The Ontario Ministry of Agriculture Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA) created the "Guidelines on Permitted Uses in Ontario's Prime Agricultural Areas" to assist municipalities in what OMAFRA feels protects “prime farmland” while pr...
Don’t have a barn but still want a barn conversion? No worries. You can adopt a barn with the help of VELD architect.
Most people drool over barn conversions, I know I did too. But for most of us, it stays a dream. Mostly because many of us aren’t lucky enough to own a barn. Even me, all the old bar...
Master Planning farm market and pick your own play farm
One of our clients has a really good motto for covering the main bases for your agritourism operation. Beyond “what are they going to do?” you need to be able to handle these other questions if you want to keep people at your property.
And the st...
"...the countryside conjures nostalgic rather than real interpretations." "Perhaps more than any other landscape, the tended fields of the countryside symbolizes our most revered meld of man, nature, and time." -Sally Schauman.