Ontario’s Native Plants & Seeds Value Chain

Education

by Thorsten Arnold   Rising demand for native plants   Native plants are increasingly popular with Ontario’s garden owners. Toronto had adopted a pollinator protection strategy in 2018. Since then, pollinator garden initiatives are cropping up everywhere,...

Mno Aki Land Trust: Redefining Conservation on Indigenous Terms

Education

Mno Aki Land Trust (Mno Aki) is an Indigenous and women-led land trust model, federally  incorporated in 2021 and a registered charity. In 2022, two of its founders, Becky Big Canoe and Sonia Molodecky, participated in a webinar with EFAO and Local Food and Farm...

Results of the 2022 CANOVI Trials

Education, Seeds

The Canadian Organic Vegetable Improvement Project (CANOVI) is a five-year collaborative project launched in 2018 by the UBC Centre for Sustainable Food Systems, the Bauta Family Initiative on Canadian Seed Security, and FarmFolk CityFolk.   The goal of CANOVI is...

The Importance of Living Soils: Vivan Kaloxilos

Education, Farming, Soil Health

Vivian Kaloxilos is offering the Living Soils Intensive, a course that digs deep into the soil and shares some of the valuable – yet nuanced – knowledge that she has acquired in a 5-week online series. Here, she discusses her background, why the course is...

Diversify Your Production with Mushrooms!

Education, Farming

If you have always wanted to cultivate mushrooms as a food crop, but wondered how to get started, the Learn to Farm Mushrooms Series with Steve Gabriel is for you!    Mushrooms are a beautiful, varied, high value food crop that can help you diversify your revenue...

Tony McQuail: The Benefits of Holistic Management

Education, Farming

In January 2022, Tony McQuail will once again be sharing his knowledge and expertise on Holistic Management, and the deep impact it can have on your farm life, via a 10-week course that will cover the main elements of Holistic Management – Goal setting,...