[ISL] "Old Farmer's Almanac at 225: 'It doesn't look that much different' "

[rfmcdonald]

CBC News interviewed Peter Rukavina, Island blogger, on the subject of the Old Farmer's Almanac. I did not know he contributed to it.

Not too many publications last 25 years, let alone 225, but that's the birthday being celebrated this year by the Old Farmer's Almanac.

There are still many that swear by it for its annual insights into the coming seasons and weather patterns.

And there's even an Islander involved, Peter Rukavina, who turned what he thought would be a short-term job into two decades of work.

As he told Island Morning's Matt Rainnie, he was asked to help with the publication's then-new digital companion, almanac.com.

"I had some experience with webby stuff, so I said yes, fully expecting this to be a month-long project, and 20 years later I'm still here," said Rukavina.

He's part of a great tradition which still sees some 4,000,000 copies distributed annually.