Eating Niagara :

Get thee to Tomato Days

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I will be taking a break from my blog for the next couple of weeks as my tastebuds lead me elsewhere. In the meantime, stick around and catch up on some Eating Niagara reading. But mostly, go to Linda Crago's Tomato Days sale. You, your garden and[...]

Breakfast compliments of Niagara's Renaissance Man

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My breakfast of a bun slathered with Beamsville farmer Bill Lenko's apricot jam. It's not exactly the breakfast of champions. But a buttered bun, slathered with Beamsville farmer Bill Lenko's apricot jam was one of the most memorable[...]

1,000 words

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I love spiders. Arachnids rank highly in my world, up there with ants and bees, but for different reasons. I love ants and those buzzers for their work ethic and their sense of community. Hey, they know how to work together better for the[...]

Ramping up foraging etiquette

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Ramps that I found while walking through a wooded area in south St. Catharines. Jackpot! So read the caption on the photo I uploaded to Facebook. It was of a trio of ramps I unearthed on Mother's Day in a south St. Catharines forest.[...]

Gardening sealed with a KISS

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I blame my mother. Her phobia of manuals is the reason I find how-to guides a bore. Except when I'm the proud owner of something new from Ikea. Then personal safety ? and keeping my sanity ? necessitates reading instructions, especially when[...]

Dreams of tomato days

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A sea of tomato transplants in Linda Crago's greenhouse. I wore the dirt under my finger nails like a badge. A testament to a successful day of farming. Or at least being a farmhand. A week ago, I spent a cool spring day in[...]

Election Issue: Compensating ecological goods and services

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Paul Gagnon (left) of the Long Point Region Conservation Authority inspects the prairie grass of farmer Bryan Gilvesy (far right) after four months of growth. What can I say? I'm loving this series of election issues that the[...]

NiAGara: Farm Heroes and Agvocates ? de la terre's Jan Campbell-Luxton

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Jan Campbell-Luxton of de la terre bakery. Jan Campbell-Luxton knew she was different the moment they met several years ago. She had personality. Demanded she be listened to. She might do what Campbell-Luxton wanted her to. She also[...]

Election Issue ? Paving the way for beginning farmers

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Ryan and Amanda Thiessen of Creek Shore Farms are beginning farmers, starting their second full season of farming this year in Vineland.  This post is the latest in the Ontario Federation of Agriculture's[...]

Election Issue: Time for a food strategy

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This post is an Ontario Federation of Agriculture commentary, which are emailed to me each week. I couldn't have written it better myself, so I'm posting federation president Bette Jean Crews' words in their entirety.  The[...]