By Matt Simmons \u00a0Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The lines on Eugen Wittwer\u2019s face are like the rings of a tree \u2014 they tell the story of a life lived subject to the whims of weather. Under his salt-and-pepper beard, the Swiss-born farmer keeps a warm smile at the ready. Putting a big glass jug into an old pickup truck outside the farmhouse on his family\u2019s sprawling acreage near the village of Telkwa, B.C., he says he needs to milk his dairy cows. \u201cI like my milk pasture-rized,\u201d he quips. \u201cThey\u2019re out in the pasture all day every day.\u201d When severe drought took hold across much of Western Canada last year, many farmers saw their once-green pastures turn to barren brown deserts in a matter of weeks. As extreme heat set… <\/p>\n
By Matt Simmons \u00a0Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The lines on Eugen Wittwer\u2019s face are like the rings of a tree \u2014 they tell the story of a life lived subject to the whims of weather. Under his salt-and-pepper beard, the Swiss-born farmer keeps a warm smile at the ready. Putting a big glass jug into an old pickup truck outside the farmhouse on his family\u2019s sprawling acreage near the village of Telkwa, B.C., he says he needs to milk his dairy cows. \u201cI like my milk pasture-rized,\u201d he quips. \u201cThey\u2019re out in the pasture all day every day.\u201d When severe drought took hold across much of Western Canada last year, many farmers saw their once-green pastures turn to barren brown deserts in a matter of weeks. As extreme heat set... <\/p>\n