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
The More the Better? Multi-Species vs Single-Species Cover Crops for Carrots
By Frank Larney, Haley Catton, Charles Geddes, Newton Lupway, Tom Forge, Reynald Lemke, and Bobbi Helgason This article first appeared in Organic … Keep Reading
Footnotes from the Field: Nature’s Electromagnetism
A Cooperative Energy Flow By Marjorie Harris Mother Nature is an ocean of electromagnetic waves traveling at the speed of light. It … Keep Reading
Climate Mitigation through Agroforestry
Emily Lorenz This article first appeared on the FarmFolk CityFolk website and is printed here with gratitude. Agroforestry integrates trees or shrubs … Keep Reading