Monthly Archives: January 2011

     One of the things I love about Switzerland is its close proximity to other worlds. In half an hour we’re in the Black Forest of Germany, in three hours in Italian Switzerland or Austria, or as this last weekend … Continue reading →

     The cows stand outside with their calves, soaking up the sun of an unusually warm January afternoon. One cow is bawling insistently. She just lost her calf an hour ago. It’s her own fault really – Markus tells me … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Greetings from Switzerland!      The view hasn’t changed – fields of winter canola and wheat, behind them the dark outlines of the Black Forest across the border in Germany.      But otherwise little has stayed the same for the Emmerhof, … Continue reading →

     The Western Producer just published a special edition “The Dirt on Soil”; highlighting what a precious commodity our soil is, to be treated with the utmost respect.      I see it clearly in my mind – my father stands … Continue reading →