The Carrot Cache Innovation Prize is back for the 11th year at the 2024 EFAO Conference. A $1,000 prize will be awarded for innovative, low-cost solutions to planting, harvesting, and managing food grown on an Ontario urban or rural organic farm. Farmers can share proven, creative ways already in use on-farm to build financial and environmental sustainability.
Feel free to send details about the Innovation Prize to anyone you think has an innovation worth sharing. Do you know someone who is too humble to nominate their innovations? You can nominate a fellow farmer-innovator. We’d love to see any tried-and-tested innovations. Visit last year’s blog post to see past entries.
Eric Barnhorst of Eva Mae Farm, 2019 Carrot Cache Innovation Prize Winner:
“Thanks again to the EFAO and Carrot Cache for the Innovation Prize. With the prize money, I was able to buy a quick cut greens harvester. The combination of the greens harvester with stale bedding and tarping has allowed me to scale up my salad mix production by quite a bit this year. I really appreciate the support!”
We will display the submissions at the conference, and attendees will vote to select the winner. The prize recipient will be announced at the conference in Kingston. Submissions are due by Monday, November 17th, 2024.
Important note: The Innovation Prize is not a bursary, and you do not need to attend the conference to enter. It’s a $1,000 cash prize from The Carrot Cache that will be awarded at the conference. It is meant for tried-and-tested innovations on any organic farm in Ontario.