He currently serves as station manager for Erin Community Radio FM 101.5. Jay is also an organic market gardener, beekeeper, and maple syrup producer. He and his wife Clare operate Willow Creek, a small 10-acre farm just outside Erin, Ontario. They specialize in heirloom vegetables, particularly tomatoes and peppers, that they sell at farmers’ markets and to local restaurants. As a board member of the Everdale Environmental Learning Centre, Mowat started the research that led to the formation of the Everpure Biodiesel Co-op - a group of farmers and drivers in the Guelph/Orangeville area engaged in producing and marketing B100 biodiesel manufactured from waste vegetable oil. He currents serves as President of the Co-operative.