The Wall Street Journal recently reported on a Rodale Institute report on the potential for “regenerative” organic farming systems to offset all of humanity’s carbon emissions. Read about it here. The more I read about this sort of thing, the…

We especially like this part of the article: “Ferme et Forêt (farm and forest) from just outside Wakefield specializes in organic and wild foods. They sell homemade granola, herbal tea, maple syrup, and eggs at the market. I’m not usually…

As a maple syrup producer, I’m often asked in December or January how I think the coming maple season will be. But, in the few years that I’ve been making maple syrup now, I’ve learned the wisdom of the seasoned…

Fiddleheads, cattail shoots, and daisy greens, these are some of the plants you might encounter during a Ferme et Forêt Wild Foraging Workshop near Wakefield. These workshops, mainly spent in the fields and forest, aim to introduce participants to wild…

You can listen to the radio segment here:   And check out some photos and a brief print article here: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/local-syrup-producers-sweet-success-1.3514627

When boiling maple syrup in the spring, we tend to drink copious amounts of maple sap. Turns out, this is a common practice around the world, wherever maple species grow (as well as birch and other trees). Maple sap is…

We finished tapping March 6, just in time to catch the first run of sap (well, except for that crazy early one in February) the next day. After letting the lines clean out for a day or so, we then…

We’re giving a tour of our farm this September as part of a Permaculture Design Course. To sign up, and to see the other tours being offered, see http://www.eonpermaculture.ca/pc-tour-Ottawa2016. To sign up for the whole PDC go to http://www.eonpermaculture.ca/PDC2016.

Last spring a TV crew visited us for several days to shoot an episode about the marketing of organic food, and produced an hour long episode, which aired in January. You can’t currently watch it online, but you can watch…