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  • Field Day at Black River Country Gardens

    Black River Country Gardens 1130 Marten Rd, Val Gagné, Ontario, Canada

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

  • Small Grains Program Information Session

    The next Small Grains Program intake opens July 2nd – this info session will provide a brief overview of how the program works and lots of time for discussion with Jackie Clark, EFAO’s Small Grains Program Manager.

  • Small Grains Program Information Session

    The next Small Grains Program intake opens July 2nd – this info session will provide a brief overview of how the program works and lots of time for discussion with Jackie Clark, EFAO’s Small Grains Program Manager.

  • Exploring Nitrogen Strategies On-Farm with Norm Lamothe

    The Ontario Soil Network (OSN) and Ecological Farmers Association of Ontario (EFAO) are excited to collaborate on an event hosted by Norm Lamothe at Woodleigh Farms to showcase various Nitrogen Management Trials he is working on.

  • Field Day at Rubber Boot Farm

    Rubber Boot Farm 209 Jaguar Drive, Timmins, Ontario, Canada

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

  • Bounty in the County: Ecological Farms in PEC

    Join EFAO for a day in Prince Edward County that’s not to be missed! Three fabulous EFAO farms will open their doors for a tour in late July. Join us for one, two or all three stops!

  • July Seed Growers Meet-up

    The EFAO Seed Program’s Monthly Seed Grower Meetup is an inspiring online gathering where seed growers connect, share, and grow together. Whether you’re selecting, saving, breeding, or simply curious about seeds, this informal space is here to support and celebrate your work.

  • Stories of Innovation at Ferme Houle Farm

    Join us at this field day for a field tour and discussion of the Ferme Houle Farm story, a close look at some of these trials and a conversation about lessons-learned.

  • Small Grains & Small Mills at Fat Chance Farmstead

    Join us for this field day for an in-depth tour and conversation about small-scale on-farm grain growing and milling at Fat Chance Farmstead and learn about EFAO's Small Grains Program and how it might be able to support your grain-growing interests and curiosities.

  • New Farmer Potluck & Tour at Mount Wolfe Farm

    Join the farm team at Mount Wolfe Farm for an informal farmers’ tour and potluck this August! Following a short tour of the farm, participants will share a potluck meal and have the opportunity to connect with others in the farming community. 

  • August Seed Growers Meet-up

    The EFAO Seed Program’s Monthly Seed Grower Meetup is an inspiring online gathering where seed growers connect, share, and grow together. Whether you’re selecting, saving, breeding, or simply curious about seeds, this informal space is here to support and celebrate your work.

  • Seeds of Change: Discussion and Tour

    Multiple Venues

    This event is hosted by Lakehead University’s Sustainable Food Systems Lab in partnership with the Ecological Farmers Association of Ontario, Roots Community Food Centre, Superior Seed Producers, Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority, Lake Superior Living Labs Network,  Understanding Our Food Systems, the Food Action Network of Northwestern Ontario, Gaia Organic Seeds, and Root Cellar […]

  • Growing Organic Seed Potatoes at Ellenberger Organic Farm

    Join this field day to hear from Henry Ellenberger who cultivates 8 to 10 potato varieties across five acres of sandy, rocky loam, supplying over 200 organic growers and gardeners annually.

  • Building Soil and Community at Cedar Down Farm

    Join us for an afternoon at Cedar Down Farm for in-depth farm tour and a close look at their trials with raised, permanent vegetable beds and the critical role of cover crops in this practice.

  • Onion seed heads lay in a metal basket. Beside the basket is a book about seed saving

    September Seed Growers Meet-up

    The EFAO Seed Program’s Monthly Seed Grower Meetup is an inspiring online gathering where seed growers connect, share, and grow together. Whether you’re selecting, saving, breeding, or simply curious about seeds, this informal space is here to support and celebrate your work.

  • A pair of light-skinned hands with palms open, filled with a variety of seeds

    Seed Saving at Shelldale Park

    Learn how to save your own seeds with Rebecca Ivanoff, EFAO's Seed Program Manager!

  • Behind the Packet: The Hidden Worlds of Hybrid Seeds

    This conversation dives into the world of hybrid seed production, offering a behind-the-scenes look at how hybrid seeds are grown, who produces them, and what that means for farmers, biodiversity, and seed sovereignty.

  • Work Bee at Waxwing Commons

    Go behind the scenes at two fabulous EFAO farms in Eastern Ontario this August!

  • Behind the Packet: Open-Pollinated Seeds in Focus

    This conversation dives into the world of hybrid seed production, offering a behind-the-scenes look at how hybrid seeds are grown, who produces them, and what that means for farmers, biodiversity, and seed sovereignty.

