Co-operative Models for Farm Financing

Farming, Issues

by Thorsten Arnold   The land problem In the early 21st century, Ontario faces a farming question that has haunted Europe for centuries: how to protect and ensure access to agricultural land. On average, the price of Ontario’s agricultural land rose by 22% in...

Growing Potatoes with Cover Crops

Education, Farming, Living Lab, Living Lab-Horticulture, No-Till

Watch the recording of a Living Lab webinar discussing growing potatoes with cover crops.

Flower Farming in Ontario: Pursuing the Dream

COVID-19, Education, EFAO, Farming

By: Theresa Schumilas   The market for field-grown cut flowers in Ontario is estimated at $6M and growing rapidly.   This past spring I interviewed 10 established Ontario cut flower farmers about the opportunities and challenges they see in various marketing...

Forays into Silvopasture

Education, Farming, Silvopasture

Val Steinmann and her family are the stewards of Heartwood Farm, in Erin, Ontario. Since 2004, Val has been immersed in the journey to co-create an ecological farm that is committed to supporting biodiversity and regeneration. Heartwood produces hard and “soft” cider,...

Bringing Ecological Outcome Verification to Ontario’s Temperate Landscape

Climate Change, Farming, Issues

An adapted EOV for mosaic landscapes   by Thorsten Arnold But when I consider that the nobler animals have been exterminated here -the cougar, panther, lynx, wolverine, wolf, bear, moose, deer, the beaver,the turkey, etc., etc. – I cannot but feel as if I...

Member Profile: Annette Peltier-Flamand

Education, Farming, Uplifting BIPOC

Ahnee!  Annette Peltier-Flamand n’dizhnikaaz.  I am from Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory in northern Ontario.  I grew up on a farm where my family was fairly self-sufficient.  We had three large gardens and livestock (cattle, pigs and chickens) which we kept for...