White Feather Farms Inc., owned by the Schillings Family in Durham Region, recently held an open house to showcase their newly-constructed egg laying barn with enriched housing — a more spacious alternative to conventional housing. “The housing system that we chose is an enriched colony,” explains Hubert Schillings. “This...read more
GHFFA Celebrates Canada’s 150th Birthday by Recognizing Canadian Farm Families that have been farming for just as long For Immediate Release TORONTO, May 1, 2017 – The Golden Horseshoe Food and Farming Alliance (GHFFA), with support from the Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA), is celebrating Canada’s 150th birthday by recognizing...read more
In addition to propelling the industry forward, innovation in agriculture produces a myriad of benefits for producers and consumers (and everyone in between). We spoke with one of last year’s Premier’s Award for Agri-Food Innovation Excellence about some of these invaluable benefits, shining the light on just some of...read more
An Exploring Value-Added Opportunities Workshop in Durham Region has been designed to help farm and rural entrepreneurs generate value-added opportunities for their businesses on Friday, March 31, from 9 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. in Sunderland. The course aims to help participants increase their profits through the creation of new products and services or value-added opportunities....read more
Congratulations to Zac Cohoon, who has been announced as the 2017 Innovative Farmer of the Year by the Innovative Farmers Association of Ontario (IFAO). Zac is being celebrated for his practices in adding compost and building soil organic matter on his 1,200 acre farm near Port Perry, in Durham Region. Read more from...read more
There is a bias that comes to mind when we think about food and healthcare facilities. Images of various food products, sometimes separated by dividers on the same tray, sometimes running into each other on a plate, that are brought in frozen, and reheated, can end up looking far...read more
On November 16th, the Greater Toronto Area Agriculture Action Committee (GTA AAC) reflected back on the past 11 years over a special dinner at Black Creek Pioneer Village, in celebration of their final meeting and dissolution. Though it was the GTA AAC’s final meeting, Toronto food pioneer Fiona Nelson,...read more