Deep underground, aquifers are genuinely mysterious, but many Rural Voice readers, like Finley Cameron, will find themselves living on the most curious of all, a karst bedrock aquifer...
What is a farmer, really?
That's a question I've been exploring the past 10 years as editor of The Rural Voice...
It's hard to believe the difference from the lush, healthy woodlot we were walking through compared to photos on a poster depicting the broken, barren bush left after the 2011 Goderich tornado.
The bush being explored this day during the Huron Clean ...
This is the third (perhaps not the final) installment of a series on land trusts and farmland access. In this month's story, a farm near Tiverton is continuing a life the original owners started for it, even now that they are gone...
Forage and grazing specialist, Christine O'Reilly, was having a hard time keeping farmers in line, which was necessary for safety. They couldn't wait to get into the rows of hay cut, raked, conditioned and tedded to compare the result from different ...
The plan was to start with a hike at the Normandy Tract on Concession 12 Ayton, a place described as "extensive plantation and wetlands...fishing" as the start of my daytripping experience in West Grey.
Thing is, I couldn't find it...
The number of tree species in Huron County's forests is "catastrophically low" reveals a condensed report of the Forest Health Project released April 9.
"Most of our trees are upland and downland Maples," says Erin Gouthro, who has been working...
An innovative start-up company comprised of university doctoral students or full PhDs is applying the age-old adage of "waste not, want not" to the very modern goal of a commercially-viable solution...
In 2019, Ronaldo (Rony) Lec and Myriam Legault moved from Guatemala to Ontario with their two young daughters. All they knew was that they needed to farm. While there is plenty of farmland in the province, gaining access to ...
It's not always easy to accept, the aging thing. Barbara McLean is experiencing that as an older shepherd, managing her small flock near Holstein, on a farm that took a lifetime to reclaim, restore and rejuvenate into the pastoral perfection ...
As you drive around the countryside, you may notice blue and red signs posted in fields. Small and humble, they are easy to miss. But they are an indication of the long-term dedication of many farmers, agriculture supply companies, individual ...
Attached to many of our garden plants are memories of people and places.
We will have already been harvesting rhubarb by the time this column is published, which brings to mind former neighbours, Charlie and Mariel. The original root they gave us came...
"So what have you guys been up to lately," asked Molly Whiteside one Monday morning recently as she passed out menus at Mabel's Grill.
"I watched a hockey game yesterday," Dave Winston said, "but...