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  • 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

    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

    Online Online via Zoom - link will be sent to registrants

    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.

  • All Things Cover Crops: Meet-up with Ken Laing

    Online Online via Zoom - link will be sent to registrants

    Ken will be hosting a meet-up all about cover crops, highlighting some of the many uses of cover crops on the farm then time for questions.

  • March 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 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

    Online Online via Zoom - link will be sent to registrants

    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

    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.

  • May BIPOC Farmers Network Meet-up

    Online Online via Zoom - link will be sent to registrants

    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.

  • 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

    St Francis Herb Farm 50 Lane Street, Barry's Bay, Ontario, Canada

    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.