Agriculture

Manitoulin Island-based aquaculturalist Mike Meeker has been recognized by the Community Futures Network of Canada as an Ontario entrepreneur.

What started as an association to create job opportunities for single mothers has flourished as a viable greenhouse operation.

The New Liskeard College of Agricultural Technology has been closed for 18 years, but its research centre continues to serve Northern Ontario.

“Have you ever heard, when ice is breaking up, that distinctive tinkling sound?” asked Mike Meeker as he surveyed the water surrounding his Evansville-based cage culture fish farm.

The Ontario government has introduced a new Risk Management Program designed to help farmers manage risks beyond their control, including fluctuating costs and volatile market prices.

An open forum will be held for farmers in the Algoma district and those interested in pursuing agriculture opportunities in the goat market.

The Sault Ste. Marie Innovation Centre is launching a new project to improve agricultural innovation in the Algoma district.

For Trevor Laing, it’s no big stretch going from planting trees to growing commercial blueberries. “It’s just vegetation control and management to get the field opened up and covered with berries. Then you keep everything else out."

There are not too many industries out there that actively push for more government regulation.

More than 70,000 people are expected to pour into the small village of Earlton throughout the 2009 International Plowing Match and Rural Expo (IPM) from Sept. 22-26, the first time the annual event is held in Northern Ontario.