HERITAGE OTTAWA

Ottawa’s Central Experimental Farm (CEF) has played a major role in Canada’s heritage of scientific research and innovation.

A casual visitor may not realize that…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

Ottawa's Central Experimental Farm (CEF), a National Historic Site of Canada, is currently under serious threat.

The federal government has offered 60 acres of the…

HERITAGE OTTAWA, By Leslie Maitland

The recent announcement that 60 acres will be severed from the Central Experimental Farm (CEF) raises serious concerns for the future of this culturally…

CentreTown News, By Sammy Hudes and Melissa Bouchard

Some community groups are concerned the federal government’s recent transfer of publicly owned land from Ottawa’s Central Experimental…

The National Trust for Canada wrote to the Honourable John Baird, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister Responsible for the National Capital Commission, today to request that the federal…

OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Peter Anderson

The division of the Central Experimental Farm is an attack on heritage designations and federal science. On Nov. 3, John Baird announced the transfer of…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

The National Trust for Canada is following with concern the federal government’s decision to transfer 60 acres of the Central Experimental Farm, National Historic Site of…

OTTAWA CITIZEN, Letter to the Editor

Re: Civic Hospital To Be Rebuilt on Experimental Farm Property, Ottawa Citizen, November 3, 2014

"Although I support building a new Civic…

By Julie Harris

The Central Experimental Farm (CEF) is unique; it consists of almost 1,000 acres of land that has been methodically documented for decades. Research scientists know…

HERITAGE OTTAWA, By Leslie Maitland

The Civic Campus of the Ottawa Hospital on Carling Road is a Frankenstein among hospital buildings. A new facility is well warranted and the Ottawa…