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Joe Gray still plows the Brampton area farm his family carved out in 1823. Brampton, Ontario
Joe Gray still plows the Brampton area farm his family carved out in 1823. Brampton, Ontario

Joe Gray still plows the Brampton area farm his family carved out in 1823. Brampton, Ontario

Date10/31/1985
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Dimensions20.2 cm x 25.3 cm
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTS-1-GO-461C-BRAMPTON144
Farms for sale: Joe Gray still plows the Brampton area farm his family carved out in 1823, but more and more neighbors are giving up on the struggle to produce food in the urban shadow
Farms for sale: Joe Gray still plows the Brampton area farm his family carved out in 1823, but more and more neighbors are giving up on the struggle to produce food in the urban shadow
10/31/1985
Like his grandfather, Brampton's Bill Brander raises cattle and grows grain on family acres, ignoring factories edging property
Like his grandfather, Brampton's Bill Brander raises cattle and grows grain on family acres, ignoring factories edging property
12/28/1982
Plow king
Plow king
9/10/1987
Seeing double: Franz Henke watches as Bam Bam and Pebbles, the latest pair of twin calves born on his Goodwood-area farm, get a meal from their mother
Seeing double: Franz Henke watches as Bam Bam and Pebbles, the latest pair of twin calves born on his Goodwood-area farm, get a meal from their mother
6/3/1992
Seeing double: Franz Henke watches as Bam Bam and Pebbles, the latest pair of twin calves born on his Goodwood-area farm, get a meal from their mother
Seeing double: Franz Henke watches as Bam Bam and Pebbles, the latest pair of twin calves born on his Goodwood-area farm, get a meal from their mother
6/3/1992
Scarborough's changed, complains Joe Rittenhouse, who moans the lack of friendliness demonstrated by the new people who have moved into his area
Scarborough's changed, complains Joe Rittenhouse, who moans the lack of friendliness demonstrated by the new people who have moved into his area
5/4/1981
Out to pasture: Farmer Joe Rittenhouse may take his dozen cows out to pasture each day, but he's not about to let anyone do that to him
Out to pasture: Farmer Joe Rittenhouse may take his dozen cows out to pasture each day, but he's not about to let anyone do that to him
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Back to basics: Even the cows are ecologically raised at Bert and Agnes Pronk's Beaverton area farm
Back to basics: Even the cows are ecologically raised at Bert and Agnes Pronk's Beaverton area farm
6/20/1989
Billy Bayles, whose 87-acre farm lies just south of Brougham, decided there was no use trying to fight Queen's Park and sold the farm to the government. Now many of his neighbors won't speak to him
Billy Bayles, whose 87-acre farm lies just south of Brougham, decided there was no use trying to fight Queen's Park and sold the farm to the government. Now many of his neighbors won't speak to him
5/8/1973
Making a last ditch stand. John Anga plays with one of his goats on his Etobicoke farm. One of the last farmers in the city, Anga wants to make repair(...)
Making a last ditch stand. John Anga plays with one of his goats on his Etobicoke farm. One of the last farmers in the city, Anga wants to make repair(...)
11/15/1988
At 67, after farming near Mount Forest for 27 years, Bill Hodges wants to turn his farm over to his son and retire
At 67, after farming near Mount Forest for 27 years, Bill Hodges wants to turn his farm over to his son and retire
2/16/1978
Glenn Coates has no shiny, new equipment on his farm
Glenn Coates has no shiny, new equipment on his farm
10/5/1986