Index

NEW FARMING ENTERPRISES:
A history of hard struggles, some successes and occasional complete disasters

By MARY BAXTER & DON STONEMAN

The Graying of Ontario Agriculture
With five times as many farmers over 55 as under 35, there’s an urgent need to recruit and train the next generation of farmers. Several programs cater to the organic sector, but when it comes to conventional farming, offerings are piecemeal

By MARY BAXTER

The New Ethanol
Grain-based ethanol is under fire for contributing to world food shortages. Many now hail cellulosic as the answer to the world’s mounting fuel crisis. But is this ‘next generation’ biofuel an ideal solution or a troubling compromise?

By MARY BAXTER

May 2008's issue features:

SIX FARM FAMILIES AND SIX SOLUTIONS
TO HANDING DOWN THE FAMILY FARM
Succession can be one of the biggest hurdles a farm family faces. And with today’s larger, more complex and investment-heavy operations, more people are usually involved than in the past. Here Better Farming looks at how six Ontario families coped

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April 2008's issue features:

WHEN ONE BALE TOO MANY CAUSED TRAGEDY
When a bale slipped off a loader and fell onto the hapless operator, it left him partly paralyzed.
It’s the type of accident that happens all too often, says the local fire chief

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March 2008's issue features:

ON-FARM BIOSOLIDS STORAGE
A new business opportunity for farmers, or more aggravation for the neighbours?
Storing municipal waste or other biosolids on farms is not new to Ontario – provided what was being stored would be spread on the property. But now some farmers are looking to store waste that will be spread elsewhere, and local residents are up in arms

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February 2008's issue features:

Will a Voluntary ‘Grown in Canada’ Label Help Farmers?
Federations of agriculture are pushing for a label that identifies homegrown food. But the concept is proving surprisingly controversial

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January 2008's issue features:

Managing the Wavering Loonie
The keys to survival – a level playing field, cost cutting and finding new revenue sources

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This Month's issue features
A Better Farming Special Investigation:
Faith in Arlan Galbraith, Ontario’s Pigeon King
Masterminding Rich Profits from Pigeon Breeding
– or a Multi-Million Dollar Scam?

No one involved and no police or government authorities have even hinted at wrongdoing. Nevertheless, the rapid growth of a business that has no apparent end market raises consumer protection concerns and some people even go so far as to allege a Ponzi scheme where investors may get hurt

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