Middlesex
Growing the Environment and Minds

Growing the Environment and Minds

Farmers share experiences of environmental stewardship, noting positive impact on mental and emotional well-being  Every year in the first week of May, Canadians celebrate, protect and promote mental health within their communities as part of the Canadian Mental...

Phil Moddle Plants Trees for People and the Environment

Phil Moddle Plants Trees for People and the Environment

ALUS Middlesex participant Phil Moddle incorporates conventional farming, agritourism and environmental stewardship into Arrowwood Farm and Events  Phil Moddle with a white pine seedling on his farm in Middlesex County, Ontario. The sapling is a part of an ALUS tree...

Creating Migratory Bird Habitat in Middlesex County

Creating Migratory Bird Habitat in Middlesex County

ALUS Middlesex receives funding from Wildlife Habitat Canada to add more wetland habitat to the landscape through farmer-led stewardship.Wetland restoration work underway on a farm near Mount Brydges, ON. This wetland was completed in partnership with St. Clair...

Using Fire to Restore a Tallgrass Prairie in Middlesex County, ON

Using Fire to Restore a Tallgrass Prairie in Middlesex County, ON

ALUS Middlesex Coordinator, Peter Moddle, on why prescribed burns are an important tool for maintaining tallgrass prairie ecosystems.   In September, ALUS Middlesex coordinated a prescribed burn on a tallgrass prairie, with support from the Grassland Stewardship...