Brenda Hsueh

Many weeks have gone by since Everdale hosted both Feast of Fields and Carrot Fest, so the details of both events aren’t the freshest in my mind, but I’ve got some pictures to share! Feast of Fields was a wonderful event for all food and drink lovers, with lots of tasty treats to sample, along […]

For those who would like a one stop article explaining why the production of food needs to change, this one by Michael Pollan on Oct. 9 in the NY Times is it. You can read it at: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/12/magazine/12policy-t.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1 It is a long article and is definitely worth the read! So much of what’s in the

Time has flown in the past few weeks and I’ve been very lax in updating this blog. I will write a separate post about Feast of Fields (Sep. 7) after I’ve collected some pictures to include, as well as Carrot Fest (Sep. 20). So what’s been going on at Everdale for the last few weeks…lots

My first week back at Everdale after my two weeks back in Toronto was the usual flurry of activity, with two very wet harvest days. But the highlight of the week was working on my ‘special project’ on Wednesday, our seminar day. There was no field trip planned for this particular week and Wednesday was

In my weeks away from the farm, I did help out at both of Everdale’s Toronto market sites during the week, the Narayever CSA on Thursday and the Brickworks farmer’s market on Saturday. It was really interesting to meet the people who have chosen to buy their food directly from farmers and to see the

This past week was my 7th at Everdale, and now I’m back in Toronto for 2.5 weeks for my sister’s wedding. I have really mixed feelings about being ‘home’. On the one hand, I love my comfy condo and my time is certainly filled with activities and meeting up with friends., but on the other,

A warning to those who may be sensitive to the death of animals, skip reading this post if you’re squeamish. The quick story is that a sheep diedand I participated in the culling of 2 chickens. Les, the sheep who had the stillborn lamb, died on Monday this past week. We found her when putting

This week started with my birthday, so it had to be a good week! Julia came up for the day with me on Monday and helped us with a relatively light afternoon of seeding in the greenhouse and hand weeding in the one acre pea field. She discovered that pulling weeds can be quite therapeutic

Meet Jason (born on Friday, June 13)…the firstgoat kid born, and the first animal I ever saw being born! This is cow lamb and his mother. He comes running to be petted! The planting crew after a really long day of transplanting.From left, Dave, James, me, Mark, Harris and Gavin.We stayed in the field until

This week started on a sad note with the still birth of one of the lambs. Les had been losing weight for the last few weeks and we were pretty convinced that her pregnancy had ended. When she went into labour, the first part that emerged was the lamb’s ear, so Karen had to search