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SUMMARY:Pasture Renovation: Meet-up with Ken Laing
DESCRIPTION:Join longtime EFAO member Ken Laing of Orchard Hill Farm for this quarterly meet-up. This time\, he’ll host an insightful discussion about his proven strategies and hard-earned lessons on boosting pasture production. He will dive into his personal experiences\, sharing the why\, how\, and benefits of renovating pasture land and how to enhance this with rotational grazing strategies. Following Ken’s short presentation\, there will be lots of time for questions and discussion among participants. \nThis event is offered in partnership with the Farmers for Climate Solutions’ Farm Resilience Mentorship Program (FaRM) and is an OSCIA-recognized Knowledge Sharing Event (KSE) for farmers with On-Farm Climate Action Fund (OFCAF) projects in the Rotational Grazing Category. \n  \nIn 1979\, after Ken Laing graduated from the University of Guelph’s horticulture program\, he and his wife Martha started farming near St. Thomas\, ON. Orchard Hill Farm has produced a wide variety of small fruit\, vegetable and field crops organically since 1989. In 2020\, Orchard Hill Farm became the horticultural site for Living Labs (an Agriculture and Agri-food Canada program) in co-operation with the Ecological Farmers Association of Ontario [EFAO]. The goal was to develop no-till strategies for organically grown vegetables.
URL:https://efao.ca/event/pasture-renovation-meetup-2026/
LOCATION:Online\, Online via Zoom - link will be sent to registrants
CATEGORIES:Virtual Meet-up
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DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260608T200000
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SUMMARY:Queer Rural Living in Ontario
DESCRIPTION:Through work connecting with 2SLGTBQIA+ farmers\, farm workers\, ag enthusiasts\, homesteaders and land stewards\, EFAO has discovered there may be more cool queer pals living in rural spaces than one might think. As folks with identities\, genders\, families and relationships that don’t fit into binary\, heteronormative categories\, the move to the country can be complicated. \nThis event brings together panelists to speak from lived experiences as queer and gender-diverse folks who have moved rurally to pursue their farming\, homesteading and land stewarding dreams. They’ll share candidly about the challenges and the beauty of queer rural life. We’ll save some time for questions\, audience sharing and discussion after our panelists present. \nPanelists may reflect on questions such as: How will I find a place I can afford to live? Will I be safe? Will I make friends? How do I access affirming medical care? How can I connect with community and the land? \nThis event aims to spotlight 2SLGTBQIA+ voices. Allies are welcome and encouraged to attend\, but please consider holding onto your questions or comments until community members have had a chance to speak. You’re always welcome to follow up with EFAO staff after the event if there wasn’t time for your question or comment to be addressed. \nSpeakers\n \nMaureen Bostock & Elizabeth Snyder\nElizabeth and Maureen have been together for 44 years. During that time we farmed in northwest British Columbia and since 2003 in eastern Ontario\, retiring in 2017.  We grew certified organic crops\, with a focus on vegetable production since we moved east. We started Queer organizing in Terrace in the 1980s and successfully won a human rights case against the City of Terrace in 2002.  We have always believed that being visible as queer people is the key to social change. Since moving to eastern Ontario we continued to organize with Elizabeth still being active with Queer Connection Lanark today. \nPhoto by Kat Sylvester \nKrys McGuire & Connor McCollum\nKrys discovered his love of growing food through the happy accident of living in a collective house with a backyard in Toronto and being underemployed for a summer. He went on to complete two seasons of internships on ecological farms before running a small farm business selling pastured pork & poultry for a half dozen years. Having shifted his focus to growing food on a personal level and ‘cultivating’ local queer community\, he now co-hosts the annual Maynooth Pride Festival\, alongside his partner Connor\, and many other local queers and allies who pitch in to make this celebration of rural queer pride a community-building event. \nConnor is a Queer Trans man living and growing food in “Gaynooth” Ontario. He moved here 17 years ago from Toronto after attending a Pride party of a couple hundred queers and allies in the middle of the woods\, complete with a bagpipe-led parade around a pond and fireside Irish music session. The healing power of walking in the woods\, listening to birds\, feeling the seasons change\, stacking wood with friends and campfire sing-a-longs sealed the deal for putting his roots down in this gay little town. For the past 3 years he and his partner Krys have been hosting the annual Pride party in Maynooth. \nJess Tong\nJess (she/they) is a first-generation\, queer farmer who has familial roots in China\, Hong Kong\, Singapore and Scarborough\, ON. After studying agriculture\, they worked on several farms throughout Ontario. Alongside their partner\, they started and operated a small market-garden that sold at Farmers’ Markets\, a Food Co-op and through a small CSA program. They have experience leasing land\, growing via incubatorships as well as purchasing/stewarding (and losing) farmland. Currently\, Jess works as the Land Access & Outreach Coordinator with the National Farmers Union of Ontario. They come into this work with the intention of building meaningful relationships with the land\, nourishing community connections and uplifting intersectional food sovereignty movements. These intentions are grounded by the past and present work already being done by amazing communities beyond them.
