For a little over two years, the Niagara Christian Gleaners have answered a global cry for food in impoverished countries by shipping out millions of servings of nutritious, dehydrated vegetables in sea containers.
Making art can provide a therapeutic outlet for those in health-care settings, facing increasing isolation brought on by the pandemic.
Last summer, the ticking lull of a grandfather clock inside of Marsha Rempel’s Welland farmhouse became a tone of foreboding, counting down the remaining seconds of Rempel’s time on her family’s farmland.
The Niagara Peninsula Fruit and Vegetable Growers’ Association (NPF&VGA) is recognizing the efforts of two organizations responsible for orchestrating the transportation of foreign migrant workers to the region’s greenhouses, orchards and vineyards during a year of challenges.
Kim McQuhae of Gryphon Ridge Highlands is a rare breed among Niagara’s farmers. In Niagara-on-the-Lake, on 10 acres of land sandwiched between lucrative vineyards, McQuhae is breeding hardy, rustic bulls and cows hailing from the Scottish Highlands.
The daughter of an 82-year-old St. Catharines resident and veteran of the Royal Canadian Navy has some lingering concerns after her father, Johnson Mont, narrowly missed out on receiving a COVID-19 vaccination this past January.
With new travel restrictions being imposed on travellers entering Canada, many questions have been raised over the impact it might have on migrant workers coming to work on Niagara’s farms and vineyards. In addition to providing proof of a negative …
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Seed retailers and suppliers are expecting last year’s unprecedented demand for seed to continue into this year’s growing season.
Niagara’s agricultural and farming operations have been put on notice. Ontario labour minister, Monte McNaughton, recently said the region’s agriculture sector “can expect a visit” from ministry inspectors. “We’re proactively going to farms, greenhouses and other locations where agricultural workers …
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An hour-and-a-half before the food giveaway was scheduled to begin, cars had already begun to line up at the Wainfleet BIC Church this past Saturday. Open Arms Mission of Welland, who paired up with the church, had around 1,500 pounds …
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