SOUTH MOUNTAIN — South Mountain Fair organizers believed that provincial dollars were on the line when they chopped the greasy pig contest amid an animal rights campaign last week. In the leadup to the Fair,…
SOUTH MOUNTAIN — Hogtown has succeeded in having South Mountain Fair drop the greasy pig contest from tomorrow’s scheduled activities. Apparent fallout of a social media campaign and online petition promoted by Toronto Pig Save,…
SOUTH MOUNTAIN — The 124th South Mountain Fair kicked off on a beautiful day leading into a bright, moonlight night. Aug. 18 saw the fairgounds re-animated with the sights and sounds of the midway, the…
Nelson Zandbergen Nation Valley News NORTH DUNDAS — A fisher killed a 200-lb bull calf at a rural property outside South Mountain, according to the local municipality’s official finding on the bovine’s gruesome demise. The…
CHESTERVILLE — Track your purchases of local food online at localfoodchallenge.ca to potentially win a prize at a grand finale event later this month. The second annual Local Food Challenge kicked off across the region…
CHESTERVILLE — The second annual Local Food Challenge kicks off in full on Saturday, Aug. 13, with launch events at the farmers’ markets in Chesterville (9 a.m.-2 p.m.), Vankleek Hill (9 a.m.- 1 p.m.) and…
FINCH — South Nation Conservation (SNC)’s Water Response Team is sticking with the level II (moderate) drought conditions advisory originally issued on July 8. Rainfall received last month did ultimately improve the precipitation picture in July….
Nelson Zandbergen Nation Valley News ORMOND — A century of dedication to Ayrshire cattle was celebrated at a local farm steeped in the history of the red-and-white dairy breed, July 23. Approximately 60 people turned…
FINCH — A helicopter was busily spraying corn fields west of Finch on Sun., July 24. Not to be confused with sight-seeing choppers that circled over nearby Chesterville during Farmer John’s annual summer bash on Saturday…
WINCHESTER — Summer’s the season of county Holstein club twilight meetings, annual social occasions drawing hundreds of dairy farmers and their friends to a hosting club member’s farmstead for an evening barbecue and informal barn tours….
CHESTERVILLE — The winter wheat harvest is under way at Vanden Bosch Farms. Betty Vanden Bosch supplied this image of the farm’s combine at work in the cereal crop on July 19. Her grandson, Sawyer, is…
In the video below, Roxborough Agricultural Society President Neil Robinson introduces the guests on the opening day podium, starting with Township of South Stormont Mayor Jim Bancroft (appearing on behalf of the SD&G warden),Township of North…
AVONMORE — A showcase of talent and fun, the Avonmore Fair kicks off tonight, Fri., July 15, with new featured midway operator Carter Shows Ltd. Gates open 5 p.m. with free admission to the grounds…
Nelson Zandbergen Nation Valley News WINCHESTER — The eastern edition of the Ontario Forage Expo made hay while the sun shone July 7. Lots of it, and in a hurry. Demonstrated in a field west…
CHESTERVILLE — The rainfall of this past weekend arrived as a welcome respite for local farmers whose crops appeared a little greener and less stressed as the sun rose today. The rain received represents the…
