[All] Upcoming organic Farming Workshop March 1-2 fyi

[Lori Strothard]

Subject: [Cgwr-network] FW: Interested in small scale farming? Workshop March 1-2

Hello  friends

Are you or someone you know interested in small scale vegetable production?

Our Farm is hosting a workshop that may interest you!



See the attached poster and more details below.



Thanks,

Leanne Baer

Our Farm



Organic Farming Workshop



March 1&2 9:30 – 4:30 

at Erb St Mennonite Church

131 Erb Street West, Waterloo



$20 for both days

Bring your own lunch



Day 1 = Crop Planning

·         Setting goals

·         Site assessment and design, 

·         Cover crops, Crop profiles

·         Putting it all together


Day 2 = Soil and Tools

·         Soil & Crop Health

·         Tools for the (mostly human-powered) market garden

·         Soil blocking



Farmer Bios

Kristine Hammel grew up on a dairy farm in southwestern Ontario. After completing her M.Sc. Organic Food Chain Management in Germany, she came back to Canada and started her market garden and CSA on the Bruce Peninsula. 2013 will be her 4th season. She farms with her husband, Thorsten, and baby son, Oskar. 


Laurie Thomson has spent most of her life living and working on farms. Her professional experience has centred around small-scale horticulture with a focus on organic and sustainable growing. She completed her BSc. (Agr.) in Horticultural Science and Business at the University of Guelph, as well as a BEd. in Lethbridge, Alberta. She now lives in Grey County, with her husband, Craig, and baby son, Ewan.


Kristine and Laurie are part of the Grey Bruce Centre for Agroecology, a recent initiative and network of farmers/gardeners with academic backgrounds that have joined together to deliver on-farm research, training and consulting in the field of local food and small-scale diversified farming.



For more info contact or to register:

ourfarmdfr at gmail.com





Open attachment for poster.






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