Maple sugar
April 16, 2019
No one is sure of when maple sugar or maple syrup was invented. The Indigenous people of eastern North America had harvested sap from the
No one is sure of when maple sugar or maple syrup was invented. The Indigenous people of eastern North America had harvested sap from the
We have all entered a dark room and shouted, “Turn on the light!” Sometimes, there is no light to turn on. Every year our farmers
Early, during World War II, anyone known to be of Jewish descent in Germany was segregated and marked by their own people. Soon, these Jewish
March 24 started like any other Sunday morning. Even though I’d received a text the night before that one of my closest farming friends had
Each year, the Canadian Farm Safety Association declares the third week in March as Farm Safety Week in Canada. This is a week to reflect
“A country that cannot feed itself is a very weak country.” During World War II the thought was instilled in the mind of every European
In 2019, we expect all food for sale to be safe to eat and nutritious. Every year though, people return from a vacation to some
Whether you plant thousands of acres of grain, vegetables and fruit to sell at the farmers market or a roadside stand or a backyard garden,
In 2019, people have some of the same problems that our pioneers had in the 1830s. We are so busy working to keep food on
Recently, I was sheepishly approached by a non-farming friend who had a look on her face like a little girl who had just gotten caught
No one is sure of when maple sugar or maple syrup was invented. The Indigenous people of eastern North America had harvested sap from the maple trees during the maple moon and boiled it down into syrup or sugar for
We have all entered a dark room and shouted, “Turn on the light!” Sometimes, there is no light to turn on. Every year our farmers work in situations where there is no light. When we look at what soil is
Early, during World War II, anyone known to be of Jewish descent in Germany was segregated and marked by their own people. Soon, these Jewish people (men women, elderly and young) were rounded up and hauled away in train cars
March 24 started like any other Sunday morning. Even though I’d received a text the night before that one of my closest farming friends had been taken by ambulance to the Hull Hospital because of a heart problem, we got
Each year, the Canadian Farm Safety Association declares the third week in March as Farm Safety Week in Canada. This is a week to reflect on how lucky we were in the past year because you missed being killed by
“A country that cannot feed itself is a very weak country.” During World War II the thought was instilled in the mind of every European when their food supply was cut off by the enemy and any good food found
In 2019, we expect all food for sale to be safe to eat and nutritious. Every year though, people return from a vacation to some far off paradise partially sick. Every year right at home we are warned on radio
Whether you plant thousands of acres of grain, vegetables and fruit to sell at the farmers market or a roadside stand or a backyard garden, a tiny greenhouse in your basement or a few veggies in big flower pots on
In 2019, people have some of the same problems that our pioneers had in the 1830s. We are so busy working to keep food on the table and the wolves away from the door we sometimes forget the most important
Recently, I was sheepishly approached by a non-farming friend who had a look on her face like a little girl who had just gotten caught with her hand in the cookie jar. Knowing that I was a retired dairy farmer,
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