  • October Seed Growers Meet-up

    The EFAO Seed Program’s Monthly Seed Grower Meetup is an inspiring online gathering where seed growers connect, share, and grow together. Whether you’re selecting, saving, breeding, or simply curious about seeds, this informal space is here to support and celebrate your work.

  • Facilitating Great (Farm) Team Meetings

    Join this interactive session to learn how to plan, structure and run a team meeting that is effective, productive and joyful.

  • Accessible Agriculture Project Overview & Feedback

    The Accessible Agriculture Project (AAP) will be hosting a one-hour webinar focused on building an agricultural sector that is inclusive of people with disabilities.

  • Close up of fluffy milkweed seeds on the head of a plant in fall

    November Seed Growers Meet-up

    The EFAO Seed Program’s Monthly Seed Grower Meetup is an inspiring online gathering where seed growers connect, share, and grow together. Whether you’re selecting, saving, breeding, or simply curious about seeds, this informal space is here to support and celebrate your work.

  • A smiling Black family of farmers under a market tent on a sunny day

    November BIPOC Farmers Network Meet-up

    Chat with farmer Chadwick Lewis of Urban Fresh Produce about his first full season at his new farm, followed by an open Q&A.

  • Research Symposium

    The Research Symposium is an online gathering where EFAO members share their findings and insights from the 2025 research season. This year you will hear about multi-farm trials involved in the Living Lab-Ontario project, including: No-till potato using deep mulch Plant available nitrogen from cover crops No-till winter squash with mulch Along with farmer-led research […]

  • Farmer-Led Research Program Office Hours

    EFAO research team will be holding open virtual office hours in December and January for prospective farmer-led research applicants to ask questions and discuss their applications.

  • Farmer-Led Research Program Office Hours

    EFAO research team will be holding open virtual office hours in December and January for prospective farmer-led research applicants to ask questions and discuss their applications.

  • Farmer-Led Research Program Office Hours

    EFAO research team will be holding open virtual office hours in December and January for prospective farmer-led research applicants to ask questions and discuss their applications.

  • Bright green peas grow on tall plants under a sunny sky

    Botany for Farmers and Gardeners

    Online Online via Zoom - link will be sent to registrants

    Term 2 teaches the application of farm knowledge gained in Term 1.

  • January Seed Growers Meet-up

    Chat about seed cleaning, storage, & testing, what lessons are emerging from the past season, & early musings on the year ahead.

  • Soil Health

    Term 2 teaches the application of farm knowledge gained in Term 1.

  • January BIPOC Farmers Network Meet-up

    Online Online via Zoom - link will be sent to registrants

    Join us for a friendly gathering for farmers, aspiring farmers, farm workers and food justice workers who are Black, Indigenous and people of colour. This meetup will focus on global farmer solidarity & agroecology, and how local farming realities connect to global movements for food sovereignty, justice, and collective care.

  • Managerial Bookkeeping

    Learn how to keep good records, and how to use those records to make decisions based on financial information from your farm.

  • Beyond the Bin: Understanding the Field Crop Seed System

    Bin-run seed, the portion of the crop that farmers save for next year’s planting, remains an important part of most farm operations, but there’s a lot more to the story of where oats, dry-beans, and forages come from.

  • Applied Budgeting & Cash Flow

    Head into this season with a clear plan for your cash flow! Join Julia Shanks for a live budgeting session & work along on your own numbers.

  • Alunimum sprinkler lines in a green field of vegetables

    Irrigation Basics

    Term 2 teaches the application of farm knowledge gained in Term 1.

  • Northern Latitudes: Sourcing and Saving Seeds from Similar Climates

    For seed growers in northern climates, understanding where a seed comes from—geographically, genetically, and culturally—is essential. Hear from three farmers about how they obtain seeds from comparable northern latitudes, and the stories behind the varieties they steward.

  • View from the seat of a red tractor of a field of brassicas in neatly weeded rows

    Weed Management

    Term 2 teaches the application of farm knowledge gained in Term 1.

  • February Seed Growers Meet-up

    Chat about your seed plans, how decisions are made about varieties and grow-outs, and questions that arise as we move closer to spring.

  • February BIPOC Farmers Network Meet-up

    Join us for a friendly gathering for farmers, aspiring farmers, farm workers and food justice workers who are Black, Indigenous and people of colour. This meetup will focus on the season ahead, global farmer solidarity & agroecology, and how local farming realities connect to global movements for food sovereignty, justice, and collective care.

  • Exploring Open-Pollinated and Local Seeds

    A participant-led, guided discussion series exploring the "why" of diverse, open-pollinated, and climate resilient seed.

  • Enterprise Analysis (Part Two)

    Continue the discussion with Ellen Polishuk on examining your farm enterprises to determine which work best for you!

  • Lunch & Learn with CBAN: Stop GMO Garden Seeds

    Join the Canadian Biotechnology Action Network (CBAN) to learn more about the threat of GM garden seeds and the actions we can take to protect our seed and food system from increasing corporate control.

