CFN – Homestead Organics is moving their grain operations to Morrisburg. Tom Manley held a press conference in their new facility yesterday to announce the finalizing of the purchase of the property on Allison Drive in Morrisburg. Tom, along with his father Murray and his son Yannik, outlined theContinue Reading
CFN – A new public opinion poll released today finds that more than eight out of every ten people in Ontario support a ban on pesticides linked by scientists to bee deaths. Friends of the Earth Canada (FOE) commissioned the poll to discover whether or not Ontarians were concerned aboutContinue Reading
CFN – Local food is easy to recognize when visit the farmers’ market. The farmer is standing right there offering her own produce, assuming you are not dealing with the trader who merely stocks up at the Food Terminal. But what about processed foods in the supermarket? The local productsContinue Reading
CFN – It’s funny reading the latest on the Senate scandal, Stephen Harper’s possible political demise, and Justin Trudeau’s ascent. It’s almost like it’s a bad script. What we do know. Whatever success Mr. Harper has is because of planning and scripting. It’s boring. It’s not pretty. It’s brutal andContinue Reading
CFN – A new expose by the people at Mercy for Animals Canada is featured on the website eggmcmisery.ca. The video includes scenes of abuse of hens and chicks while describing the process at a factory farm as uncovered by a hidden camera. At root is the practice of keeping layingContinue Reading
CFN – Emmanuel Maniadakis of Verger Maniadakis in Franklin Quebec had a vision. In the 90’s when he bought his hill top run down orchard he saw the future in Organics and rebuilt and turned his stunning property into fields of Apples and pears. Nestled near the Covey HillContinue Reading
CFN – Homestead Organics just celebrated its 25th Anniversary! Family businesses are becoming rare these days, but Homestead organics now has its third generation working in son Yannick is now in the fold! This year, Homestead Organics celebrates its 25th birthday! Things have come a long way since 1988, whenContinue Reading
CFN – For generations chocolate lovers in Eastern Canada would venture to Smiths Falls Ontario in an odyssey to indulge their cravings for Chocolate. Hershey thought it better to move its plant from Canada to Mexico; right near a cattle yard, decimating the workforce of the town of about 9,000Continue Reading
CFN – Friends of the Earth Canada has filed a notice of objection to Health Canada’s decision under the Pest Control Products Act to renew conditional registration of a bee-toxic pesticide, clothianidin, despite lack of due diligence by the applicant companies. Health Canada’s agency dealing with pesticides is recommending renewingContinue Reading
Dear Editor According to Japanese newspapers a “shale gas deal” may well be agreed to in Ottawa Tuesday, September 22th. In it “Canada’s envisioned shale gas exports are likely to total 40 million tons a year.” (1) Anyone reading “Shale gas in Canada”,(2) the Harper Government.s presentation of information onContinue Reading
CFN- Submitted Release On Wednesday, September 25th at 7 pm the River Institute kicks off its Science & Nature Series for 2013-14 with “The Science & Nature of Water” led by River Institute scientist Dr. Andy Bramburger. He has travelled the world researching fresh water and will share his insightsContinue Reading
CFN – I was given a book by a friend not too long ago which I am just getting around to reading, The Omnivore’s Dilemma, A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan. So much interesting information…”Our ingenuity in feeding ourselves is prodigious, but at various points our technologiesContinue Reading
CFN – Yes this is the Earth Matters column. We are changing the title of this column for today out of respect and consideration for all this little flying animal does for us each day. Bees, which are critical to our food supply are experiencing immense life challenges due toContinue Reading
CFN – I just love coming across items that help me accomplish my daily needs and are additionally “earth friendly”. These are two items that caught my eye and prompted me to open my wallet to purchase in the last week. The first item is the ECO Lunchbox. TheContinue Reading
CFN – I took some time with a friend to explore and take in some of the natural spaces that surround us. We started off our day at The Martintown Mill which is situated on the Raisin River. The following two images were captured there. The flower is about theContinue Reading
CFN – What a difference a year makes. When we started the Beavergate Protest we never expected that the devices placed in the Guindon Nature Park in Cornwall Ontario would have such dramatic results. Funded fully by Lesley Fox and her Fur Bearer Defenders organization the road to clearer watersContinue Reading
CFN – A recent visit with a friend in Hamilton, Ontario opened my eyes to “POSSIBILITY”. The possibility of growing flowers and food on my own front yard. Many front yard vegetable gardens were sighted on my stroll through an older neighborhood. Think of the possibilities this offers. The possibilityContinue Reading
CFN – Imagine waking one morning to find police officers towing your car out of your driveway. “What is the meaning of this!?” you demand. “Um, yeah…” says the officer, “Some people out west – we heard – drove too fast, or, maybe didn’t stop correctly, or droveContinue Reading