Farmer-Led Research Archives

The 2025 Carrot Cache Innovation Prize

Congratulations to our winner, Michelle Della Corte from Fungi Fest Mtl. Every year, the Carrot Cache Innovation Prize highlights practical, low-cost ideas that farmers are already using in planting, harvesting, and managing food grown on their organic farms to build...

Call for Curiosity 2026: Cultivating farmer knowledge with farmer-led research

Conference, Education, Farmer-Led Research, Seeds

Learn about farmer-led research funding opportunities, events, and workshops.

Call for Curiosity 2025: Cultivating farmer knowledge with farmer-led research

Conference, Education, Farmer-Led Research, Seeds

Learn about farmer-led research funding opportunities, events, and workshops.

Call for Curiosity 2024: Cultivating farmer knowledge with farmer-led research

Conference, Education, Farmer-Led Research, Seeds

Learn about farmer-led research funding opportunities, events, and workshops.

You Say Fava, I say Faba. We All Say Delicious!

Farmer-Led Research, Seeds

In 2022, growers from four farms—including two rooftop farms—conduced a fava bean variety trial.

EFAO’s Farmer-Led Research Program highlights farmer knowledge as formal knowledge

Farmer-Led Research, Soil Health

In collaboration with Dr. Erin Nelson at the University of Guelph, EFAO published a paper looking how farmer-led research helps farmers to feel more knowledgeable, confident, motivated, and inspired to adopt and/or improve ecological practices on their farm.