Linerboard: A Love Hate Story
Randy Hooper As one of the original conspirators of mulching with kraft linerboard ‘paper’ back 20 years ago, and a continuing fan, … Keep Reading
All is Grist for the Mill
Jonathan Knight The Story of WoodGrain Farm’s Hand Made Grain Mill I like good technology. I don’t mean my smart phone (I … Keep Reading
40 Years of Thinking Like an Insect
Bob McCoubrey Gary Judd is passionate about his work. As a researcher in tree fruit entomology at Agriculture Canada’s Summerland Research Station, … Keep Reading
Where is the GM Apple?
Lucy Sharatt In March 2015, Okanagan Specialty Fruits (OSF) got approval for its GM non-browning Golden Delicious and Granny Smith apples in … Keep Reading
Footnotes from the Field: Biochar
Marjorie Harris BSc, IOIA VO, P.Ag. with many thanks to Zbigniew Wierzbicki of Elderberry Lane Farm for sharing his knowledge and experience … Keep Reading
Ask An Expert: Transitioning to Organic
Rochelle Eisen, B.Sc.(Agr), P.Ag We asked farmers transitioning to organic for burning questions they’ve been dying to ask. From paperwork to fence … Keep Reading
Young Agrarians Land Matching
Darcy Smith The Shifting Paradigm of Land Access in Southern BC At Blue Heron Organic Farm on Vancouver Island, Kris Chand and … Keep Reading
Passing on the Farm
Bob McCoubrey A Succession Planning Story After more than 35 years of growing tree fruits and vegetables on our small farm in … Keep Reading
Organic Stories: Farming on the Edge at WoodGrain Farm
Jonathan Knight If you walk out the back door of the little blue farmhouse at WoodGrain Farm, past the acre of market … Keep Reading
The BC Seed Trials
Shauna MacKinnon Scaling Up Ecological Seed Production British Columbia is home to a vegetable industry worth $2.8 billion annually, but nearly every … Keep Reading