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Soil Regeneration for Healthy Farms and Resiliency
Presented by Ruth Knight, Organic Consult Inc. at the 2015 ACORN Conference PEI
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ACORN Conference, Soil & Compost
Solar Power for Under $500 with Bonnie Kerr
Complementary Agriculture
Solutions to perennial problems: Animal Control Solutions with Peter Maxner
Livestock
Sour Cherry
Bob Bors (University of Saskatchewan) presents at the 2014 ACORN Conference
ACORN Conference, Fruit & Berry
Sourdough Bread-Making 101
In this workshop from the 2013 ACORN Conference in Moncton, Tegan Wong-Daugherty, co-founder of Buckwheat Flats Natural Foods (NB) provided a hands-on workshop on how to make sourdough bread. Sourdough bread is special in that it uses the local bacteria and yeasts present in your home as a levener, which makes for distinct flavors and characteristics in each loaf. She outlines the steps and ingredients necessary for successful sourdough from start to finish.
ACORN Conference, Food Skills, Grain & Field Crops
Speaker Series 2010: Av Singh
Av Singh gives three minutes of organic advice at the 2010 ACORN Conference Speaker Series.
Certification, Complementary Agriculture, Getting Started With Organic Farming
Special Summer 2012 Issue of the Canadian Organic Grower
These articles first appeared in the special Summer 2012 research edition of The Canadian Organic Grower, produced in collaboration between OACC and COG. This special issue is brought to you with the support of the Organic Science Cluster. The Organic Science Cluster projects described in this article are funded by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and industry partners.
Canada's Organic Science Cluster (OSC) is part of the Canadian Agri-Science Cluster Initiative of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada's Growing Forward Policy Framework. Growing Forward, a federal-provincial-territorial initiative. The OSC is led by the Organic Agriculture Centre of Canada and the lead industry applicant, the Organic Federation of Canada.
Certification, Fruit & Berry, Getting Started With Organic Farming, Pests, Disease & Weeds
Stock Seed
Laurie McKenzie presents at the 2016 ACORN Conference.
View the accompanying slideshow presentation here.
ACORN Conference, Seed
Year: 2016
Storing Fruits & Vegetables From the Home Garden
When stored properly, fresh fruits and vegetables from your CSA box can last well after the harvest. This comprehensive examines fruits and vegetables individually to offer the best storing techniques.
Community Supported Agriculture, Farmshare, Create
Storing Fruits and Vegetables for Better Taste
Find everything you'd like to know about storing specific fruits and vegetables.
Community Supported Agriculture, Farmshare, Create
Strategies for Successful Product Pricing
Michelle Wolff Certified coach..lead trainer for business training for NS farmers presents at the 2014 ACORN Conference.
ACORN Conference
Strawberry Season Extension Techniques: “Lessons Gained in Quebecâ€
Gerard Thebeau (P.Ag) of the New Brunswick Department of Agriculture, Aquaculture & Fisheries presents at the 2014 ACORN Conference.
View Gerard Thebeau's slideshow presentation here.
ACORN Conference, Season Extension
Summer Podcast Series: 10 Things to Know Before Getting Started in Market Gardening
Workshop from ACORN's 2014 Conference in Halifax, NS. Featuring speaker Chris Blanchard on Market Gardening.
Chris is owner and operator of Rock Spring Farm. Before he stopped farming full time, he grew twenty acres of vegetables, herbs, and greenhouse crops, marketed through a 200-member year-round CSA, food stores, and farmers markets.
ACORN Conference, Getting Started With Organic Farming
Summer Podcast Series: Achieving Quality Seed Through Pollination Control
2015 ACORN Conference & Trade Show, PEI - Speaker Will Bonsall discusses the distances that plants require to decrease cross pollination, and gives tips on how these vegetables can be grown successfully for seed saving. Harvesting the best and most desirable seed and the subsequent storage.
ACORN Conference, Bees & Pollination, Seed
Summer Podcast Series: Holistic Health On The Farm
Taken from ACORN's 2014 Conference in Halifax, NS.
As a Registered Holistic Nutritionist, Roberto Gueli has some great ideas of how to change your health on the farm with little effort. Through avoiding crutches (eg. sugar and coffee), eating wild edible plants, decompressing, and conscious digestion, we can be healthier farmers. These things are all important in order to avoid working too hard and perhaps avoiding injury or burn out.
ACORN Conference, Getting Started With Organic Farming