Seeking justice for water contamination through Ontario’s Environmental Protection Act

(Much of this article is AI generated and is a summary of legal and other publicly accessible texts. This…

Defining “normal” farming practices – The Farm and Food Production Protection Act, 1998

The Farm & Food Protection Act offers a potential venue to protecting drinking water sources in Karst regions.  The…

Karst Geography, Residential Homes on Rural Severances and Industrial Agriculture: A Goal Conflict?

  In the region of Grey Bruce, the landscape is dotted with thousands of small rural residential properties, each one…

Declaring a Drinking Water Issue for Private Wells: A Guide Under the Clean Water Act

This blog is not a legal document. Consult the original Clean Water Act for legal details. How a Source Protection…

Farming on Karst and Fractured Bedrock Aquifers: Challenges, Best Practices, and the Silurian Bedrock Performance Standard

Introduction Karst and Fractured Bedrock aquifers, characterized by their unique and permeable geological formations, present significant challenges for agricultural activities….

Drinking Water Contamination Devastated a Region: Lessons from Kewaunee County, Wisconsin

In the tranquil landscape of Kewaunee County,…

“Development Agriculture” and farming extremely vulnerable Karst aquifers

This blog was published in the newsletter of the National Farmers Union Grey County chapter. Thorsten Arnold, NFU-Grey Director. From…

Pastured goose – The most delicious strategy for ecosystem regeneration

Humans have domesticated geese for millennia, going back to ancient Mesopotamia about 3,000 BCE ago. Today, geese may be…

What is agroecology?

Introduction The Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO) summarizes Agroecology as “a holistic and integrated approach that…

Embedding the Living Landscapes Narrative in our Climate Change story

*Disclaimer – This blog reflects the current state of my knowledge. It does not reflect the opinion of any…