What it takes to farm

Farming is a way of life that comes with countless highs and lows — especially during harvest season. 

There is a lot that goes into farming, on and off the land, so today Now or Never rolls up our sleeves and digs into the realities of life on a farm. 

One of Alberta farmer Sean Stanford's most important pieces of farm equipment is a strong internet connection. Trevor Dineen joins Sean at his virtual mental health support group for farmers.

It's been over 10 years since Métis/Nehiyaw elder Audrey Logan has had to step foot into a grocery store. Hear how Audrey has reclaimed Indigenous agriculture practices, in the middle of the city. 

Join Elizabeth Ha as she packs and delivers food boxes, sometimes secretly, to migrant workers in the Windsor-Essex Ont., area.

After 50 years, Dave Loewen is ready to sell his family ranch. We visit Miracle Ranch with Dave and his daughter Phyllis as they reminisce, and look to the future. 

Heather Myers and Kelsey McCue, a pair of millennials from downtown Winnipeg, are days away from getting the keys to an alpaca farm. Now they just need to figure out how to farm, exactly.

Two years after leaving their urban vegetable farm in the middle of busy Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, My Dang and Vu Ngo were finally ready to have their first harvest in their new home of Delta, B.C. — until COVID-19 suddenly made them change their plans.
 

Originally aired in September, 2020