An asparagus harvesting machine using AI to be available in Spring 2023. Marek Sutherland reports.
Conservation authorities are pushing for farmers to plant top cover which helps future crops and the environment. Rich Garton reports.
There are few crops that are as hard on the body as picking asparagus. The process hasn’t changed much in the last few decades, as it is common to see workers hunched over, hand picking the ripe stalks for hours at a time.
As farmers get their crops out of the ground before winter, conservation authorities are hoping for a bigger uptake on conservation farming practices such as planting top cover.
A farm in Erin is one of a few farms in Ontario that breeds water buffalos. Majestic Water Buffalo has up to 30 of the animals on their property.
A 35 per cent Canadian tariff on Russian-made fertilizer had Ontario farmers calling for change this summer.
It’s one of the busiest times of the year for turkey farmers, getting their birds ready for Thanksgiving and Christmas.
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.
