Farm
The provincial government has opted to hold a fifth intake of the Marketing and Vineyard Improvement Program (MVIP), starting this month, to aid Ontario grape growers and vineyards in modernizing their business.
Darrell Bergsma has been involved in Huron County 4-H for 28 years, first getting involved in the organization when he was 12 years old.
Sean Mitchell of the Walton area has certainly been making his mark on the world of agriculture in the past 12 months.
The Huron County Beef Producers (HCBP), and producers across Canada, are in for a year of changes and HCBP President Kevin McArter will be plotting the course locally to deal with new regulations and opportunities.
For Dr. Lee Siertsema, owner of Blyth Veterinary Services, taking care of animals is just part of providing for the community in which he was raised.
The Bayfield Berry Farm has already unveiled some of its new alcoholic offerings at area farmers' markets, but the collection of fruit wines, ciders, wine coolers and schnaps will be available at the location in the coming months.
In late August, the satisfaction of the ripening harvest surrounds us in rural Ontario in fields of corn, soybeans and hay. North of Wingham, in what appears to be completely out of place in our northern climate,
Lucknow-area photographer Hannah Dickie is seeing her years of hard work pay off with a featured exhibit at the Blyth Festival Art Gallery. Entitled "Home Grown", Dickie's exhibit will run from Aug. 28 to Sept. 29
From leaky borders to trade issues, farm leaders and municipal politicians had a chance to share their grievances and successes with the listening ears of both MP Ben Lobb and MPP Lisa Thompson.
Of all the farm sectors reporting at the Local Politician Forum on March 6 at the Clinton Legion, it was the beef farming sector that appears to be facing the toughest year.
Representatives from the Ontario and Huron County Federations of Agriculture are again pushing for a tax ratio alteration that would ease the burden of shifting assessment on the county's farmers.
Grain farmers want to be part of Bill 156, an act that promotes food safety, too.
Retired and living in Brussels, George Adams can often be found in his heated shop making nesting boxes for swallows and bluebirds. He makes a lot of them.
Susan Chan likes what her family calls her "projects". Carrying on the legacy of her father, John Hindmarsh, Susan has continued to create conservation projects on the home farm on Highway 21 just outside of Goderich.
After five years in the position, Brian Schlosser stepped down as the secretary/treasurer of the Brussels Agricultural Society at its annual meeting earlier this month.
Award-winning auctioneer Kevin McArter is now the president of the Huron County Beef Producers, succeeding Elliott Miller.
The Brussels Agricultural Society welcomed a nearly entirely new slate of officers to its ranks on Friday at its annual general meeting at the Brussels, Morris and Grey Community Centre.
It's fitting that we are meeting for Geoff King's "goodbye" story in the Robertson Tract near Auburn.
An adaptation of local author Bonnie Sitter's Onion Skins and Peach Fuzz: Memories of Ontario Farmerettes will soon be on stage at the 4th Line Theatre near Peterborough thanks to a bit of serendipity.
After several years of work, the final report on the Huron County Wind Turbine Study about Noise, Vibration and Light has been released by the county.
After a childhood of 4-H Club involvement, Walton native Ryan Baan has now landed his "dream job" working with 4-H Canada as its marketing manager.
To volunteer is to connect with people and learn from each other, believes Jacquie Bishop, who was awarded the Huron County Federation of Agriculture's Outstanding Contribution to Agriculture Award at the federation's annual meeting held Oct. 25
Auburn's Colton Rodger placed ninth at the Port Elgin Pumpkinfest giant pumpkin competition this year, his first time competing.