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Mentorship is an Old Story. Let’s Keep Telling It.
By Rebecca Ivanoff Across cultures and across time, farmers have learned from one another. In Ontario’s early Black farming communities such as the Dawn and Buxton settlements in what is now southwestern Ontario, they built systems of shared labour and practical...
Ecological Farmers Association of Ontario Launches New Food Forest Program for Indigenous Farmers, Growers and Communities
EFAO is launching a Food Forest Program for Indigenous growers through funding received from the governments of Canada and Ontario.
Accessible Agriculture Project: How to build inclusion at a crucial time
The Accessible Agriculture Project (AAP) is a new initiative the EFAO is developing alongside Accessibility Consultant Chris Lytle and the Centre for Community Based Research. The goal of the AAP is to learn about and test out how farming can become more accessible...
5 Year Impact Report and 2024 Annual Report
Dear Members and Friends, What a journey the past five years have been. As we wrap up EFAO’s 5-Year Strategic Plan, this report represents both our 2024 Annual Report and a reflection on everything we’ve built and learned together from 2020 to 2024. Looking back, it’s...
Mixed-up Grains: Variety Blends, Diverse Populations & Maslins
Year over year, maslins can provide climate adaptability through “passive shifts in species composition in response to environmental pressures.”