by Lillian Lake | | Building Community, Food, Recipes
This last week has been a lesson in learning to go with the flow and remember to allow what needs to happen, happen. Everything has its timing. The week started OK. The tomatoes I tried to grow this summer were a bust. They got a blight that took out most of them. So...
by Lillian Lake | | Building Community, Food, Recipes
Every once in a while, someone will reach out to me via social media, email, or stop me somewhere and tell me they enjoy reading my column and blog posts. I look forward to them every week. I also enjoy reading comments in the comment section of my blog so let me know...
by Lillian Lake | | Building Community, Farms, Food, Locally Made
And just like that, summer collapsed into fall. – Oscar Wilde It would be honest to say that Oscar Wilde’s words regarding fall are nearly my favorite way to describe how I feel about this particular change of the season. The others seem to be gradual, but it...
by Lillian Lake | | Climate Change, Food
I read on the National Geographic website that Canada is richly endowed and unlikely to run out of water. The writer made some good points but failed to consider Canada’s rising population, increase in agricultural production, adverse effects of climate change, and...
by Lillian Lake | | Building Community, Farms, Food, Stop Trafficking
A few years ago, as I was doing my catalog Christmas shopping, I had a few questions, so I decided to call the company directly. Their customer service is excellent. As the representative was chatty, I imagine it must have been a slower evening. She asked me what I do...
by Lillian Lake | | Building Community, Climate Change, Food
Agroecology is a term that’s been around awhile; a scientific discipline developed as an answer to not only counteract the damage caused by industrial farming practices but as a deterrent to causing more harm. It studies how different aspects of the...
