tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83671797442815046972024-03-12T21:40:00.273-04:00Fertile GroundFound here will be a collection of stories from my days at Fertile Ground Farm. It's just 4 acres big, but full of all sorts of scrumptuous vegetables & lots of adventure. I make no promises on the regularity of my updates, but I do promise to write up some of my favourite moments from time to time. www.fertilegroundcsa.comAngiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02614203755289961297noreply@blogger.comBlogger88125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8367179744281504697.post-74198794004778770112014-07-22T13:59:00.001-04:002014-07-23T08:35:45.917-04:00Sharing the CSA Bounty<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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</xml><![endif]-->It's always difficult tackling the issue of fresh food accessibility. It's so important that everyone be able to afford and access healthy, fresh produce. It's also important that the solution presented isn't that farmers sell their food more cheaply. Trying to solve urban poverty by creating more rural poverty doesn't help strengthen our food system at all!<br />
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I've tried to find creative ways of making our excesses of fresh vegetables more broadly accessible in Kitchener-Waterloo without shouldering the cost of donations too heavily myself. This is done through donations of our CSA leftovers each week, and the creation of our Member Supported Community Shares fund which provides subsidized shares using a pool of money donated by CSA members. Here's how they work this year:</div>
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CSA leftovers each week include any shares not picked up, as
well as the extra items we harvest for the Choice Table to make sure the last
arrivals still have good options to choose between. Tuesday donations go to <a href="http://www.theworkingcentre.org/st-johns-kitchen/143">St. John’s Kitchen</a>
– a community kitchen run by The Working Centre downtown Kitchener that provides
lunch for up to 300 people from all walks of life. Most of the work of St.
John's - the preparing of meals, the sharing of friendships, and the
distribution of food - builds on people looking after each other, contributing
what they can and being actively involved in productive work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Friday’s vegetables are delivered to <a href="http://welcomehomekw.ca/">Welcome Home</a> Refugee Housing Community by
an extremely generous member each week. This community exists to provide
short-term housing to new refugee arrivals and provides assistance with
settlement and advocacy to help newcomers engage locally. On weeks with
particularly large donation amounts, some may also go to the <a href="http://www.rayofhope.net/content/community-centre">Ray of Hope Community
Centre</a> which provides a place of safety and support (as well as a hot
meal!) to those struggling through poverty and homelessness in the core of
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This year we had a whopping total of $2,895 donated by members to our
subsidy fund!! AMAZING! We’ve used this fund to offer sliding scale memberships
to 19 households with limited incomes including those on Social Assistance,
under-employed, new Canadians, students and others with financial limitations
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Thanks to our generous CSA members for helping share the veggie bounty more broadly in
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Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02614203755289961297noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8367179744281504697.post-16363519079671196872014-02-26T21:02:00.000-05:002014-02-26T21:04:16.443-05:00A farmer's winter lifeI get asked a lot what I do with myself in the winter. The short answer is a glorious "a lot less than in the summer!!" but even seasonal vegetable farming is at least 1/2 time work all winter long. Here's some of what I spend my time at:<br />
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<li>analysing fall soil tests</li>
<li>researching soil health techniques & strategies</li>
<li>calculating amounts for each soil and plant amendment</li>
<li>ordering & sourcing amendments such as compost, micro-nutrients, and other foods for plants and microbes </li>
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<li>taxes & bookkeeping clean-up from the previous season...ugh<b> </b></li>
<li>you might be shocked how much time it takes to track & deposit CSA payments from >200 members!!</li>
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<b>Tools, Equipment & Supplies</b><br />
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<li>researching & purchasing new equipment & tools (BIG JOB!! It's shockingly hard to find appropriate equipment for a small-scale farm)</li>
<li>maintenance and repair of existing tools & equipment</li>
<li>ordering field supplies like row cover, bins, irrigation bits, seedling trays etc</li>
</ul>
<b>Continuing Education & Dreaming....</b><br />
<ul>
<li> this year, 4 organic sector/eco-farming conferences, various workshops and a heap of books</li>
