This week on The Back 40 we are joined by Martin Ritsma.  Martin is the Deputy Mayor from Stratford Ontario, local farmer, Principal, Vice Principal and Teacher at the local school.  Martin joins us to discuss an initiative that is tackling the drought in Western Canada, called Hay West.  The severity of the climate conditions has impacted local farmers there so much that Martin has organized for loads of hay to be sent to farmers most in need.  Martin ran the same initiative in 2002 and moves forward in 2021 with the goal of helping one farmer at a time to make a huge impact.