Dear Friends of Sunnivue Farm, I am delighted to report that Farmer Alex has finally landed a starring role at the movies. We always knew it would happen, right? And now we can say that we knew him when. Here's what's happening: the London Co-op Store is... [More]Permalink
Log-house building at Sunnivue
September 15, 2009
Dear Friends of Sunnivue Farm, A new and different enterprise is underway at Sunnivue, and those of you who are out at the farm store on Saturdays are invited to pay a visit to it. Mark Williams, a log house-builder and a long-time friend of the...[More]Permalink
Alex and Ellinor cross the country
November 8, 2008
Dear Friends of Sunnivue Farm,
The news this week at Sunnivue is that Alex and Ellinor have returned from their cross-country trip. Here in Alex’s own words is an account of the adventure:
After the sale of the cows on September 19, Ellinor and I had to take...
Dear Friends of Sunnivue Farm,In my last message I explained that the farmers at Sunnivue have decided to change the farm’s direction by selling most of the herd of cows as well as the quota that authorizes the farm to ship milk, thus getting out of the dairy...[More]Permalink
A change at the farm
August 16, 2008
Dear Friends of Sunnivue Farm,Despite their reputation for conservatism and caution, farmers are frequently called upon to respond with daring and ingenuity to new conditions, whether these are changes in the economy and markets, unfavourable climate and weather, social and political changes, or changing personal circumstances. Recently... [More]Permalink
Cows: good, better, and best
June 19, 2008
Dear Friends of Sunnivue Farm,
On June 7, at the annual meeting of the ROSE Land Care Association at Sunnivue, we were treated to an enlightening and lively talk by Jenny Butcher, Programme and Services Manager at Organic Meadow, the coop to which Sunnivue belongs. Jenny’s work is as a...
There is exciting news: Sunnivue has been awarded one of the Premier’s Awards for Agri-Food Innovation Excellence for 2007! These awards are part of a five-year Ontario programme to recognize new ideas in agriculture, and to support the "vision, creativity and hard work" that are...
Last Wednesday I had the privilege of attending a conversation about Free Trade and Food Sovereignty sponsored jointly by locals of the National Farmers Union and the London Waldorf School. The speakers were Ubali Buerrero, a woman representing a farmers’ organization in the Mexican state of...
There is more wonderful news to report from the barn at Sunnivue: when the classifier visited recently, he found yet another Sunnivue cow - Hazel - to be excellent, and two more were newly classified very good. Ellinor’s hard work, skill, and good judgment...
