1+ day, 12+ hour ago  (884+ words) As we get into the height of growing season, chefs will unleash their creativity with farm-to-fork dishes. While many chefs have relationships with local producers and foragers to get the season’s peak produce, some are going one step further and…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago  (716+ words) Some farmers across Prince Edward Island are being paid to leave their hay uncut a little longer each summer, not for better crops but to protect a small, threatened grassland bird. The delayed hay harvest program is part of P.E.I.’s…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago  (665+ words) Blueberry River First Nations in B.C. says its new native plant orchard will help restoration efforts on land ravaged by industry and wildfires, while creating economic and cultural opportunities for the nation. Grandmother's Greenhouse's Native Plant Orchard is located around 50 kilometres…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago  (806+ words) Manitoba farmers have been hit hard by extreme weather events this year, but some asparagus and strawberry growers say they don't have the same access to crop insurance as other producers in the province. There has been little respite for…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago  (348+ words) Farmers in the Goulds neighbourhood of St. John's honoured one of their own on Monday, using their tractors to remember a friend and mentor to many. The tractors were part of the funeral procession for Leonard Ruby, a pillar of…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (659+ words) Whether you love local food, want to preserve this year’s harvest, or help the kids understand where food really comes from, heading out to a local pick-your-own (PYO) or U-pick farm is a great summer activity. For many farmers, running…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (1288+ words) Standing on his 66-hectare fruit farm about an hour from Toronto, Charles Stevens shares the eye-popping figure a developer once offered him for his land: $16 million. Stevens turned it down. His farm, Wilmot Orchards, boasts some of the best soil…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (292+ words) If you think your day got off to a bad start, spare a thought for the horse found with its head stuck in a bridge near Lytton in B.C.'s Interior this week. Local truck driver Brian Hart had started his…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (586+ words) Arthur Choquette has been picking and selling wild blueberries in Sudbury, Ont., for nearly 50 years. Because of the city’s successful regreening project, dating back to the 1970s, the veteran berry picker says the blueberry crop isn’t nearly as abundant as it…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (140+ words) CBC Cleaning up the environment in Sudbury, Ont. was bad for wild blueberries Peter Beckett, a professor emeritus in wetland ecology at Laurentian University, and one of the lead researchers involved in the city's regreening project, explains how reducing emissions…...