Jim Collins explains how Harvest Hands was born and how the organization is helping those less fortunate.
The Stratford Farmers' Market was established 1855 to bring local produce to customers. Sponsors: Quadro and Tradition Mutual Insurance Co.
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.
Topline Farms in Leamington Ont. is doing away with plastic wrapping of its English cucumbers by spraying them.
'We thought, why not,' says owner Laura Ferrier
Farmland is being gobbled up at an alarming rate in Ontario, according to the 2021 census.
