Field Day
Cover Cropping Strategies for Market Gardeners
Field Good Farms/Ferme j'me Champs Bien 1345 Levac Road, Cache Bay, OntarioTour the farm, learn about how rotational grazing works, and how you can integrate these methods into your own farm plans.
Willow Creek Permaculture Farm
Willow Creek Permaculture Farm 31018 Chalmers Line, Dutton, Ontario, CanadaRob Read and Julie Walter and their children are integrating permaculture into their lifestyle on the 50 acre farm they care for near Dutton, Ontario. This field day will be a tour with a brief overview of the Willow Creek interpretation of permaculture. Depending on interest and time available, more focus can be brought to […]
Farm Tour, Growing Ginger, and Adding Prepared Foods to a Farm Business
Long Road Eco-Farm and Farm Sum Food 3757 Rd. 38, Harrowsmith, Ontario, CanadaIn 2013, Xiaobing Shen and his then partner Jonathon Davies started Long Road Eco-Farm, a small, mixed, ecologically-run farm business raising livestock and growing specialty crops like ginger and garlic. Farm Sum Food is a key part of their business. They produce prepared peasant-style Chinese steamed buns, dumplings, and ferments with organically produced pork, eggs, […]