ESCRH composting initiative
École Secondaire Catholique Régional de Hawkesbury (ESCRH) has started a new composting and gardening initiative. In 2017, the school’s Club
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Agriculture
Grenville-sur-la-Rouge to ban domestic deer farming
A draft by-law in Grenville-sur-la-Rouge will ban deer farming in most of the municipality if it is adopted. Council gave
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Liberal, NDP candidates speak at ag federation meeting
The politics of agriculture were front and centre at the annual general meeting of the Prescott County Federation of Agriculture
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Tagwi students tour local farms
Learning on the land is what a group of students from Tagwi Secondary School in Avonmore recently spent a day
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UCPR finds solution for stockpiled farm plastic waste
You could say that the United Counties of Prescott and Russell (UCPR) council was talking trash when it met on
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East Hawkesbury family among farm award winners
The Lafrance family East Hawkesbury has been farming since 1882. This year, they are one of 11 recipients across Ontario
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Beware of fake honey
Imitation is not the sincerest form of flattery when it comes to honey. In recent months, studies and reports, including
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Ewwww! Watch out for the Brown Marmorated Stink Bug!
The invasion of the stink bug sounds like the name of a low-budget science fiction movie, but it’s a real
Read moreGet Up and Grow aims to plant seeds of knowledge on growing
Knowing about growing is Elaine Cooper’s passion. The self-styled “Grandma Greenthumb” has made it her mission to educate children about
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Ups and downs in weather and market common themes of crop season
Wet … then dry, and trade challenges best describe what cash crop farmers in the region have been dealing with
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