URL:https://efao.ca/event/queer-rural-living-in-ontario/
LOCATION:Online\, Online via Zoom - link will be sent to registrants
CATEGORIES:Virtual Meet-up
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260617T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260617T200000
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SUMMARY:Pride Picnic at Spiral Farm
DESCRIPTION:Gather at Spiral Farm for an evening Pride picnic! Get a tour of this human-scale market garden\, take in the beautiful scenery while enjoying some food\, & connect with your fellow QT-pies. This will be a laid back evening get together to build community & take it easy together. \nThere will be food & drinks on offer\, but please bring something to share if you can! Tables & chairs will be provided along with a shade tent for heat or rainy weather. Please bring a reusable plate\, cup and cutlery if you can (extras will be available). \nAccess Notes \nPull into the driveway for MacKay Farm. The parking lot is quite small\, so please carpool if you can. The field is about a 400m walk along the tractor path from the parking area. There is an outhouse on site with handwashing facilities\, and a couple of friendly farm dogs (please leave your own pups at home).
URL:https://efao.ca/event/pride-picnic-at-spiral-farm/
LOCATION:Spiral Farm\, 7259 Middlebrook Road\, Elora\, Ontario\, N0B 1S0\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Meet-up
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260618T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260618T150000
DTSTAMP:20260607T122640
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SUMMARY:Field Day at Franklin Farm: Trials\, Transitions\, and Trade-offs
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an afternoon at the Franklin farm as Tom shares the lessons from his early years of farming. \nLocated just five minutes from Lake Huron\, the 100-acre Franklin Farm consists of 50 arable acres\, 25 acres of pasture\, and a 25-acre riparian zone surrounding a creek and small waterways. Tom and Christine focus on managing the property’s diverse ecology with the help of a small cow calf herd and a 12-paddocks rotational grazing system. The arable acres are dedicated to growing organic grains and cover crops that continue to build the soil health across soil types that vary from heavy clay to sand. \nThis is a splendid opportunity to share insights into balancing a steep learning curve and a tight budget with a steadfast commitment to ecological health. \nCome dig into the nitty-gritty of small-scale farming\, including: \n\nThe Organic Transition: Navigating the organic certification process.\nRotational Grazing: Managing systems for cow-calf herds\, including fencing\, and water logistics.\nLessons in Cover Cropping: Discover what’s worked for soil health and what didn’t work for logistically.\nSmall-Scale Grains: Practical advice on marketing\, storage\, and choosing the right equipment without breaking the bank.\nKernza (Perennial wheat): Looking towards seed bulking for a future farmer-led research trial.\nOrganic No-Till soybeans: Find out how the first time planting soybeans into cereal rye is going.\nFarming for Biodiversity: Practical strategies for protecting Bobolink and Meadowlark nesting sites while maintaining a grazing rotation.\n\nIn the field: We’ll walk the fields to see the newly planted no-till organic soybeans\, check in on the winter wheat\, and observe the cow-calf herd during their early pasture rotation. \nGet a preview: Can’t wait for the field day? Hear more about Tom’s journey through his audio journal\, Great Big Farmer\, available on all major podcast platforms. \nThis field day is offered with the support of the Weston Family Foundation through EFAO’s Small Grains program and is an OSCIA-recognized Knowledge Sharing Event (KSE) for farmers with On-Farm Climate Action Fund (OFCAF) projects in the Rotational Grazing and Cover Cropping Categories.
URL:https://efao.ca/event/franklin-farms-2026/
LOCATION:Franklin Farm\, 1462 North line\, Kincardine\, Ontario\, N2Z 2X4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Field Day
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260618T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260618T180000
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SUMMARY:In the Field: Irrigation Set Up
DESCRIPTION:There are many ways to water vegetables but deciding what is right for you and how to set it up can be confusing. Ignatius Farm Assistant Farm Manager Don Bowyer will walk us through a few types of irrigation\, how to set up a well thought out system\, as well as tips and tricks for problem solving. \nThis New Farmer Training series is run by Ignatius Farm in partnership with EFAO. Sign up for individual sessions\, or register for the full In the Field Workshop Series here.
