farming

An alternative economy for Cape Breton

Robert DeVet — Wed, 03 Dec 2014 15:03:15 +0000

This article was originally published in the Cape Breton Independent

Blacklisting Migrant Workers

valcroft — Tue, 06 May 2014 16:53:47 +0000

Guatemalans speaking out against abuse expelled from temporary foreign worker program

GUATEMALA CITY—When Jose Sicajau left his community in Guatemala to participate in Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program, he hoped to make enough money doing seasonal agriculture work to be able to provide for his family back home.

The Land that Feeds

Hillary — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 11:11:23 +0000

Rural community divided over proposal to rezone farmland

GREENWICH, NS—A proposal to rezone 380 acres of active farmland in the hamlet of Greenwich, Kings County, has raised public concern over food security, cultural history, and sustainable community-planning in Nova Scotia’s fertile Annapolis Valley.

From Guerrilla Gardening to SPIN Farming

Felix — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 14:58:07 +0000

Growing food in the city

CKDU's Operation Wake Up speaks with Garity Chapman from the Ecology Action Centre about Urban Gardening in Halifax.