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Drawing Customers In: Marketing & Promotions
Michelle Wolf presents at the 2016 ACORN Conference.
View the accompanying slideshow presentation here.
ACORN Conference, Business & Marketing
Year: 2016
Dynamics of Proprietary Seed
Laurie McKenzie and Michael Mazourek present at the 2016 Conference.
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ACORN Conference, Seed
Year: 2016
Eating Locally All Year Long with Jen Greenberg
Eating Locally all Year Long with Jen Greenberg.
Community Supported Agriculture, Farmshare, Food Skills, Getting Started With Organic Farming, Educate
Ecological Systems for Raspberry Production in New Brunswick
Fruit & Berry
Economics of Wholesale Vegetable Production
Matt Dykerman's farm, Red Soil Organics, is a 60-acre mixed vegetable operation in PEI specializing in wholesale. In this presentation from the 2013 ACORN Conference in Moncton, Matt talked about how to sell successfully to retail and distributors, and discussed the successes and challenges of using a wholesale distribution system.
ACORN Conference, Business & Marketing
Edible Landscaping: How To Transform Your Yard Into A Food Forest
Urban gardener Jayme Melrose explains many ways to make your lawn and edible and beautiful food resource at the 2011 ACORN organic conference and trade show in Halifax, Nova Scotia. (59 mins)
Food Skills
Emerging Opportunities: Growing Biodynamic Haskap Berries with Loggie Cassell
Fruit & Berry
Encouraging on farm Biodiversity
Paul Manning presents at the 2015 Acorn Conference
To view the accompanying slideshow presentation, click here: http://fr.slideshare.net/acornorganic/encouraging-on-farm-biodiversity
ACORN Conference, Complementary Agriculture
Encouraging Swifts and Swallows on the Organic Farm
Ally Manthorne presents at the 2015 Acorn Conference.
To view the accompanying slideshow presentation, click here: http://fr.slideshare.net/acornorganic/encouraging-swifts-and-swallows-on-the-organic-farm
ACORN Conference, Complementary Agriculture
Equipping for Efficiency
Tim Livingstone (Strawberry Hill Farm) presents at the 2014 ACORN Conference.
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ACORN Conference, Infrastructure & Equipment
Establishing Haskap Orchards
Andy Hammermeister presents at the 2016 ACORN Conference.
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ACORN Conference, Fruit & Berry
Year: 2016
Ethical Veal
Emily Shapiro presents at the 2016 ACORN Conference.
ACORN Conference, Livestock
Year: 2016
Evaluation of Compost Teas for Disease Management of Wild Blueberries in Nova Scotia with Dr. Kathleen Glover
Soil & Compost
Exceptional Customer Service
Presented by Michelle Wolf (Director of Training FMNS) at the 2015 ACORN Conference PEI
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ACORN Conference, Business & Marketing, Value-Added
Experiences in a Grain Co-operative
In this presentation from the 2013 ACORN Conference in Moncton, Loic Dewavrin discusses how he helped found a grain cooperative in Quebec, touching on the benefits and challenges of small producers banding together. The talk covers the creation of the co-op, the reasons for starting, the current projects they are undertaking, and their hopes for growth and future work.
ACORN Conference, Business & Marketing, Grain & Field Crops, Infrastructure & Equipment
Extending the Harvest: Growing More Vegetables in a Short Season
At the 2016 Homesteading Symposium in Moncton, Alyson Chisholm of Windy Hill Farm explained what options there are for extending your garden’s season and maintaining a continuous harvest.
Getting Started With Organic Farming, Grain & Field Crops, Horticulture, Season Extension, Urban Farming & Gardening
Year: 2016
Farm Budgets Made Simple
In this talk from the 2013 ACORN Conference, Richard Wiswall breaks down the most important aspects of calculating farm budgets. He uses the example of keeping 50 laying hens to demonstrate that a venture may not be as profitable as one would assume. He emphasizes the importance of calculating your own labour costs.
ACORN Conference, Business & Marketing, Getting Started With Organic Farming
Farm Business Succession Plan
Business & Marketing
Farm Profile: Organic Strawberry Production at Mountaindale Farm
Fruit & Berry
Farm Record-Keeping 2.0
In this seminar from the 2013 ACORN Conference in Moncton, David Wides, a farmer, discusses the importance of good record keeping and how AgSquared technology can assist with this. He outlines the various features of AgSquared and their integrated nature. It is suggested to refer to the accompanying slide show due to this presentation's highly visual nature.
ACORN Conference, Business & Marketing, Infrastructure & Equipment
Farm Smarter not Harder
In this talk from the 2013 ACORN Conference in Moncton, Richard Wiswall speaks on the importance of good record keeping in farming and putting profit ahead of income and expenses when creating farm budgets. He approaches record keeping from a highly practical position to help farmers realize that it is likely that some of their crops are more profitable than others and it is important to track and calculate these facts.
ACORN Conference, Business & Marketing
Farm Succession
Robert St-Arnaud presents at the 2016 ACORN Conference on the succession plan for Les Jardin Bio Campanipol.
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ACORN Conference, Business & Marketing
Year: 2016
Farm Tour Handbook by ACORN
Learn about the whys and hows of conducting farm tours inACORN's Farm Tour Handbook! Topics include different types of tours (guided, self-guided, chef, wildlife, school, etc.), activities, planning, media, insurance and more!
Disponible en français (Visite Guidée).
Farm Tour Handbook by ACORN: Why host a farm tour?; Liability Insurance; Budget; Research; Tour Activities; Farm/Chef Tours; Custom Tours; Planning; Promotion
Business & Marketing
Farmer's Markets as a Powerful Advertising Tool
Michelle Wolff of Whole Green Heart presents at the 2014 ACORN Conference.
ACORN Conference
Farmers' Market Fundamentals
Keltie Butler and Michelle Wolf present at the 2016 ACORN Conference.
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ACORN Conference, Business & Marketing
Year: 2016