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Relationship Marketing and Branding

Presented by Michelle Wolf (Director of Training FMNS) at the 2015 ACORN Conference PEI

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ACORN Conference, Business & Marketing

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Root Cellaring 101

At the 2016 Homesteading Symposium in Moncton, NB, Robin and Rebecca LeBlanc share their many methods of preserving their harvest. Together they explain how they store summer’s bounty and give insight to where certain crops should be stored.


Food Skills, Infrastructure & Equipment, Season Extension

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Root Cellars 101 with Tarrah Young and Amy Lounder

Root Cellars 101 with Tarrah Young and Amy Lounder

Farmers' Amy Lounder and Tarrah Young introduce the concepts of root cellaring at the 2011 ACORN organic conference and trade show in Halifax, Nova Scotia. (56 mins)


Getting Started With Organic Farming, Horticulture, Season Extension, Urban Farming & Gardening

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Rotations For Sustainability with Andy Hammermeister, Roger Henry and Ted Zettel

Rotations For Sustainability; Managing Soil Life; Green Manure; Soil Building; Pest Management; Business Management; Crop Selecti; Seeding Rate

Grain & Field Crops, Soil & Compost

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Saskatoon Berries

Bob Bors (University of Saskatchewan) presents at the 2014 ACORN Conference.


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Scaling Up

Chris Blanchard (Flying Rutabaga Works) presents at the 2014 ACORN Conference.


ACORN Conference, Business & Marketing

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Scaling up your CSA

This session from the 2013 ACORN Conference in Moncton consisted of presentations from two CSA farmers, Josh Oulton and Kent Coates, speaking on the challenges, rewards and considerations of scaling up your CSA farm business. Some particular issues to consider were: Marketing, Delivery, Communication. Construction, Presort and wash, Production


ACORN Conference, Business & Marketing, Community Supported Agriculture

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Sea Buckthorn

Beth Fowler and Clay Bartlett present at the 2016 Conference.

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ACORN Conference, Fruit & Berry

Year: 2016

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Sean Dunbar: Organic Opportunities in Brewing

Sean Dunbar: Organic Opportunities in Brewing

Sean Dunbar, owner/operator of Northampton Brewing Company which makes Picaroons' Traditional Ales discusses their organic brews and their desire to use local organic hops and grain in their future brews (which they are now doing as of 2012!).


Business & Marketing, Grain & Field Crops

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Season Extension Strategies (without a Greenhouse) Featuring David Greenberg

Season Extension Strategies (without a Greenhouse) Featuring David Greenberg

At Nova Scotia's 2011 organic conference and trade show, David Greenberg presented a workshop on season extension strategies that do not involve the infrastructure of a greenhouse.  (62 mins)


Getting Started With Organic Farming, Horticulture, Infrastructure & Equipment, Season Extension

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Season Extension Using Low Cost and High Tech

Tim Livingstone (Strawberry Hill Farm) presents at the 2014 ACORN Conference. 


ACORN Conference, Infrastructure & Equipment

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Season Extension with High Tunnels

In this session from the 2013 ACORN Conference in Moncton, Paul and Sandy Arnold discuss their management practices of high tunnels for early and late season production as well as over the winter. They started with one high tunnel, but seeing the pay-off quickly increased the number. High tunnels can allow for excellent production throughout the year; however, they require more management and infrastructure, and call on the grower to be an excellent marketer and record-keeper.


ACORN Conference, Infrastructure & Equipment, Season Extension

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Season Extension with Storage, Cellaring and Low Tunnels

In this session from the 2013 ACORN Conference in Moncton, Paul and Sandy Arnold discussed their approach to season extension including storage, cellaring, and the use of low tunnels. They grow a variety of crops to store and sell over the winter months and have tailored their on-farm infrastructure to support these endeavors. Included in the presentation slideshow is detailed information of curing and storage requirement for the crops they find store, and sell well, over the winter.


ACORN Conference, Infrastructure & Equipment, Season Extension

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Seaweed Extracts and Their Application in Crop Management Programs

Seaweed Extracts and Their Application in Crop Management Programs with J. Norrie

Soil & Compost

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Seed Cleaning Equipment and Souces Relative to your Scale of Production

Presented by Kim Delaney at the 2015 ACORN Conference PEI

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ACORN Conference, Infrastructure & Equipment, Seed

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Sélection d'un site : Atelier


Farm Management, Français, Getting Started With Organic Farming

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Signals from the Soil - Sensory Guide to Soil Health

Signals from the Soil: Sensory Guide to Soil Health with Av Singh: Composition of Soil; Soil Test

Soil & Compost

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Signals from the Soil - Sensory Guide to Soil Health (Notes)

Signals from the Soil: Sensory Guide to Soil Health with Av Singh: Composition of Soil; Soil Test

Soil & Compost

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Site Preparation with Claude Berthélémé

Site Preparation with Claude Berthélémé: Importance of planning ahead; Soil fertility and pH; Soil amendments; Weed control strategies; Improved drainage


Pests, Disease & Weeds, Soil & Compost

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Small Cows, Small Acreages, Big Profits

Mike Lafortune presents at the 2016 ACORN Conference.

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ACORN Conference, Livestock

Year: 2016

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Small-Scale Organic Processing Opportunities

Small-Scale Organic Processing Opportunities

At the 2010 organic conference and trade show, organic inspector and farmer Brian Ives discusses his experiences inspecting processing plants across Atlantic Canada.  He sees opportunities for small-scale processing operations for organic value-added foods.


Certification, Infrastructure & Equipment, Value-Added

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So you want to do 4D: Planting Trees into your Farmscape

Christopher Buschhaus presents at the 2015 Acorn Conference

To view the accompanying slideshow presentation, click here: http://fr.slideshare.net/acornorganic/so-you-want-to-go-4d-planting-trees-into-your-farmscape


ACORN Conference, Complementary Agriculture

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Soil Amendments: Where to Get & How to Apply

Soil Amendments: Where to Get & How to Apply with Roxanne Beavers and Rupert Jannasch: Fertility; Manure; Compost; Rules of Amendment. Document includes some additional resources and questions that can be used to gauge understanding. Detailed notes are available as a separate resource on the Resource Directory.


Soil & Compost