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The art auction won’t be up until Monday…it is a computer glitch. Go figure?

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Felted Snow Leopard in Art Auction

The first All Sorts Acre wool product is finally out there! Snow Leopard Trust is an organization that studies and protects the endangered snow leopard. This work also involves community partnerships to improve life for the local people. the snow leopard lives in the Himalayan mountains along with the Mongolian people. Felt is one of [...]

Nature meets science meets art…

This is a beautiful short movie by Etereae Studios

Nature by Numbers

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Small Abbattoirs in Crisis over Paperwork

Susan Sampson has written a great article about the problems small abattoirs are having. This of course affects every single small farmer out there. Many family run and organic farms rely on the small places to slaughter their animals. Unlike larger slaughter houses these places deal with very small numbers, such as one animal. Please read [...]

NFU’s Sustainable Farmer of the Year

Friday night we watched our friends and farmers Johanne and Maggie Kleinsasser win the Waterloo/Wellington National Farmers Union Sustainable Farmer of the Year Award.

It is the first time this award has been given out. The judges had a really tough decision as the other nominated farmers were all excellent. The students from Erin [...]