Podcast on Google or Apple so you can catch new episodes as they’re released throughout the summer.
A message from April Stewart, Country Guide's Associate Editor
