For those of you that were unable to attend the conference, or missed out on some of the many workshops, no need to fret! Some of our wonderful volunteers were on-hand to take notes and document all of details.
See below for the full list, and stay tuned as we post all of the notes/slides. Enjoy!
Friday November 11th
Farm and Food Safety
- Food Safety for Farmers Using Direct Sales to Consumers, Small Retailers & Restaurants with Steve Owen, National Research Council – Slides
- Farm Safety Systems and Planning, with Kent Coates, Nature’s Route Farm – Slides
Eating in Season
- Lacto-fermenting, Dehydrating & Preserving-Eating Local All Year Long with Jen Greenberg, Red Fox Farm – Slides
- Winter Greens: Sprouts, Shoots & Cold Frames with Niki Jabbour, ‘The Year-Round Gardener’ – Slides
- The Health Benefits of Eating In Season with Sandra Murphy, N.D. – Slides
Growing Berries
- Growing Black Currants, with Raymond Loo, Springwillow Farms – Slides
- Growing Organic Grapes, with Bruce Ewert, L’Acadie Vineyards – Slides
- Emerging Opportunities: Growing Biodynamic Haskap Berries, with Logie Cassell, LaHave Forests – Slides
Farm Foundations
- Organic Standards and Certification, with Roxanne Beavers, ACORN’s Organic Transition Specialist – Slides
- Identifying Diseases and Nutrient Deficiencies, with Av Singh, Agrapoint – Slides
- Identifying Beneficial Insects and Integrating Biological Control Practices with Alana Respondek, Halifax Seed – Slides
Saturday November 12th
Livestock/Pasture
- Pastured Poultry, with Tarrah Young, Green Being Farm
- Pastured Pork, with Tarrah Young, Green Being Farm
- Incorporating Livestock into a Market Garden or Mixed Farm, with Rupert Jannasch, Ironwood Farm
- Pasture Renovation, with Aaron Hiltz, Canaan Pastured Land Products
Farming In The City
- Challenges and Opportunities for Urban Beekeeping, with Katherine Marsters and Nicole Arsenault, Halifax Honeybee Society – Slides
- Keeping Chickens in the City, with Louise Hanavan – Slides
- Edible Landscaping: How to Transform Your Yard Into A Food Forest, with Jayme Melrose, Garden Doula/Common Roots Urban Farm – Slides
- Urban Farming Movement: Trends in the Northeast, with Garity Chapman, Ecology Action Centre – Slides
Season Extension
- Post Harvest Handling and Storage, with Allison Grant, Southfield Organics – Slides – Handout
- Non-Greenhouse Season Extension Strategies, with David Greenberg, Red Fox Farm – Slides
- Value-Adding: The Year Round Farm, with Margie Loo, Elderflower Organic Farm
- Root Cellar 101, with Amy Lounder, Avon River CSA; and Tarrah Young, Green Being Farm – Slides
Financial Profitability
- The Start-Up: How Regional Farms Financed Their Beginning (Budgets & Actuals), with Broadfork Farm, Taproot Farm and Cedar Lane Farm – Slides 1 –
- ‘What to buy, when to buy, why to buy…’ Assessing Infrastructure and Capital Costs, with Kent Coates, Nature’s Route Farm – Slides
- Business Expansion – What is Your Optimum Size? with Michael Sanderson, Saint Mary’s University
Beyond Peak Oil-Lessons from Cuba’s Experience with Urban Agriculture, with Roberto Perez
THINKFARM presents New Farmer Training Panel, with Andrea Berry (Hope Seeds), Shannon Jones (Broadfork Farm), Lucia Stephen (ACORN) and Tarrah Young (Green Being Farm)
Sunday November 13th
Self Sufficiency
- Getting Started With Draft Horse Farming, with Stewart Fotheringham, Whippletree Farm – Slides
- Solar Power For Under $500, with Bonnie Kerr, Green Life Farm
- Permaculture 101, with Alex Denicola, Highland Farm/Mother Oak Permaculture – Slides
- DIY Show and Tell: Low-Tech, Inexpensive & Handmade Tools and Infrastructure, with Jordan Marr, the ruminant; Andrea Berry, Hope Seeds, and Brian Mackay, Red Isle Farms.
Direct Marketing – *the notes are unavailable for these sessions
- Direct Marketing for Market Gardeners, with Ann Slater, Fresh Organic Vegetables (Eshcol Farm) – Handouts
- Guerilla Marketing: Non-Traditional Means of Getting Your Message Out with Nicole Burkhard, NSDA, and Shannon Jones, Broadfork Farm – Slides 1/Slides 2
- Alternative CSA Roundtable: A discussion with Jessie Ross, Nova Scotia Preserves/Gold Island Bakery; Amy Lounder, Avon River CSA; Sandie Troop, Bruce Family Farm
Advanced Production
- Growing Breakfast-Plant, Harvest, and Process Rolled Oats, with George Wright, Castor River Farm
- How to Sell Grains at the Farmers’ Market, with George Wright, Castor River Farm
- Trap Cropping and Companion Planting for Pest Control, with Cindy Rubinfine, Pleasant Hill Farm, and Andy Hammermeister, OACC – Slides
- Transplants and Potting Mix Part 2, with Tim Livingstone, Jolly Farmer Products Inc. – Slides
Soil Health
- Compost Tea Production and Application, with Tim Livingstone, Jolly Farmer Products Inc. – Slides
- Soil Amendments-How to Find and Apply, with Roxanne Beavers, ACORN’S Organic Transition Specialist – Slides
- Bringing Back The Soil for Improved Productivity, with Claude Berthéléme, NBDAAF – Slides
- Interpreting Your Soil, with Av Singh, Agrapoint – Slides
Final Keynote
Fertile Ground: Growing the Local Food Sector, with Rowena Hopkins – Slides
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