Eyes to Acres Ratio
Sharing farmer-led research at Nith Valley Organics
No-Till
2026 Farmer-led research trials
What do fish guts, wool, thistles, and dry beans all have in common? Farmer-led research!
Advancing Reduced Tillage for Organic Vegetable Production: Lessons Learned from a Living Lab
Read about Ken Laing’s Living Lab-Ontario project that innovated ways to reduce tillage for organic vegetable production.
Soils and Spuds: Experimenting with No-Till Potatoes
Watch the video describing Ken Laing’s no-till potato trials.
Growing Potatoes with Cover Crops
Watch the recording of a Living Lab webinar discussing growing potatoes with cover crops.
Living Lab – Ontario: Ken Laing Interim Summary 2020-2021
Read Ken’s interim summary of his 2020 and 2021 trials comparing different cover crops and mulching systems to reduce tillage and maintain continuous cover for transplanted and direct seeded organic vegetable crops.