<li>dreaming, scheming, strategizing, re-focusing, re-conceiving... all that great energizing stuff!</li>
</ul>
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Vxt1PsRK9Pk/Uw6bIrEFcII/AAAAAAAACL4/vag6mWsjLFM/s1600/felfie+cropped.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Vxt1PsRK9Pk/Uw6bIrEFcII/AAAAAAAACL4/vag6mWsjLFM/s1600/felfie+cropped.jpg" height="177" width="200" /></a><b>Chores</b><br />
<ul>
<li>takin' care of the ladies!</li>
<li>managing the cooler so the storage veg don't freeze, dry out or overheat!</li>
<li>keeping a 700' laneway cleared of snow!! </li>
</ul>
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And, of course, a part-time job off farm & - thankfully - still lots of blessed, blessed rest. Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02614203755289961297noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8367179744281504697.post-37089214063258914872014-01-08T12:46:00.001-05:002014-01-08T12:57:06.144-05:00Why members join & stay with CSAs<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=8367179744281504697" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=8367179744281504697" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=8367179744281504697" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=8367179744281504697" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=8367179744281504697" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=8367179744281504697" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=8367179744281504697" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a>As usual, we sent out member surveys this year. One of the things I try to get a sense of is what drives members to join CSAs, and what keeps them around. Here's some insight from this year's member surveys (50% response rate). Note that I removed the "Not Particularly" and "N/A" categories to keep the chart a little simpler to read:<br />
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<b>How important are the following to you in motivating your choice to join a CSA?</b><br />
Tuesday members (Kitchener pick-up):<br />
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Friday members (on farm pick-up):<br />
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As usual, eating locally outweighs eating organically. I remained concerned that people don't fully understand the difference... I was extremely pleased to see how important supporting a farmer's livelihood seems to be! What awesome members I've got!<br />
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<b>How important are the following to you in your CSA experience?</b><br />
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Tuesday members (Kitchener pick-up):<br />
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Friday members (on farm pick-up):<br />
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Look at how important having some choice is!! This is an option our CSA offers that is beyond the classic CSA model. I, too, like feeling more confident that members are ending up with food they'll actually eat, rather than worrying that I'm just growing food for their compost piles.<br />
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Not surprisingly, quality and organics rank high. As does being connected to the food story - awesome!<br />
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<br />Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02614203755289961297noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8367179744281504697.post-16945440950285714422013-10-14T17:56:00.000-04:002013-10-14T17:56:22.789-04:00GratitudeThanksgiving Monday. Looking out my window over the fields as the neighbour bales hay and the goofy chickens wander by, I am grateful for:<br />
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<li>Gorgeous, warm sunny days to work in this fall</li>
<li>An incredible crew of workers this year: staff, interns and volunteers. Truly a spectacular group - I've been really, really blessed.</li>
<li>A season of living at the farm</li>
<li>The joy of ridiculous chickens</li>
<li>Wild apples, pears, grapes and cranberries just a short bike ride away</li>
<li>Bountiful harvests</li>
<li>Supportive and actively appreciative CSA members</li>
<li>Solid market sales every single week - even in the rain!</li>
<li>Gracious, supportive family & friends</li>
<li>Sufficient pollinators in a year of decreasing populations</li>
<li>Good health </li>
<li>Laughter in the fields</li>
<li>Exuberant, vegetable-eating children</li>
<li>Being surrounded by beauty </li>
<li>The taste of GOOD FOOD</li>
<li>The good bread, beer and healthcare I'm able to trade vegetables for!</li>
<li>The pleasure inherent in this work</li>
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Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02614203755289961297noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8367179744281504697.post-71616417708678986742013-05-08T08:40:00.002-04:002013-05-08T08:40:45.467-04:00<span class="userContent">We've
got a serious case of leafcutter bees! The good news is, they're native
pollinators that seem to have moved into the greenhouse en masse. The bad news is, right
now they're cutting the leaves of the pak choy in the greenhouse.
