View the EFAO 2025 Annual Report here.
Dear Members and Friends,
2025 was a busy year of knowledge-sharing, farmer-led research and community building at EFAO.
We hosted 88 events that brought together over 2,000 participants at field days, webinars, and meet-ups. The annual conference brought together over 400 participants and opened with the second annual Earth and Sky Gathering, a day that centred the voices and experiences of Indigenous growers and land stewards.
Members were hard at work this season conducting new research trials, with 28 farmers participating in 30 different trials. We celebrated the inspiring work of farmer-researchers at the 2025 conference as we recognized the 10th Anniversary of EFAO’s Farmer-Led Research Program.
In 2025 the Small Grains Program supported 63 farmers to plant over 4,000 acres of small grains and cover crops. By the end of 2026, the program will have distributed close to $1M to farmers to diversify their rotations within a community of peers and support.
EFAO’s membership stayed roughly the same, for a total of 1023 members. The diversity of EFAO’s membership continues to be one of its great strengths. Members come from across Ontario and grow a wide range of crops and livestock and include growers at all stages of their careers. EFAO’s commitment to building relationships and learning alongside Black farmers, Indigenous farmers and land stewards, and other farmers of colour, is reflected in strong engagement and representation within the organization.
The annual report is truly a celebration of all the individuals and organizations that we have the honour to work with. Whether you contributed by volunteering, attending events, sharing your knowledge and experience, conducting research, writing magazine articles, donating, paying membership dues, or partnering on events and projects, you help regenerate this living organization each year.
With much appreciation.
Katrina McQuail
Board President
Ali English
Executive Director