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  • Farmers Paula & Dave stand in their vegetable field at Salad Days Farm

    Production Systems & Efficiency

    Online Online via Zoom - link will be sent to registrants

    Take a virtual tour of Salad Days Farm, learn about their production systems, and how they've set up an efficient well-run farm.

  • Close up of a cluster of brown Chestnut mushrooms

    Indoor Mushroom Propagation, Growing and Processing

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    The Ugly Barn Farm grows 18 mushroom species for direct market, retail and restaurant sales, plus value-added products. Learn how they do it!

  • Sheep in field

    Rotational Grazing of Sheep with Pasture Hill Farm

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    Seasoned farmers discuss rotational grazing including best practices, forage growing cycles, improving forage yield and quality, and more.

  • Tan-skinned butternut squashes, stood up with their stems to the sky, fill a storage area at Mount Wolfe farm

    Winter Veggie Storage at Mount Wolfe Farm

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    Learn about Mount Wolfe Farm's storage techniques for their winter veggies, particularly non-root storage vegetables like cabbage and squash.

  • Two happy farmers crouch in a green field leaning on their wooden sign that reads "Three Forks Farms"

    Virtual Field Day: Three Forks Farms

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    Check out Three Forks Farms, a mixed organic vegetable, seed and chicken farm located on Manitoulin Island.

  • Two people crouching down to transplant green brassica seedlings inside a hoop house

    Running a Full-Season CSA with Cedar Down Farm

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    Jeff Boesch and Leslie Moskovits of Cedar Down Farm run a vegetable CSA all year round! Take a virtual tour, and learn how they do it.

  • A small field of mixed vegetables and cover crops grows below a blue sky on a sunny day

    Farming Solo on a Small Scale

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    Spiral Farm is a human-scale market garden selling produce via a CSA program. Learn about growing part-time on a small footprint and budget. 

  • tiny tomato seedlings with pointed green leaves grow up out of brown trays of dark soil

    Farm Task Focus: Greenhouse Seeding

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    Learn how 3 farms tackle early season greenhouse seeding, then join the farmers and other participants to chat and ask questions!

  • A smiling, brown skinned person stands in an urban farm plot holding armfuls of freshly harvested garlic

    Virtual Field Day: Shade of Miti

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    Shade of Miti is a food and climate justice organization in Mississauga. Find out about their new farm, Miti Acres, and its current projects!

  • A green rooftop garden grows under a blue sky, with skyscrapers and office buildings in the background

    Rooftop Growing with the Ryerson Urban Farm

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    Get an inside look at the rooftop Ryerson Urban Farm, designed in the market garden tradition, with over 50 crops and three bee hives.

  • A field of tulips in orange, pink and purple shades, grows under a blue sky at sunrise

    Flower Farming with Country Cut Flowers

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    Learn about growing cut flowers from a regenerative flower farmer offering weekly bouquet subscriptions and cut-your-own flowers.

  • three rows of different salad greens growing in soil

    Virtual Field Day: Cookstown Greens

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    Cookstown Greens is a family farm growing 120+ varieties of certified organic vegetables, greens, seedlings, garnishes and edible flowers.

  • A light skinned person with a short beard crouches down smiling next to a potted shrub inside a wooden greenhouse

    Virtual Field Day: FiddleHead Nursery

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    Created with permaculture and forest garden principles, FiddleHead Nursery focuses on the propagation and sale of edible perennials.

  • Three red strawberries and two small white ones hang over a green background

    Fair Fields Farm

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    Fair Fields Farm grows an assortment of perennial and biennial crops including u-pick strawberries, and also does small scale wholesale.

  • A flock of brown & white sheep stand behind a fluffy white Pyrenees dog, circled by a white fence with a green field and colourful fall trees in the background

    Virtual Field Day: Cavaleiro Farm

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    Learn how to reduce input costs, build stronger community, do more with your food and farm, fit in a vacation, and more.

  • Farmers Alex & Kim of Mulberry Moon farm stand smiling in their hoop house in front of trays of green seedlings

    Virtual Field Day: Mulberry Moon Farm

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    Learn about the infrastructure investments this vegetable CSA and market farm made during their transition to a new farm property.

  • Two highland cows, one black and one red, stand looking at the viewer from a lush pasture bordered by trees in late falll. A third red cow peeks in from the right

    Virtual Field Day: Earth Haven Biodynamic Farm

    Online Online via Zoom - link will be sent to registrants

    Learn about this 200 acre farm that uses biodynamic, organic and permaculture practices for their plant crops, and raises 100% pastured beef.

  • A close up side view of a plate of bright green kale and orange squash salad. The arms and torso of a light brown skinned-person with tattoos are visible as they plate the food

    Virtual Field Day: The Conscious Kitchen

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    The Conscious Kitchen is a prepared meal, recipe box, and grocery subscription service that helps people eat in alignment with their values.

  • A smiling brown-skinned person stands proudly in a greenhouse full of lettuce, holding a bin of harvested greens

    Virtual Field Day: Sundance Harvest

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    Sundance Harvest is a food justice centered, year-round, urban farm located in Toronto, Ontario, on a 1/3 acre site including two greenhouses.

  • A pile of white pumpkin seeds spill onto a table covered by a brown burlap cloth

    Virtual Field Day: Swallow Haven Farm

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    Swallow Haven Farm sells seeds as well as native and non-native plants. Learn about their seed saving techniques and challenges.

  • 3 Acres Permaculture

    Virtual Field Day: Three Acre Permaculture

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    Virtually tour this permaculture farm & education centre, and witness living design that supports humans and serves as a haven for wildlife.

  • Virtual Tour of Piccolo Farm Organics

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    This webinar will cover the different types of indoor growing options and which crops can be g

  • Virtual tour of Bao Bao Farm

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    An introduction to soil properties, how to maintain and build soil health, different types of soils, how to keep soils healthy, and more.