A Farmers’ Market Christmas
Despite best-laid plans, for most Christmas rears up suddenly, catching us off guard, too much to do, stress run rampant, time running out. ...read more
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12, 2022
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12, 2022
Locally Grown Coffee
Bob’s been saying he’ll give it away soon for years now – and yet there he still is. Myocum Coffee has been a ...read more
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12, 2022
Blessed are the cheese makers
Cheese is one of my favourite foods, so it follows that I’m going to love a cheesemaker. And in this case, Deb Allard ...read more
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12, 2022
A healthy boost!
ENERGETIC GREENS Remember how huge wheatgrass juice was – ten to fifteen years ago? Walk past a local café and there’d be people ...read more
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11, 2022
Misty Creek Agroforestry
As a fourth generation cattle farmer, Tom saw how much his parents struggled against nature, out int the Central West where he grew ...read more
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10, 2022
Blueberry Fields forever!
It’s one of the most anticipated seasons of the farmers market year. Those blueberries, fat spheres of juicy sweetness, are such a far ...read more
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10, 2022
It’s a family affair at Organic Forrest!
The Forrest’s ginger is so fat it seems to be bursting out of its thin papery sheath. ‘It looks likes cartoon ginger!’ I ...read more
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10, 2022
Pasture Raised Eggs
If you can look after fifty chickens’, Oliver tells me, ‘you might as well look after 500.’ In between a steady stream of ...read more
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09, 2022
Sensational Strawberries
‘Strawberries are insanely amazing’, I hear Dave (‘Monty’) tell one customer. Regarding his punnets – three sizes, family, medium and small – of ...read more
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09, 2022
Summit Farm Organics
Creative writing was what Ryan Bruin had his heart set on. He had planned to go to university to pursue it, except that ...read more