A full-day workshop focused on soil health as it affects crops. Start the morning off learning how rocks influence soil health, as well as phospho-composting. Following this, the focus shifts to soil biology, including microbial soil life and the soil food web. Lunch...
Spend the morning with experts who will share their first-hand experience in speaking about regeneration in a way that is inspiring and accessible to the broader public. Learn how to talk about soil health and its important role in mitigating many of the problems...
To what extent are soil health tests reproducible and sensitive to practices on ecological farms? It is widely recognized that standard soil tests often don’t reflect the fertility or production potential on ecological farms. So the question remains: what...
Brief summary of the year, including the data collected in 2016 by EFAO farmer-researchers. This was included in the package given out at the Ecological Farmers of Ontario Conference in Kingston, Nov/Dec 2016.
More research is needed to determine the practicality and effectiveness of perennial cover crops in Ontario. Cover crops and soil health are critical components of ecological and profitable farming. Cover crop practices and research continue to generate considerable...
