Wednesday, September 24, 2014 at 8:21PM This week (September 20-28) is Canada's Organic Week - a celebration of organic farm production in Canada. 'Is there much organic farming in Canada?' The organic farming sector is a success story here. More farmers join the sector every year, and markets in Canada and abroad are growing. 'Is it safe?'
Tuesday, September 16, 2014 at 8:25PM It was a busy weekend in the garden. After all the rain we have had the grass, hedges and weeds needed attention which is hard work. I find it a challenge – not just physically, but it seems like it is keeping me from what really needs to be done.
Tuesday, September 9, 2014 at 8:40AM Sometime in early August I passed a nearly-ripe barley field when I noticed that the field was being sprayed. Ah, yes, this was desiccation in action. Over the past decade or more it has become customary for farmers to spray their nearly ripened crops with chemicals to speed up the drying process to allow for earlier harvest. Potatoes, cereals, canola and pulses are desiccated regularly. The most common chemical used is glyphosate, the active chemical in Roundup.
Tuesday, September 2, 2014 at 7:55AM On March 25, Selena posted a column titled “Reflecting on Winter.” Darron Rempel, a mechanical engineer who designs systems for buildings, responded to that column in a very helpful way. Here is what he said:
Tuesday, August 26, 2014 at 10:23AM Regular readers of this column will know that we, at South Eastman Transition Initiative, believe one of the most fundamental policy changes needed to achieve a sustainable economy is a tax shift. Our country needs to move away from taxing primarily income, whether at the personal or corporate level, to a place where we are primarily taxing the extraction of non- renewable resources, resources the planet we call home has a limited amount of.