Beefing Up Local Cattle
What corn-fed and grass-fed livestock actually eat . . . . A grass-fed cattle ranch brings to mind an old Western movie. A modern feedlot is more like a dose of reality programming. What do you want to tune in to? And why?
World Crops For Locavores
Vineland researchers grow ‘ethno-cultural’ vegetables . . . . Want to know what’s cropping up in Ontario agriculture? Check the Vineland Research and Innovation Centre.
Milking the Experience
My close encounters with dairy cows . . . . I’m afraid of cows. I have this irrational fear that they will trample me. I’m okay with snakes, spiders, mice. But cows, they scare me.
A Good Death
Humane animal husbandry makes meat tastes better . . . . Farm animals end up at the abattoir. That’s a fact most modern carnivores don’t like to think about.