Elgin
ALUS Ambassadors: Stephen and Katie Hotchkiss

ALUS Ambassadors: Stephen and Katie Hotchkiss

ALUS Elgin participants Stephen and Katie Hotchkiss are keen on integrating conservation projects into a profitable farm operation. Stephen and Katie Hotchkiss raise bees and grow medicinal and culinary herbs, transforming these ingredients into packaged products that...

Students Plant New Acres™ in Ontario

High-school students get hands-on lesson in planting native species to produce beneficial ecosystem services on an ALUS Elgin farm. On April 24, 2017, a group of high-school students devoted a full day to helping their local environment. ALUS Elgin Program Coordinator...

Drink Mead, Save Bees! ALUS Elgin Benefit Event

There was a lot of buzz about ALUS on April 2, 2017, when ALUS Elgin held a bee-themed benefit at a boutique in southwestern Ontario. Taking quite literally the benefit event’s hashtag (#CheersToPollinators), a capacity crowd brandished many glasses of mead (a...