Answering a few questions about animal care in a chance encounter
By Patricia Grotenhuis, lifelong farmer and agricultural enthusiast. December 22, 2010 – During the summer, I attended the Canadian National Exhibition with the Ontario Farm Animal Council’s (OFAC)...
View ArticleAnimals on the loose
by Kristen Kelderman, Farm Animal Care Coordinator During the past five years living away from home, I have travelled the notorious 401 highway back to Eastern Ontario too many times to count. Through...
View ArticleIn the face of crisis
By Jeanine Moyer Living on a farm means we live farther away from our neighbours than most people. Instead of lawns and fences separating our house from the neighbour’s we have fields and streams....
View ArticleRecalling one barn fire story during Fire Prevention Week
By Patricia Grotenhuis, 6th generation farmer Waking to pounding at the door at 1:45 a.m. one June morning, we struggled to open our eyes. Nothing could have prepared us for the sight of flames...
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