New Collaborations: Farming a Living Lab
Ken Laing and Brett Israel answer questions about their involvement in the Living Lab – Ontario initiative, what it’s been like so far, and what they hope to accomplish with their research.
Living Lab
No-Till Vegetable Trials: Late Spring 2021
This is the second season of Ken Laing’s No-Till Vegetable Trials, and the first year they’ve been run as part of Living Lab – Ontario. Here’s a summary of what’s been happening so far in 2021.
EFAO Becomes a Partner in AAFC’s Living Laboratories Initiative
As a collaborator on the Living Lab – Ontario initiative, the Ecological Farmers Association of Ontario (EFAO) is one of 10 partners who will facilitate on-farm research trials focused on reduced tillage and continuous cover. EFAO will support two trials, one in organic field crop production and one in organic vegetable production.
No-Till Vegetable Trials: No-Till Garlic with Mechanized Planting
Encouraged by the success of hand planted no-till garlic into winter killed sorghum-sudangrass this past season, read about how Ken tried to mechanize the process using a no-till transplanter for their 2021 crop.
A Succession Success Story
Read the story of a farm’s evolution across three generations of family farmers, from conventional to organic production.
No-Till Vegetable Trials: Winter squash
Growing cover crops so that they provide enough residue to suppress weeds for organic vegetable production requires planning!