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,...

Soils and Spuds: Experimenting with No-Till Potatoes

Education, Living Lab, Living Lab-Horticulture, No-Till, Soil Health

Watch the video describing Ken Laing’s no-till potato trials.

Enter to Win the $1000 Carrot Cache Innovation Prize!

Education

The Carrot Cache Innovation Prize is back for its 9th year at the 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,...