Insuring BC’s Small-Scale Meat Sector
By Julia Smith There is an insurance crisis in the small-scale farm industry in BC. Access to insurance was listed as one … Keep Reading
Organic Stories: New Siberia Farms, Stó:lo Territory
By Darcy Smith When Bill Balakshin’s grandparents planted their first (and only) crop of potatoes in 1925 on a parcel of land … Keep Reading
Biodynamic Farm Story: The Grass is Not Greener
By Anna Helmer Misty rain on wet snow. This is the image I conjured for myself last summer every time it went … Keep Reading
How to Sneak Biodiversity Habitat into your Farm’s Forgotten Spaces
By Carly McGregor Research conducted by Carly McGregor, Matthew Tsuruda, Tyler Kelly, Martina Clausen, Claire Kremen, and Juli Carrillo, University of British … Keep Reading
Op-ed: Towards a National Agricultural Labour Strategy That Works for Farmers and Farm Workers
By the National Farmers Union For decades, Canada’s farm numbers have been going down, farm size has been increasing, and more farms … Keep Reading
Improve Plant Immunity
Microbially Friendly Farming By Dr. Judith Fitzpatrick [Originally published in Heart & Soil Magazine] Imagine that you were intelligent enough to diagnose … Keep Reading
The “Sweet Spot” for Farms to Enhance On-farm Biodiversity
By Kenzo Esquivel and Patrick Baur [This article originally was originally published with the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) and is shared … Keep Reading
GM Seed Secrecy Threatens Organics
By Lucy Sharratt WARNING: This seed packet could soon be full of undisclosed genetically modified (GM) seeds. The biotechnology industry is pushing … Keep Reading
Organic Stories: Grounded Acres, Skwxwú7mesh territory
Digging into Community Darcy Smith Mel Sylvestre has been farming for almost 20 years, and she’s pretty sure she’ll never run out … Keep Reading
Biodynamic Farm Story?
Anna Helmer The title of this column is borderline pretentious and potentially misleading. We are not a certified biodynamic farm. I am … Keep Reading