URL:https://efao.ca/event/in-the-field-irrigation/
LOCATION:Ignatius Farm\, 5420 Hwy 6 North\, Guelph\, ON\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Field Day
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260621T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260621T190000
DTSTAMP:20260607T122640
CREATED:20260513T212012Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260513T212417Z
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SUMMARY:Farm Tour & Potluck at Aldergrove Farm
DESCRIPTION:Aldergrove Farm is run by Michael Fraser with help from his family and their wonderful seasonal staff. For more than 10 years\, Aldergrove Farm has practiced intensive market gardening\, selling their organic vegetables through two Toronto farmers markets and to select restaurants. \nJoin us for a tour of Aldergrove Farm and a first-hand look at how they grow organic vegetables and cut flowers for market on less than twelve acres. Participants will get a first-hand look at their production systems and hear about their story\, including some of the decisions and lessons learned over the past ten years. \nFollowing the tour\, participants are invited to stay for an informal potluck dinner to connect with other new and experienced farmers. Bring your favourite dish to share\, your own plate and cutlery.
URL:https://efao.ca/event/tour-potluck-aldergrove-farm/
LOCATION:Aldergrove Farm\, 211537 Baseline Road\, Mount Forest\, Ontario\, N0G 2L0\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Field Day
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260706T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260706T123000
DTSTAMP:20260607T122640
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SUMMARY:No-till Mulch at Nith Valley Organics
DESCRIPTION:Nathan and Aleta Klassen from Nith Valley Organics invite you to their Plattsville farm where they grow certified organic vegetables and raise pastured livestock. They are also long-time participants in the farm-led research program and have hosted trials of grafted tomatoes\, red carrots and\, more recently\, no-till mulching methods using woodchips in potato and winter squash crops. \nFollowing the tour\, participants are invited to enjoy their own picnic lunch together as a group. \nFunding for the project has been provided by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada under the Agricultural Climate Solutions – Living Labs program and by the following partners: Beef Farmers of Ontario\, Dairy Farmers of Ontario\, Grain Farmers of Ontario\, Ontario Federation of Agriculture\, Ontario Pork and Ontario Sheep Farmers. The project is coordinated by the Ontario Soil and Crop Improvement Association.
URL:https://efao.ca/event/nith-valley-organics-2026/
LOCATION:Nith Valley Organics\, 936754 Blenheim Rd\, Plattsville\, N0J 1S0\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Field Day
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260707T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260707T133000
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SUMMARY:Hoop House Growing with The New Farm Centre & Multi Shelter Solutions
DESCRIPTION:The New Farm Centre (NFC) has been a hub of regenerative growing and educational gathering for over 20 years. The Centre is the first vegetable farm in Canada to be Regenerative Organic Certified\, the highest standard of regenerative practice in the world. At this field day\, participants will join the NFC team for a first-hand look at their vegetable and livestock production\, and hear how they share about their regenerative growing practices with other farmers and the broader community. \nThe tour will culminate with an in-depth look at the New Farm’s hoop house production. Participants will see first-hand how they set-up to grow approximately 30\,000 organic cucumbers each year\, for sale through wholesale and retail channels. In addition to the NFC team\, Norm Eygenraam of Multi-Shelter Solutions will join the group to share his nearly 50 years of experience in hoop house sales and support. Using the New Farm’s structures as examples\, Norm will be able to offer perspectives and considerations on structure\, set-up\, costing and more. Participants are encouraged to bring their questions about their own hoop house needs. \nIf you’re considering establishing or upgrading your indoor growing\, this field day is for you! \nFollowing the tour\, participants will gather for informal conversation over a pizza lunch in the New Farm’s on-farm kitchen and community gathering space.
URL:https://efao.ca/event/new-farm-multi-shelter-solutions-2026/
LOCATION:The New Farm\, 9783 Sideroad 6 & 7\, Nottawasaga\, Creemore\, Ontario\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Field Day
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260708T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260708T180000
DTSTAMP:20260607T122640
CREATED:20260422T134033Z
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SUMMARY:In the Field: Small Scale Weed Management
DESCRIPTION:Weeds can be the bane of the gardener’s existence. This workshop will explore techniques and tools for good weed management practices on a hand-farming scale. Be prepared to get dirty and try out various weeding tools! Facilitated by Lisa Conroy\, Ignatius Farm Educator. \nThis New Farmer Training series is run by Ignatius Farm in partnership with EFAO. Sign up for individual sessions\, or register for the full In the Field Workshop Series here.
