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New farmers

Term 3: Ignatius New Farmer Training Program

Wednesday August 12, 2020 @ 9:00 am - Wednesday October 28, 2020 @ 3:00 pm

Venue: Online

Online via Zoom - link will be sent to registrants

Members $145.00 Register
Non-members $210.00 Register

Term 3 Ignatius New Farmer Training Program: Expanding beyond basics and building skills for a specialized farm.

Take part in all webinars and virtual field days for Term 3 of the Ignatius New Farmer Training Program. Events include:

Virtual Field Day: Farm Equipment Maintenance with Thiessen Tillage (August 12)
Webinar: Growing Medicinal Herbs and Teas (August 19)
Webinar: Apiculture (August 19)
Virtual Field Day: Healing Hands Farm (August 26)
Virtual Field Day: Getting to Know Biodynamics at Fiddle Foot Farm (September 9)
Webinar: Preserving the Harvest (September 16)
Webinar: Understanding, Making and Using Compost and Compost Tea (September 16)
Webinar: Introduction to Permaculture (September 23)
Virtual Field Day: Permaculture in Action at FiddleHead Nursery (September 23)
Virtual Field Day: Food Security in Guelph (September 30)
Virtual Field Day: Artisanal Livestock at Meeting Place Farm (October 14)
Virtual Field Day: Growing Crops for Seed Production at Hawthorn Farm Organic Seeds (October 21)
Webinar: Introduction to Seed Saving (October 21)
Virtual Field Day: Cider Production at Heartwood Farm and Cidery (October 28)
Virtual Workshop: Field Design and Vegetable Crop Planning (October 28)

Register for the whole term here, or to sign up for individual sessions go to efao.ca/events.