Two years ago, when the coronavirus pandemic swept over the world, I didn’t worry about Ukrainian farmers at all. They calmly did their work, plowed the land, sowed and harvested. If in Ukrainian cities then there was a difficult situation with COVID-19, then the farmers almost did not notice it. A year earlier, Ukraine’s fields

Tasting notes of tequila, lime, strawberry and… horse blanket? Think hayloft, not manure, says Dead Horse Cider founder Marcus Wiebe. He ushers a Manitoba Co-operator reporter over to the taps in the Winkler cidery’s sun-dappled tasting room. After tasting the funky crispness of the Backyard Blend, made entirely from local apples, it makes sense. There

Bruce D. Campbell was a successful agriculture entrepreneur. But following his death last month, he’s being just as widely remembered for his philanthropic work later in life. Campbell grew up on his family’s farm in Chater, Manitoba, just west of Brandon. He was born on June 25, 1936 to Duncan and Kathleen Campbell. After finishing

As I wrote earlier, almost every Ukrainian farmer has to take care of more than just his family. If he cultivates more than 1,000 hectares of land, this means that he is forced to help solve the social problems of the inhabitants of nearby settlements. Moreover, it is completely voluntary, since the state does not

Science fiction often portrays giant plants as monsters — think Audrey II from “Little Shop of Horrors,” and the marauding Triffids in “Day of the Triffids.” But the titanic tomato growing soilless here in the United States Botanic Garden greenhouse for more than a year seems benign enough, but its size and age make it

Farmer Kristof Grina takes elevators to get to his fields. The field in question, with a street address of 55 M Street, is on the 10th storey of an office building overlooking the U.S. capital. It is one of Up Top Acres’ 18 rooftop plots, totalling almost three acres. Members of the ag sector have