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LEARNING GROUNDS: The Farm as a Classroom
By Cate Pedersen Both Hans and Karin Baer grew up in agriculture and it’s in their blood, but…
MEET A FARMER: David Catzel, Glorious Organics
By Cathy Finley David is a farmer at Glorious Organics Co-operative, a cooperatively owned and operated farming collective…
BC Pollinators:
Practices Put to the Test By Ronda Payne Spring was an uncertain time for Lower Mainland blueberry growers.…
BUILDING THE FUTURE OF HEMP
By Cathy Finley Hemp—one of the most unreasonably demonized crops of all time. Banned in Canada in 1938…
AGRICULTURE BY COMMITTEE: The Yarrow Ecovillage Farm Team
By Michelle Superle There’s no “I” in “team,” as the saying goes—except when there is. Here at the…
The Social Media Savvy Farmer
Cathy Finley We all know that being a farmer these days isn’t just about growing things; you have…
HYDROPONIC CHALLENGES
Jonathan Lloyd Many see hydroponic agriculture as a new disruptive technology with the potential to drive a wholesale…
Managing Your Money
Salary or Dividends—Making the Right Choice Nathan Nowak As the owner-manager of an incorporated business, you can choose…
Silage Making
YEAR-ROUND FORAGE THROUGH PRESERVATION Raj Kumar, Rubina Gill, Bheru Lal Kumhar and Seema Jat, Dayanand College, Ajmer and Sri…
No Ordinary Mushroom: Matsutake in BC
By Paul Pryce There is something growing in British Columbia’s forests, which, while not quite worth its weight…