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Family Values

By Lindsay Berra

Monday, November 24, 2008

The summertime sun doesn't dip below the western edge of Lake Superior until nearly 10 p.m., leaving all of Thunder Bay, Ontario, awash in an orange glow for at least another hour. In the morning, just after 6, the first rays of light will filter over the line of trees at the eastern end of Henry Staal's 550 acres, wedged between Highway 61 and the Kaministiquia River, 10 miles south of town. As a second-generation sod farmer, Henry is grateful for the extra daylight, even if it means he sleeps ...

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