URL:https://efao.ca/event/in-the-field-small-scale-weed-mgmt/
LOCATION:Ignatius Farm\, 5420 Hwy 6 North\, Guelph\, ON\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Field Day
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260722T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260722T150000
DTSTAMP:20260607T122640
CREATED:20260527T163953Z
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SUMMARY:Growing a Farm Store at Manorun Farm
DESCRIPTION:Manorun Organic Farm is a family run farm on the outskirts of Hamilton in Copetown — just a five minute drive from Ancaster and Dundas. Chris Krucker and Denise Trigatti\, alongside their four children\, have been farming organically for 25 years. They offer organic vegetables through a CSA and\, more recently\, their on-farm store. \nManorun Farm is a family-run hub of organic agriculture and local food community. Their CSA continues to be a staple of their farm business\, but they also raise and sell pastured meats\, host on-farm events and have built a bustling farm store. It is a combination of all of these business streams that work to ensure Manorun’s stability in the future. \nJoin us for this special\, full-day field day\, beginning with a tour of Manorun Farm that will culminate in an in-depth look and conversation about what has made their farm store successful. The group will then convene for an on-farm lunch followed by a group conversation about local food policy and how we can work with our local representatives to make an impact. The day will end with a work bee where we all team up on a farm task. \nAgenda for the day: \n10:00AM – Arrive and welcome \n10:15AM to 11:30AM – Farm tour\, including vegetable and livestock production \n11:30AM to 12:30PM – In-depth tour and conversation at the farm store \n12:30PM- 1:30PM – Lunch (provided by Jonny Blonde) \n1:30PM – 2:30PM – Policy roundtable conversation and workshop \n2:30PM – 3:30PM – Work bee \n3:30PM – Departures
URL:https://efao.ca/event/manorun-farm-2026/
LOCATION:Manorun Organic Farm\, 782 Hwy #52\, Lynden\, ON\, L0R 1T0\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Field Day
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260812T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260812T130000
DTSTAMP:20260607T122640
CREATED:20260603T115429Z
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SUMMARY:Research Trials at the Trent University Research Farm
DESCRIPTION:Join farmer-researcher and former EFAO staff member Dillon Muldoon at the Trent Farm Research Centre on August 12th. See research in action\, tour the Trent Market Garden\, learn more about the Society for Ecological Restoration’s native plant nursery and see the tepary beans project\, part of Growing Indigenous Food for All of our Futures. Following the tour and research trial discussion\, participants are invited to stay for an optional potluck lunch. Bring a dish to share and your own plate and cutlery\, and enjoy a picnic together. \nField trials will include: \n\nEFAO: no-till landrace Maxima squash\nEFAO: no-till potatoes\nEFAO: efficiacy of wool as mulch\nEFAO: PAN network\nTFRC: spring cover crops for fall brassicas\nTFRC: V6 alternative fertilizer formulations for field corn\nCANOVI trials\n\nFarm tour 10:00AM to 12:00PM\, optional potluck lunch 12:00PM to 1:00PM
URL:https://efao.ca/event/trent-university-research-centre-2026/
LOCATION:Trent University Research Farm\, 2805B Pioneer Rd.\, Peterborough\, Ontario\, K9J 6Y1\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Field Day
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260812T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260812T180000
DTSTAMP:20260607T122640
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SUMMARY:In the Field: Summer Orchard Pruning
DESCRIPTION:Did you know that summer is an excellent time to prune your fruit trees? Besides the general reasons to prune for height\, structure\, and airflow\, summer pruning is excellent for ensuring enough direct sunlight reaches fruit\, and decreases potential disease pressure. This hands-on workshop will teach you how to decide what to cut and when as well as pruning best practices. Facilitated by Matt Soltys\, the Urban Orchardist. \nThis New Farmer Training series is run by Ignatius Farm in partnership with EFAO. Sign up for individual sessions\, or register for the full In the Field Workshop Series here.
