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Harvest festival returns to downtown Belleville

September 29, 2011 at 3:11 pm

By Austin McKay The Flavours of Fall harvest festival is back again this year in the heart of downtown Belleville on Saturday October 1. The festival will be running from[…]

Eastern Ontario crops confused by weather

August 8, 2011 at 9:16 pm

By Renee Rodgers Don’t expect Ontario fruit and vegetable harvests to be right on schedule this season. Heavy rainfall this spring, coupled with extreme heat during the summer months, has[…]

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Farm gate food may not be from the farm

August 5, 2011 at 2:58 pm

By Renée Rodgers WillowCreek Farms lost an entire patch of cucumbers to heavy rain this year. Yet Susan Vanden Bosch, who runs the Frankford Road farm with her husband and[…]

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Baby monitors for lambs saves lives

May 9, 2011 at 9:25 am

By Joanna Becket Elwood Palmateer keeps more than one baby monitor at his bedside. Palmateer is on alert for any cries of distress from one of his 30 sheep that[…]

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Too much rain delays growing season

May 9, 2011 at 9:15 am

By Renee Rodgers “Rain, rain, go away” is the tune farmers like Lloyd Crowe of Reynolds Farms have been singing a lot this spring. The wet weather conditions in the[…]

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Local farmers benefit from Grills Orchard outlet

April 18, 2011 at 10:34 am

By: Amy Clark Just one of many unique farming operations in Quinte, Grills Orchards provides a variety of products including some from local farmers. Diana and Randy McPherson has owned[…]

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