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Possibilities in Organic Processing
Presented by Edward Charter, BioFoodTech, Nathan Archibald, PEI Berries and John Rowe, Island Abbey Foods at the 2015 ACORN Conference PEI
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ACORN Conference, Business & Marketing
Post Harvest Handling at Tourne-Sol Farm
Emily Board presents at the 2016 ACORN Conference.
ACORN Conference
Year: 2016
Poultry - Colourful Chickens, Odd Ducks and Flying Turkeys
Harry Stoddart presents at the 2014 ACORN Conference.
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ACORN Conference, Livestock
Poultry Production Methods
Livestock
Preparing Whole Foods
In this workshop from the 2013 ACORN Conference in Moncton, Diane Savoie used local, organic, whole foods to create delicious appetizers for the audience to enjoy. She illustrated the importance of cooking with little to no waste, by using food scraps for making stocks. Diane never uses recipes, but the following notes should give you an idea of the ingredients used, and how they are prepared.
ACORN Conference, Food Skills, Value-Added
Preserves as Medecine
Roberto Gueli & Anke Kungl (Conscious Catering) presents at the 2014 ACORN Conference.
ACORN Conference
Preserving the Harvest: Intro to Lacto-Fermentation
Having both grown up in the city, Bryan Dyck and Shannon Jones of BroadFork Farm came to realize that their vision of farming included a desire to homestead. Their favorite way to preserve their harvests is through lacto-fermentation. At the 2016 Homesteading Symposium in Dieppe, they presented 3 styles of lacto-fermented vegetables: kimchi, sauerkraut and pickle.
Food Skills, Season Extension, Urban Farming & Gardening, Value-Added
Proceedings: 2012 Profiting from your Greenhouse: The Essentials of Season Extension
Season Extension
Processing On-Farm and Off-Farm
In this presentation from the 2013 ACORN Conference in Moncton, Guylaine Buecheli, who farms in Quebec, discusses her and her partner’s farm and how it has grown to meet consumer demands. The couple raise pigs, cattle, and do their own processing at a butcher they co-own. More recently they’ve begun to cure and dry their own deli styled meats. Guylaine talks about the challenges they’ve faced as they expanded their business.
ACORN Conference, Infrastructure & Equipment, Livestock
Promote to Build Your Farm Business
During this session at the 2013 ACORN Conference in Moncton, Roger Snowdon used examples from the audience to illustrate the point that every farm business has stories that can be sold and promoted to the media. It is wise to identify these stories, so that you can be proactive about using the media to expand the public profile of your farm business. Rodger also provided examples of how businesses have sold their success stories to the media, and also gave examples of how to do “damage control” through the media in the case of bad news stories.
ACORN Conference, Business & Marketing
Pros and Cons of Joining a CSA
Food writer Kathy Erway shares some of the pros and cons to consider before joining a CSA.
Community Supported Agriculture, Farmshare, Belong
Protected Culture: Managing Totmatoes and Peppers in Unheated Tunnels
Presented by Andrew Mefferd, Editor, Growing for Market Magazine at the 2015 ACORN Conference
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ACORN Conference, Fruit & Berry
Protected Structures for Sustainable Raspberry Production
In this session from the 2013 ACORN Conference in Moncton, Jean-Pierre Prive discussed season extension techniques using various protected structures including high and low tunnels, row covers and rain covers, as well as cultural practices and cultivar selection for raspberries. He compared the Maritimes to BC, which traditionally produces an abundance of this crop. Through his talk he frequently reminded the audience to cultivate the scientific mindset and to always experiment, test, and adjust growing techniques and practices, as well as varieties selected.
ACORN Conference, Fruit & Berry, Season Extension
Protecting Greenhouses Through Weather Challenges
Protecting Greenhouses Through Weather Challenges.This Podcast is a Q & A (Questions and Answers) taken from ACORN's 2015 Organic Conference in PEI. It is led by Tim Livingstone, Norm Eygenraam and Vincent Dieras.
ACORN Conference, Infrastructure & Equipment
Q&A Small Scale Farm Machinery/Equipment with Rupert Jannasch
Infrastructure & Equipment
Quality Biennial Seed Production in Northern Climates
Presented by Will Bonsall at the 2015 ACORN Conference PEI
ACORN Conference, Seed
Rare breeds for Grass-fed beef
Harry Stoddart, with Elwood Quinn and Stacy Corkum present at the 2014 ACORN Conference.
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ACORN Conference, Livestock
Rare Breeds: Moving from a Hobby to a Business
Harry Stoddart of Stoddart Family Farm presents at the 2014 ACORN Conference.
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ACORN Conference, Livestock
Raspberry Production Basics
Fruit & Berry
Raymond Loo on Transitioning to Organic
Raymond Loo, featured in this short video clip, passed away in 2013 after having built a reputation as one of the most captivating organic farmers in Canada, with a vision for farming in PEI like no other.
Raymond's family has farmed Springwillow Farms since the early 1800's. His father came from Holland and after marrying, farmed and operated a custom spray business--fully embracing the "Green Revolution". Not until late in his life, did Mr. Gerrit Loo become an important organic leader for Atlantic Canada, inspiring three of his children to become certified organic farmers in PEI too. ACORN has also named its annual organic award for Gerrit Loo (http://www.acornorganic.org/gerritloo...). An interesting story, as told by Raymond, and one to inspire those who think chemical agriculture could never "go organic". (60 secs)
Record keeping for Streamlined Certification and Farmer Sanity with Rowena Hopkins and Roxanne Beavers
Certification
Record-Keeping for Streamlined Organic Certification
Certification, Getting Started With Organic Farming
Rediscovery & Revival of Indigenous Agriculture
Fred Wiseman presents at the 2016 ACORN Conference.
View the accompanying slideshow presentation here.
ACORN Conference, Seed
Year: 2016