Have Your Say… What is Canadian Food?

Jun 27, 2012

Join the CBC Discussion on Food Tonight at 7:00 EST

The CBC is holding its final chat tonight with the “What is Canadian Food” series. The live chat will host celebrity chefs including - Michael Smith, Aaron Joseph Bear Robe, Mark McEwan and Carl Heinrich. The series will end with the results from a poll that asked respondents “what is Canadian food” hence the title. The chat will feature an interactive component where some participants will be selected to speak with the chef panellists directly. There are three different ways that you can participate in tonight’s discussion:

1. You can simply watch the video chat in the window below.

2. You can join the text chat in the second window to speak with other participants while watching the video chat.

3. You can join the video chat by clicking the red "Get in line" button. You will need to click "Allow" when the flash box pops up so that your computer can access your webcam and microphone. If our moderator selects you, you'll have a chance to chat with our guests live!

Video: A chain harrow is a game changer

Utilizing a rotational grazing method on our farmstead with our sheep helps to let the pasture/paddocks rest. We also just invested in a chain harrow to allow us to drag the paddocks our sheep just left to break up and spread their manure around, dethatch thicker grass areas, and to rough up bare dirt areas to all for a better seed to soil contact if we overseed that paddock. This was our first time really using the chain harrow besides initially testing it out. We are very impressed with the work it did and how and area that was majority dirt, could be roughed up before reseeding.

Did you know we also operate a small business on the homestead. We make homemade, handcrafted soaps, shampoo bars, hair and beard products in addition to offering our pasture raised pork, lamb, and 100% raw honey. You can find out more about our products and ingredients by visiting our website at www.mimiandpoppysplace.com. There you can shop our products and sign up for our monthly newsletter that highlights a soap or ingredient, gives monthly updates about the homestead, and also lists the markets, festivals, and events we’ll be attending that month.