The Ethno-Cultural Vegetable (ECV) researchers at the University of Guelph, Dr. Glen Filson and Dr. Bamidele Adekunle invite you to attend a workshop on Ethno-Cultural Vegetables in Ontario.The one day workshop will explore opportunities and barriers in the ECV market in Ontario. The program for the day includes;
Presentations on opportunities and barriers of [...]
eOrganic author: Mark Schonbeck, Virginia Association for Biological Farming
Introduction
A growing cover crop can suppress weeds in several ways:
Direct competition Allelopathy—the release of plant growth–inhibiting substances Blocking stimuli for weed seed germination Altering soil microbial communities to put certain weeds at a disadvantage
After a cover crop is tilled [...]
FarmCentre.com Published December 6, 2011 Photo credit: Y U Ranch
Tobacco’s demise not only hit farmers in the pocketbook but also threatened the fragile ecosystem of the productive, but highly erodible soil of the Norfolk sand plain.
Hundreds of cedar hedgerows have been planted in the last half century, often [...]
By News Canada-Éditions Nouvelles for FarmCentre.com Published December 2011 You know you want to start or expand your business, but you need to know about potential competition, customers and trends. We’re talking of course about market research. For instance, what price your customers are willing to pay, where [...]
Sustain Ontario is looking for involvement from those interested in meat processing in Ontario, as interest is growing in getting mobile abattoirs started. A group will be working over the next several months to bring in the expertise that we need to learn more about the practical and policy aspects of [...]
So, the time has come. My Katimavik rotation is finishing this December, and so my time with FarmStart is coming to an end. It’s a strange feeling, and I’m quite certain that I’m not fond of it.
With FarmStart I learned a lot about ecological farming that I wouldn’t otherwise know.
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Agri-View Published: November 14, 2011
House and Senate members recently announced the introduction of the Beginning Farmer and Rancher Opportunity Act of 2011 [H.R. 3236], a comprehensive bill intended for inclusion in the 2012 Farm Bill that highlights federal programs that help support economic opportunities for young and beginning farmers and ranchers. [...]
CBC News Published November 5, 2011
A south Ottawa entrepreneur is turning beef into bucks by selling bonds to fund his Manotick farm.Paul Slomp, 31, sells bonds for his farm and then uses that money to maintain the land and cattle. He then sells the [...]
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