When Penny Miller was growing up on her family's cow-calf ranch in Athabasca, Alta., her father, who also worked in forestry, and her two older brothers were regularly called away to off-ranch jobs.
To some, farming in the desert may seem like an oxymoron. According to Kohler, the environment is actually an excellent base for crops like alfalfa — a topic that, Kohler said, has caused a bit of the ...