Resilient community farms provide ‘living’ nourishment Small family farms were once the norm across this country, but are increasingly being replaced by large-scale industrial farms. Yet there are families like the Blacks of Markdale, Ont., Mike and Patty and their four boys John, James, Chris and David, who continue to keep the family farm alive. They continue to be an important source of nourishment in their communities, providing food for hundreds of local families. Photo by Michael Swan May 21, 2021 Winter is not just weather and neither is spring. Our long, grey season of COVID discontent and loneliness is not quite over, but outside our windows and outside our cities spring is relentless.