Quantifying Plant Available Nitrogen From Cover Crops
Read about the Jesse Way and Meghan Brandenburg’s project looking at plant available nitrogen from cover crops.
Farmer-Led Research
Watermelons in Thunder Bay? A Landrace Breeding Project
Read about the landrace breeding project for watermelon that Evalisa McIllfaterick and two other farms started in 2022.
Call for Curiosity 2023: Answering your on-farm questions with help from EFAO’s Farmer-Led Research Program
Learn about farmer-led research events, workshops, and other opportunities this winter.
Evaluating the EFAO’s Farmer-Led Research Program
In 2020 and 2021, Dr. Erin Nelson surveyed and interviewed EFAO’s farmer-researchers to learn about the impacts of their participation in EFAO’s Farmer-Led Research Program.
Communing with Cosmos
Starting in 2019, Kim Delaney conducted a farmer-led research project to see about reducing isolation distance for cut flower seed production.
Lettuce Collect Data
In 2021, 8 growers trialed six varieties summer green head lettuce in southern Ontario. Read the story about their trial.