As I write this, a ladybug is crawling across my computer screen. This is the time of year when ladybugs try to find a warm place to spend the winter. They like to hibernate in groups. As a farmer, I rely on...
For about ten years now we’ve been growing sweet potatoes on our farm. This has not always been easy—sweet potatoes are a tropical, heat-loving plant, and the growing conditions in most of Canada are the...
This has been the most challenging growing season for tomatoes in my memory. That’s because of the rain, and a microorganism that lives in water droplets on tomato plants. When it rains as often as it has this...
My column Out Standing in Our Field, about food and farming issues as well as social and environmental justice, ran in Ontario newspapers for 5 years.
Aric McBay
