Baba Link Farm and Studio

Strong court victory in the US will force companies to label genetically engineered foods. Today's the last full day to sign the petition for mandatory labelling in Canada: www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

A little breeze through the Pawpaw on the farm October.

Mélanie Joly Addresses Canadian Chamber of Commerce In Toronto, federal Industry Minister Mélanie Joly gives a speech at the Canadian Chamber of Commerce’s annual general meeting and convention. (October 8, 2025) (no interpretation)

www.cpac.ca/headline-pol... Farmers warning! Put farmers first and therefor food security for all.

Sex-motivated violence should be treated as a hate crime For hate crime legislation to be more than symbolic, crimes motivated by hatred must be reported, recorded, prosecuted and sentenced as hate crimes

Sex-motivated violence should be treated as a hate crime
theconversation.com/sex-motivate...

‪@trandroid18.bsky.social‬ took these photos of an amazing tiny bee gathering pollen from the calendula on our table at the Waterdown Farmers Market last Saturday.

Subsidizing The Occupation Discover how charitable donations and tax breaks in Canada are subsidizing the Israeli occupation of Palestine.

Subsidizing The Occupation is a new project from The Maple.

Click to find out how you and other Canadians have helped subsidize Israeli crimes.

www.subsidizingtheoccupation.ca

Canada Authorized $37.2 Million In New Military Exports To Israel Global Affairs insists it hasn’t authorized exports that could be used in Gaza, but won’t say if this policy applies to Israel’s other conflicts.

Canada Authorized $37.2 Million In New Military Exports To Israel www.readthemaple.com/canada-autho...

Busy Bumble in the #Haskaps

Foraging: violet variations

first harvest of the year - native violets.

Roses for rose petal Jelly, raspberry and rose petal jelly, rose petal tea with lemon....

Ontario: Stop the Therme Scam The company being given a multi-billion dollar g(r)ift by Ontario Premier Doug Ford -- to build a luxury spa on public land -- was basically pretending to be another company with the same name.I think

The company getting hundreds of millions from Doug Ford to turn Ontario Space into a parking lot (and luxury spa) lied about their work and defrauded taxpayers. Stop the Therme scam! action.eko.org/a/stop-the-t...

And you can also eat the violets and dandelions - although I am not found of the bitterness of the dandelions. Ours aren't up yet. Violet leaves, especially the young ones are nice in salads - even after the flowers are done. I forage on our farm as well as harvest things I actually plant.

Poilievre keeps threatening the notwithstanding clause.
If you can't craft policy based on evidence & fact that can withstand scrutiny AND be constitutional? Then you shouldn't be in office. #cdnpoli

Demand rises for removal of North Island-Powell River candidate First Nations lead call for Conservative Party to take Aaron Gunn off ballot

Poilievre needs to heed calls by First Nations leaders to drop Aaron Gunn running in North Island-Powell River who did posts denying the history of residential schools, praised Musk & supported Putin. #CPC seems to go out of its way to find brutal candidates. www.timescolonist.com/2025-canada-...

Evan Dyer CBC 👇 #cdnpoli
CPC staffers try to get reporters to give them the questions in advance. No followup questions are permitted.

Our household is very disappointed in Carney's decision to keep Paul Chiang. Paul Chiang's comments are the sort of thing Trump might say of a political opponent. Ethics please!

Butterflies, bees and moths at risk of extinction in North America Many butterflies, bees and moths are fluttering into oblivion according to a new report co-authored by a Canadian researcher.

The study is the most comprehensive look at North American pollinators and their conservation status to date.

US Connected Disinformation Campaign Targets Mark Carney as "Satanist" and "Friend of Epstein" - DisinfoWatch Since early 2025—following former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s announcement that he would step down as leader of the Liberal Party—former Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney has become a major...

Pay attention Canada. The bullshitters are out in full force!
#cdnpoli US Connected Disinformation Campaign Targets Mark Carney as “Satanist” and “Friend of Epstein”
disinfowatch.org/disinfo/us-c...

Questioning Bartons's sexual anything shows poor judgement on your part. Your comments are typical of the prefeminist crap I heard growing up in the 60's and 70's I don't like what R Barton said, I don't like what you said. Please move on SusanHR!

Almost Spring!

Looks like the grey Screech #Owl found a mate! How exciting! We have seen the grey one for a few years now, on the farm. This is the first time we have seen the brown form of Screech Owl.

Sunflower 2025 Gouache and Watercolour on paper 27" x19"
Working on a few more paintings in this medium this winter.

A photo of our raspberry and lavender jelly. Still making jams and jellies with our organic fruit - which I froze last fall. Just a bit at a time - in between winter time paper work like filling our the vendor application for the Waterdown Farmers Market for another season.

Home is Land • by Patricia Kozowyk • 1 Hamilton Arts & Letters I suppose I am an example of a human that is rooted. It was not intentional – in fact my husband Ernst realized it before I did - sometimes he can be very insightful. I grew up...

samizdatpress.typepad.com/hal_magazine... part of the last issue of HA&L - my essay about home. All issues are available on line.