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Women sway their lithe bodies in colourful Chitenges to African music. Nearby, Japanese in loose white clothing perform precise Judo moves while a whiff of Croatian doughnuts mingles with Thai curries and French crepes. Swinging wide petticoat skirts, Italian girls … Continue reading →

“I mean it was just amazing, absolutely amazing!” I’m on the phone with my good friend Eva Sanderson in Kitwe, Zambia. She’s talking about the overwhelming response to the Conservation Farming (CF) stands at the agriculture shows. It isn’t much … Continue reading →

There’s a lot of commotion going on outside our usually quiet farm yard (half a mile from the road). I hear youthful voices amid the roar of a quad. This isn’t a bunch of adolescent kids out for a spin. … Continue reading →

It’s raining here in Westlock! And high time. Crops were starting to show heat stress, some canola looked that dull blue. My family up in the Peace Country of B.C. is jealous. They haven’t had rain for weeks, with some … Continue reading →

“There are risks and costs to a plan of action. But they are far less than the long-range risks and costs of comfortable inaction.” Bukuumo Cooperative, in Zambia is painfully feeling the truth in this quote by John F. Kennedy. … Continue reading →

Hardly home we’re on the road again. My nephew Jonathan Wenger graduates from high school this week in Fort St. John B.C. and we celebrated with a family BBQ. With six siblings and 16 nieces and nephews it makes for … Continue reading →

I brew a cup of tea, slip into my clogs and go inspect my garden. Another limp bean, another dead spinach plant! A little digging with my finger reveals the culprit – a fat grey caterpillar, a cutworm – that … Continue reading →

June 15, 2010: Many of the last of the Swiss flower meadows will fall to the scythe (oops – the mower) today. That’s the haying date Swiss farmers have to wait to for, to be eligible for extra subsidies for … Continue reading →

June 8, 2010: It’s hardly 100 meters from the house to the barn, but I had to stop to catch my breath. My cousin Susanne farms with her husband Dominik Roth high up on the hillside of the Swiss Alps. … Continue reading →

June 1, 2010: A wild flower meadow blooms along the street in front of the historic house. It’s an apt greeting from a farm whose vision it is to produce healthy food in harmony with nature, not against it. Gabi … Continue reading →