  • Creativity in Cover Crops

    In this session you’ll hear from farmers and researchers about unique aspects of their work that incorporate cover crops using a variety of techniques. 

  • A collage of stylized seeds, grains, fruit and vegetables surround a beige circle in the centre of the image, with black text reading "seed growers meet-up"

    March Seed Growers Meet-Up

    Online Online via Zoom - link will be sent to registrants

    Whether you’re starting your first seed crops, preparing for spring planting, or deciding which varieties to save seed from, bring your questions, observations, and half-formed ideas!

  • View from above of several young vegetable seedlings in round pots

    Exploring Your Farm Dream

    This program helps aspiring farmers explore what it takes to start and manage their own farm dream, imagine what it could look like in practice, and identify the key questions they still need to answer.

  • March BIPOC Farmers Network Meet-up

    Join us for a friendly gathering for farmers, aspiring farmers, farm workers and food justice workers who are Black, Indigenous and people of colour. This meetup will focus on the season ahead, global farmer solidarity & agroecology, and how local farming realities connect to global movements for food sovereignty, justice, and collective care.

  • The State of Small Grain Marketing

    This event will give a high-level overview about the existing opportunities for Ontario grain growers, and where they can look to get the best return on their effort. Hear from two industry experts, ask questions, and prepare yourself for the season ahead! 

  • The Past, Present and Future of Canada’s Agricultural Policy Framework

    This session is the first part of a series that the NFU is running in collaboration with Young Agrarians and the Ecological Farmers Association of Ontario to hear from our members about what they want included in the NPF and to provide information on how to get involved. 

  • April Seed Growers Meet-Up

    Whether you’re starting your first seed crops, preparing for spring planting, or deciding which varieties to save seed from, bring your questions, observations, and half-formed ideas!

  • Annual General Meeting

    Learn about EFAO's work and accomplishments over the past year, and about exciting plans and projects for the coming year.

  • April BIPOC Farmers Network Meet-up

    Join us for a friendly gathering for farmers, aspiring farmers, farm workers and food justice workers who are Black, Indigenous and people of colour.

  • May BIPOC Farmers Network Meet-up

    Chat about northern food sovereignty, building on conversations from the Nyéléni Forum and global food sovereignty movements.

  • May Seed Growers Meet-Up

    Whether you’ve been producing seed for years or are just starting to explore it, you’re warmly welcome! Bring your lunch & questions.

  • Soil Health in the Orchard

    Come learn practical tests and techniques to understand and improve your soil, and how fertility management strategies differ between annual and perennial crops.

  • Pasture Renovation: Meet-up with Ken Laing

    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.

  • Queer Rural Living in Ontario

    Hear some experiences of queer and gender-diverse folks who have moved rurally to pursue their farming and land stewarding dreams.

  • A fluffy cat wearing a colourful feathered hat and 2 rainbow wristbands sits on a tractor at golden hour

    Pride Picnic at Spiral Farm

    Get a tour of this human-scale market garden, & enjoy some food while you connect with other queer & trans farmers.

  • Farm Tour & Potluck at Aldergrove Farm

    Aldergrove Farm 211537 Baseline Road, Mount Forest, Ontario, Canada

    Join us for a tour of Aldergrove Farm and a potluck dinner to connect with new and experienced farmers.

  • June Seed Growers Meet-Up

    Whether you’ve been producing seed for years or are just starting to explore it, you’re warmly welcome! Bring your lunch & questions.

  • June BIPOC Farmers Network Meet-up

    This month is a relaxed co-working session. Bring a task you’ve been avoiding or just need a little encouragement to start!

  • No-till Mulch at Nith Valley Organics

    Join us at Nith Valley Organics for an in-depth tour and conversation about their research trials and no-till mulch learnings.

  • Growing on Shared Ground at Lawoti Farms and Carabao Fields

    Join us for a field day at Five Haystacks Farm with neighbouring farms Lawoti Farms and Carabao Fields! These two small-scale ecological farms share rented land and infrastructure while building distinct farm businesses rooted in cultural foodways, fresh vegetables, and plenty of hands-on problem solving.

  • July Seed Growers Meet-Up

    Whether you’ve been producing seed for years or are just starting to explore it, you’re warmly welcome! Bring your lunch & questions.

  • Research Trials at the Trent University Research Farm

    Join farmer-researcher and former EFAO staff member Dillon Muldoon at the Trent Farm Research Centre to 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.

  • St Francis Herb Farm & Facility Tour

    Join this tour for a rare behind the scenes look at St Francis Herb Farm’s plant medicine facility as well as its recently re-established (2022) herb farm.

  • August Seed Growers Meet-Up

    Whether you’ve been producing seed for years or are just starting to explore it, you’re warmly welcome! Bring your lunch & questions.