Feb. 22 marks Canada’s Agriculture Day – an annual event that brings both consumers and farmers together to celebrate the local food we all love to enjoy and the hardworking contributors across the food value chain that nurture it from field-to-fork.
Community Dance Project calls for participants
GUELPH – Guelph Dance is looking for an intergenerational cast to participate in a dance project that will culminate in three performances as part of the Guelph Dance Festival in the Park series June 3, 4 and 5.
Feeding Your Future expands worker training program to include mental health
Through the Feeding Your Future labour initiative, the Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA), in…
OFA viewpoint: Hearing the voice of Ontario farmers
GUELPH – The Ontario Federation of Agriculture is pleased to work with the Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks (MECP) to ensure an agricultural voice is part of the province’s Conservation Authorities.
Three-in-four Canadians tell convoy protesters, ‘Go Home Now’
VANCOUVER - If the goal of the Freedom Convoy was to capture the attention of millions of people in Canada and around the globe – mission accomplished.
Take the stress out of I.B.S.
GUELPH – “Take the Stress out of I.B.S.” (Irritable Bowel Syndrome) is being offered in an…
Headwaters Arts presents Unearthing Beauty exhibit
ALTON – Headwaters Arts unleashed a call to artists in this second show of the new year, asking for art works that depict what it is that brings pleasure to one’s mind, spirit and senses.
General assumptions about aging reinforce negative stereotypes
WELLINGTON COUNTY – One of the first things that people will notice about you is your age. Based on what we see, most of us make general assumptions about what that age means.
Resource for caregivers of people with Alzheimer disease or dementia
Alzheimer disease is a progressive, degenerative brain disease that destroys vital brain cells. As a result of the changes to the brain, it no longer works as it used to.
OMAFRA report: Impact of cover crops in processing vegetable-grain cropping system
A weekly report prepared by the staff of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs…
ROMA launches opportunities in a post-COVID world strategy for rural Ontario
GUELPH – The Rural Ontario Institute (ROI) is proud to support the Rural Ontario Municipal Association’s (ROMA) long-term strategic plan through shared data insights unique to rural Ontario.
Lovers of the birds: Winter Birding Memories
Over these 35 years on our farm Gary and I have spotted many special winter birds. I will reminisce a little about some of our experiences.
No skis? Just poles? An overview of the benefits of pole walking
You may have seen them out there and wondered why are they just using just poles? But for those who are walking with poles, commonly referred to as “Nordic walking,” they may be a step ahead in terms gaining more benefits while participating in their exercise.