Footnotes from the Field: Food Security and BC Food Supply Chains
A Retrospective By Marjorie Harris [Editor’s note: This article contains important discussions on the history of supply chains in BC. Colonization and … Keep Reading
What is Agriculture’s Legacy?
Book Review: Toxic Legacy by Stephanie Seneff By Hans Forstbauer I recently read Toxic Legacy by Stephanie Seneff, a quintessential book on … Keep Reading
Extension in BC?
The Untapped Potential for Agriculture By Chris Bodnar At the end of a recent visit to my colleague Lydia Ryall’s farm in … Keep Reading
Organic Conversion
With a booming $8.138 billion in annual sales, Canada is the sixth largest organic market in the world. Yet, despite double digit … Keep Reading
A Summer of Drought, Heat Waves, and Fire
It is definitely a topsy-turvy world right now—so much is out of balance as we can see in the wildfires around us, … Keep Reading
Fairness as Migrant Justice
By Susanna Klassen The organic sector has many roots, and has been strengthened by a diversity of movements and ideas. Though rarely … Keep Reading
Grazing the Way for Small Scale Meat
By Ava Reeve Drive down any rural road in this province and you’re sure to pass cattle on the range, a flock … Keep Reading
Federal Government Set to Abandon Organic Agriculture
By Jim Robbins The Canadian government is dropping funding for the review and interpretation of the Canadian Organic Standards (COS). The Standards … Keep Reading
Harvesting Wisdom: Protecting our Life-Source
By Abra Brynne Farmers fulfill a complex set of roles. You grow and raise food that nourishes others—some of whom you may … Keep Reading
Biodynamic (It’s Mentioned) Farm Story
Dear Autumn Anna, I am writing to you from the depths of a “do the best you can” sort of summer season, … Keep Reading