Last week, Jeremy and I attended an amazing cheese workshop at Fifth Town Artisan Cheese Co. (www.fifthtown.ca) in Prince Edward County. It was a whole day workshop, the majority of the time spent in scrubs, hairnets, rubber boots and with hands/arms sanitized to the elbow. Fifth Town had received their largest shipment of milk to […]
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Lately, genetically modified organisms (GMO), terminator, hybrid and heirloom seeds and patent rights have become more important for producers and consumers to understand. A number of GMOs are already in our food chain, and many more are awaiting their approval to be grown in Canada. Recently, I attended a protest against the University of Guelph’s
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I’m finally ready to advertise this year’s Black Sheep Farm vegetable subscriptions! Thanks to my talented design sister, I now have a lovely brochure with details for this year. I’ve also created some pages here (see right side bar) with information. The cost and frequency of the vegetable packages is the same as last year
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I quite like tax time as I’m one of those strange people who actually really likes to crunch numbers and fill in tax forms. I also paper file my taxes, after all, tax receipts come to me in duplicate or triplicate, they’ve got to go somewhere! I’m quite diligent with numbers and record keeping, so
I’m sitting at my dining table, looking out the window at the snow falling, writing this blog post as procrastination from putting my tax numbers together for last year ;P I’m hoping to measure out my lower field soon with the help of Mark who’s visiting the farm this week. It will be good to
Back in mid-October, I was interviewed via phone about the farm by Glenn Cheater, writing for the Canadian Farm Business Management Council. We talked about why/how I got into farming and I sent him some pictures from the farm. You can see the results in the article “Farming their own way” in the December 2010
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I can’t believe how fast time has flown by since my last vegetable delivery! I had to get lots of stuff done before winter came in earnest (there are a couple feet of snow on the ground at the farm right now). In November, with the help of Jeremy, my intern for next season, I
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I’m sipping coffee at a table at the Williamsford Pie Company, looking back on the growing season as I write this post. This past Tuesday was my last (19th!) vegetable delivery of the 2010 season and so now I have time to reflect. I’m truly thankful that I was able to make vegetable deliveries for
It’s the end of day 1 of 2 for harvest week 15 of 19. The weather has definitely turned from hot summer days to cool fall ones. And though I wish some heat would return so my cool weather greens can get some more growing in, I’m also looking forward to winding down this season.
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The following commentary is by Grant Robertson, whose National Farmers Union (of which I’m a part) commentaries I’ve been reading for a while now. I agree with him wholly…wake up rural Canada and stop voting Conservative! That said, I haven’t yet decided which other party would be the best alternative, but anything would be better
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