Dairy goats are growing in popularity across Canada, particularly in Ontario. Raising goats is an opportunity for new producers or seasoned producers looking to expand or try something different.

Dairy has been a mainstay ingredient on McDonald’s menu since the quick-service restaurant’s beginning more than 60 years ago.

Ever since my days as a young 4-H member, I have been involved in event planning – so much so that you could probably call it one of my hobbies. While my husband thinks I should consider quilting, baking, gardening or really anything that requires fewer nights away at meetings and days out at events, I just can’t shake my desire to organize events.

“When it boils down to it, as one veterinarian put it at AABP, ‘Veterinarians have made our living responding to death, disease and destruction.’ We need to change that model,” Jennifer Walker said at the 2015 Western Canadian Dairy Seminar in Red Deer, Alberta.

Whether hosting your child’s class trip, an annual dairy breakfast or a steady stream of visitors, the idea of opening your farm to the public can be overwhelming.

As I write this, my school-aged child is counting down the final 26 days of school for the year. To do so, her teacher assigned a letter of the alphabet to each day and found a way to celebrate the day relating to the letter.