URL:https://efao.ca/event/in-the-field-summer-pruning/
LOCATION:Ignatius Farm\, 5420 Hwy 6 North\, Guelph\, ON\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Field Day
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260917T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260917T180000
DTSTAMP:20260607T122640
CREATED:20260421T165907Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260505T144539Z
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SUMMARY:In the Field: Seed Saving
DESCRIPTION:Saving seeds is an easy way to increase food sovereignty and connect to the plants we grow. This hands-on workshop covers the basics of seed saving\, plus harvesting and cleaning some seeds as a group. Participants are encouraged to bring seeds they have grown to swap\, or seeds that need to be cleaned. Facilitated by Ignatius Farm Educator Lisa Conroy. \nThis New Farmer Training series is run by Ignatius Farm in partnership with EFAO. Sign up for individual sessions\, or register for the full In the Field Workshop Series here.
URL:https://efao.ca/event/in-the-field-seed-saving/
LOCATION:Ignatius Farm\, 5420 Hwy 6 North\, Guelph\, ON\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Field Day
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260926T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260926T160000
DTSTAMP:20260607T122640
CREATED:20260604T162648Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260604T163327Z
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SUMMARY:Seed Farming & Farmer-Led Research at Persephone Market Garden and Luna Mia Farm
DESCRIPTION:A full day tour of two seed saving farms with EFAO farmer-researchers? Sign us up! \nJoin Kristine Hammel of Persephone Market Garden and Rony Lec of Luna Mia Farm in Grey-Bruce to hear more about their seed and vegetable production and farmer-led research. \nWe will start the morning at Persephone Market Garden\, run by Kristine Hammel and Thorsten Arnold. They have been farming on this land for 17 years. Kristine will lead a tour of the market garden\, which includes a growing seed garden and an expanding native seed orchard. She’ll share some of her motivations\, challenges and joys with growing seed on contract\, alongside a fresh vegetable CSA. Kristine is also a long time no till practitioner who using switch grass straw mulch in her gardens. \nFollowing the tour\, participants can enjoy their packed picnic lunch with soup from Kristine before travelling to Luna Mia Farm. \n  \nIn the afternoon\, we will see Luna Mia Farm\, run by Rony Lec and Myriam Legualt who have been farming and seed saving for 20 years. Rony and Myriam ran the Mesoamerican Permaculture Institute together in Guatemala for many years then moved to Canada and started a regenerative farm. Today\, they continue to use regenerative practices based on traditional knowledge\, save their open-pollinated seeds\, and share about their lessons learned along the way. Participants will join Rony and Myriam for a farm tour with a focus on traditional grain and seed crops. \n  \n  \nAgenda for the day: \nArrive to Persephone Market Garden: 9:45-10 (241063 Concession 3 Keppel\, Allenford) \nTour Persephone Market Garden: 10-12 \nBring you own picnic lunch: 12-1 \nDrive to Luna Mia: 1-1:30(135038 Concession Road 8 RR 1\, Desboro) \nTour Luna Mia: 1:30-3:30 \nDepartures: 3:30-4 \nThis event is funded in part by the Governments of Canada and Ontario under the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership\, a federal-provincial-territorial initiative. \nFunding for the project has also been provided by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada under the Agricultural Climate Solutions – Living Labs program and by the following partners: Beef Farmers of Ontario\, Dairy Farmers of Ontario\, Grain Farmers of Ontario\, Ontario Federation of Agriculture\, Ontario Pork and Ontario Sheep Farmers. The project is coordinated by the Ontario Soil and Crop Improvement Association.
URL:https://efao.ca/event/persephone-luna-mia-2026/
LOCATION:Persephone Market Garden\, 241063 Concession 3 Keppel\, Allenford\, Ontario\, N0H 1A0\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Field Day
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20261014T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20261014T180000
DTSTAMP:20260607T122640
CREATED:20260421T164550Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260519T163557Z
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SUMMARY:In the Field: Soil Health
DESCRIPTION:Soil is more than just the dirt beneath our feet. Healthy soil filters water\, can be a carbon sink\, and grows healthy plants. Come walk and observe the land\, and participate in some easy do-it-yourself soil tests. Be prepared to get your hands dirty! Facilitated by Lisa Conroy\, Ignatius Farm Educator. \nThis New Farmer Training series is run by Ignatius Farm in partnership with EFAO. Sign up for individual sessions\, or register for the full In the Field Workshop Series here.
URL:https://efao.ca/event/in-the-field-soil-health/
LOCATION:Ignatius Farm\, 5420 Hwy 6 North\, Guelph\, ON\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Field Day
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