By Kaitlynn Anderson
Staff Writer
Once rural landfills reach their capacities, communities can collaborate to repurpose these sites.
“Some places have successfully used landfills to create new local features, like parks,” Dr. Dianne Saxe, the environmental commissioner of Ontario, told Better Farming.
By Kate Ayers
Staff Writer
Better Farming
By Kaitlynn Anderson
Staff Writer
Better Farming
Many rural Ontario municipalities have struggled to deal with soil dumping operations. In the process, some residents have diligently tackled this problem and encouraged change in their regions.
Pat Cardoza, a beef farmer in Holland Centre, is one such individual.
By: Kate Ayers
Staff Writer
Better Farming
Producers could use sensor-based precision herbicide applications as another tool to fight hard-to-control weeds in their fields.
By Nicholas Van Allen
Writer
Better Farming
WeedMD’s management built the company’s Strathroy facility with the help of Jerry Zakaria, CEO of Perfect Pick Farms.
Zakaria owns 98 acres of land and rents five of them to WeedMD. Soon, this rental arrangement will grow to 12 acres as part of WeedMD’s expansion into cannabis extraction. WeedMD also has an option to buy the other 86 acres.
By Kate Ayers
Staff Writer
Better Farming
As stakeholders consider ways to implement Ontario’s soil health strategy, a Certified Crop Adviser from Middlesex County provides grounded tips on how producers can adopt new soil management practices on their farms.
By Kaitlynn Anderson
Staff Writer
Better Farming
Jason Robinson, a third-generation cash crop and vegetable farmer in Courtland, Ont., uses a range of precision ag technology in his family’s operation. Much of his equipment can collect data.
Robinson, who farms with his father, uses this data to make decisions throughout the year.
By Kate Ayers
Staff Writer
Better Farming
Blockchain is an emerging technology that provides supply chains with an online documentation system, which the agri-food industry can use to improve traceability and food safety, as well as reduce food waste.
By Kaitlynn Anderson
Staff Writer
Better Farming
Cameron McWilliam runs a cash crop, beef and turkey operation with his wife, Anne Marie, in Elgin County.
He also serves as mayor of Dutton Dunwich, a rural municipality in southwestern Ontario.
Through both of these roles, McWilliam is familiar with the importance of rural infrastructure.