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From Variety Trials to Seed Saving: Lettuce Production in the Northeast

From Variety Trials to Seed Saving: Lettuce Production in the Northeast

Learn all about on-farm variety trialing, selecting, isolating, and cleaning lettuce seed from three knowledgeable farmers.

EFAO’s Organic No-Till Vegetable Trials

EFAO’s Organic No-Till Vegetable Trials

Living Lab, Living Lab-Horticulture, No-Till

Ken Laing of Orchard Hill Farm is working in cooperation with EFAO to trial a wide variety of no-till methods for organic vegetable production. We will be documenting the work in a series of blogs.

Management sensitivity, repeatability, and consistency of interpretation of soil health indicators on organic farms in southwestern Ontario

Quick turnaround cover crops before brassicas

Part of a multi-farm trial on 5 farms asking the Research Question: Do spring planted cover crops benefit the production of late season brassica cash crops? Kevinâ€™s Specific Question: Does a cover crop cocktail differ from buckwheat monoculture with respect...

Cabbage seed production

This document outlines the steps that Nicola and Rebecca will follow to execute their research trial, Cabbage Seed Production Methods, including design, execution, data collection and data sharing. It also serves as a Memorandum of Understanding between Nicola,...