Organic Soil Management
Healthy soil matters to all farmers and “feed the soil, not the plant” is the mantra of organic farmers. Organic farmers focus on creating fertile soil that is rich in organic matter and teeming with life.
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Organic Food
Organic food is grown, processed and packaged in way to meet the Canadian Organic Standards, which are based on the Principles of Organic Agriculture.
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Grass-Fed and Grain-Fed Beef
Most beef you will buy in a Canadian store is finished on grain. Wondering if there is any nutritional difference between grass-fed and grain-fed beef?
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Food Waste
In a world where many people are hungry and malnourished, an estimated one-third of all food is lost or wasted!
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Pesticides – What and Why?
Crops can be significantly damaged by insects, weeds, diseases and rodents. One tool farmers use to manage pests are pesticides.
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Pesticides and the Environment
Did you know most of the spray that comes out of a farmer’s sprayer is actually water? The amount of active ingredient (pesticide) is around a pop can per football field!
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Glyphosate
Glyphosate is one of the most widely used and effective herbicides (to kill weeds) used in the world today.
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Crop Rotation
Urban gardens, horticulture operations, grain farms should all be practicing crop rotation.
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Conservation Tillage
Soil is a farmer’s most valuable resource and advancements in tillage are helping farmers steward our soil for future generations.
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Environmental Farm Plans
Environmental Farm Plans help farmers identify their farms’ environmental strengths and weaknesses and make action plans for improvements. The goal is to minimize negative effects and risks to the environment while making positive changes to ensure the future of farming.
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