James Herrle News Today

With a bit of late-summer sun and heat, gourd, squash and pumpkin patches are getting ready for fall and Halloween. Food columnist Andrew Coppolino visited a Waterloo farm for an update on the pumpkin season.

Local farmers are rejoicing as rain hits Waterloo region after a stretch of dry conditions, including at Herrles Country Farm Market, where strawberry season has just begun.

Crispin Colvin has spent the last few weeks watching some of his crops die of thirst.

A recent scarcity of rainfall in southwestern Ontario has meant some farms will yield less than usual this harvesting season.

The University of Waterloo's weather station says last month was the driest June in 15 years. Rain amounts were below average and the dry conditions are being felt by local farmers.