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July Seed Growers Meet-up

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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

Ferme Houle Farm 2350 County Road #2, Curran, Ontario, Canada

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.

Growing Seed, Growing Community at Hawthorn Farm Organic Seeds

Hawthorn Farm Organic Seeds 6923 Sideroad 2 W, Mount Forest, Ontario, Canada

Join us for a summer field day at Hawthorn Farm Organic Seeds to explore the powerful intersection of seed production, research, and community.

Small Grains & Small Mills at Fat Chance Farmstead

Fat Chance Farmstead 3711 Rd. 38, Kingston, Ontario

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

Mount Wolfe Farm 10054 Old Church Road, Bolton, Ontario, Canada

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

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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

Ellenberger Organic Farm 1607 The Ridge Rd, Coe Hill, Ontario, Canada

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

Cedar Down Farm 222145 Concession 14, RR#1, Neustadt, ON, Canada

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

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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

Shelldale Farm Park

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

Culture Camp Tour with Johl Whiteduck

Mashkode Bizhikiins Culture Camp 1419 Post Road, Lindsay, Ontario, Canada

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

Behind the Packet: The Hidden Worlds of Hybrid Seeds

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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

Waxwing Commons 1325 Mahoney Road North, Timmins, Ontario, Canada

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

Behind the Packet: Open-Pollinated Seeds in Focus

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

Online Online via Zoom - link will be sent to registrants

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

Online Online via Zoom - link will be sent to registrants

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.

Traditional Ecological Knowledge

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

Bright green peas grow on tall plants under a sunny sky

Botany for Farmers and Gardeners

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

January Seed Growers Meet-up

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

Soil Health

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

January BIPOC Farmers Network Meet-up

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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.

Field and Bed Preparation

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

Person harvesting

Principles of Harvest and Post-harvest

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

Managerial Bookkeeping

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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

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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.

a field of brown grain stubble with some green legume cover crops growing in between

Cover Crops and Green Manures

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

Applied Budgeting & Cash Flow

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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

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

Northern Latitudes: Sourcing and Saving Seeds from Similar Climates

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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.

A team of 4 people works in a green field of garlic on a sunny day

Pathways to Profitability: Tracking Farm Labour

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Learn to accurately track labour to help make useful cost-of-production calculations, as well as how to do so in an intentional way.

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

Weed Management

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

February Seed Growers Meet-up

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

Vegetable Crop Disease Management

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

Cost of Production: Time to Level Up

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Learn to calculate your cost of production, and see working examples of from the speakers' own operations.

February BIPOC Farmers Network Meet-up

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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.