Highlighting new mental health programs through the Ontario Federation of Agriculture and Canadian Mental Health Association.
There’s no way around it — Farming is one of the most stressful occupations on the planet. “Seventy six per cent of farmers are self identifying as having moderate to high stress levels. In general, that is much higher stress levels than the general population,” said Ontario Federation of Agriculture President Peggy Brekveld.
For the first time since 2019, the agriculture industry gathered in Woodstock, Ont. for Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show. It is the largest show in the province, and crowds were bigger than expected.
The small seeds are opening up possibilities that are literally out of this world.
‘Odd Bunch’ opened its doors in May 2022, with the idea of reducing the amount of food that finds its way to a landfill and giving southern Ontario consumers a affordable option for healthy produce.
In 2020, Jim Collins decided to take that idea and grow it to tackle the food insecurity crisis among the most vulnerable and at the same try to redirect production food waste from landfills — Harvest Hands was born.
It’s “National Farmers’ Market Week” where events during the first full week of August celebrate the farm-to-table movement and highlight the role farmers’ markets play in healthy communities.
The beans in Jamie Payton’s field look fantastic, but he can’t help but feel sour about this growing season, thanks to a recent decision by the federal government.
Agriculture accounts for approximately 10 per cent of Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions, and Katrina McQuail told CTV News farmers want to do their part to lower that number.
Dodging dairy products is difficult to do for people with milk intolerances, but a farm in Waterloo has a fix so they don’t have to.
