Eating Seasonally with Newcomers in Hamilton, Ontario
All winter long, the refugee newcomers asked me for tomatoes and eggplants. They are in the grocery store, but the ones from Ontario greenhouses are expensive in January and the [...]
Cultivating Soil & Relationships – Shanika’s Reflections
I write this reflection as I head into my fourth week of my internship and it comes at a good time as I feel comfortable with the flow of A [...]
Conservation in the StarCliff Nature Reserve
Through Paul Abell's relationship with the Oak Ridges Moraine Land Trust, A Rocha participates in the environmental stewardship of the charity's StarCliff Nature Reserve in King Township. The ecologically unique [...]
Renewed Restoration
Over the past few weeks a group of teens from White Rock Christian Academy tackled an advancing swath of golden archangel. The restoration leader: A Rocha Brooksdale’s new Environmental Restoration Biologist, [...]
Birding in Pembina Valley
Photo: Birding guide Luc Blanchette with a pair of ruby-throated hummingbirds. Photo by Ruth Heibert. Folks in Manitoba recently had an opportunity to see a portion of the vast variety of [...]