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<span class="userContent">Last year we certified as a <a href="http://www.seeds.ca/sweb/pc-about-bee-friendly-farming%C2%AE-and-bee-friendly-gardening%C2%AE-canada" target="_blank">Bee Friendly Farm</a> and hosted a Pollinator Party where we planted native flowering plants for forage, and made a number of nest boxes for native bees. We also made some changes to the way we mow and till, trying to better provide habitat and work around bees' needs a little better.</span><br /><span class="userContent">(Here's a recent <a href="http://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&ved=0CDkQFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.guelphmercury.com%2Fliving%2Farticle%2F921421--organic-grower-tries-to-bee-friendly-to-pollinators&ei=6jmKUYnvNs_GqAGgtICYCA&usg=AFQjCNEMDz0d8HhZqYnIAaZFO9u5cDiJuA&sig2=J9XrPjRkeiTCJFTfMPkhig&bvm=bv.46226182,d.aWM" target="_blank">newspaper article</a> about our efforts!)</span><br />
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<span class="userContent">This spring, I was cursing the mouse eating our pak choy. Huge chomps it appeared to be taking from the asian greens we'd just planted in the greenhouse floor.</span><br />
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<span class="userContent">However, around the same time we noticed some impressive bee activity around the beds - many dozens of active bees. At 1st we thought they were honeybees from the hive not too far off, but on closer inspection they appeared more greyish in colour. I had our beekeeper take a look and she confirmed that they are leafcutter bees! No mouse here! The bees look like this:</span><br />
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<span class="userContent">Although they are solitary bees and generally nest in holes in wood (like the nesting box I made - photo below), I'm pretty sure it's crawling into hole in the greenhouse bed. Not quite sure what to make of that. </span>Leafcutters are very efficient pollinators because they're not actually very good at nectar-gathering so have to spend a long time doing it! They're particularly good at pollinating legume and berry blossoms because of the way they buzz around and shake pollen loose, but given that there are over 20 species in Ontario, their preferences are wide and varied.<br />
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<br /><span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"type":45}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption">A little pak choy leaf loss for future crop pollination efforts -seems like a great investment!</span></span>Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02614203755289961297noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8367179744281504697.post-23078612844058445492013-04-02T22:08:00.000-04:002013-04-02T22:08:15.713-04:00Day of Action to Stop GM Alfalfa<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span>Next Tuesday, April 9th, there will be an
action outside Peter Braid's office to help stop GM alfalfa from being
released in Ontario. </span>This
is an incredibly important and urgent issue - companies may be trying
to introduce Roundup Ready alfalfa to Ontario markets as soon as this
spring. Since it is an insect-pollinated crop, the risk of contamination
from GM to non-GM alfalfa is very high, and the effect on pollinator
health is yet unknown. Alfalfa is one of the main crops in hay and is
used to feed many animals. It is also an important soil builder in
organic
crop rotations. The release of GM alfalfa would have a massive impact on
organic farmers: because of cross-contamination, we may no longer be
able to use alfalfa as feed or as a nitrogen-fixer in our cover crop
rotations. The release would also increase herbicide use (alfalfa is not
currently a herbicide-sprayed crop), and make it even more difficult
for eaters to keep GM food out of their bodies. Once released, genetic
material can't be taken back so we only get one chance at this.</span></span>
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and join us! Children are oh so welcome. I would love to have a huge
presence from the CSA</span> and farm support<span style="font-size: small;">ers </span>to send a strong signal that this is an
issue that matters to EVERYONE concerned about both personal and
environmental health, not just farmers:</span></span></span><br />
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April 9, 2013</b><b><br />
</b><b>12 noon
to 1 pm</b><b><br />
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<br />Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02614203755289961297noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8367179744281504697.post-35035034019996154412013-02-13T12:05:00.002-05:002013-02-13T12:47:45.966-05:00The Benefits of Local Food -watch your assumptions...Here's an article that's been floating around online - I've seen it pop up on facebook a bunch. It's full of arguments I hear all the time about why local food is better. While I love the positive press for local food, there's some assumptions made in these arguments that I have to admit I find misleading. Here's a shortened version - the original article is <a href="http://www.superkidsnutrition.com/nutrition-articles/nutrition_answers/organic_food/benefits-locally-grown-produce/" target="_blank">here</a>: <br />
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<li><b>Local food travels fewer miles to land on your plate</b>:
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farther food travels, the more energy and gasoline must be used to get
the food to your plate. Buying local will save energy costs and valuable
non-renewable resources.</li>
<li><b>Local food tastes better</b>: Local food tastes better because
it is fresher and has been grown or created with the consumer in mind.</li>
<li><b>Local produce is more nutritious</b>: The less
time that passes between farm and table, the fewer nutrients fresh
produce will lose. </li>
<li><b>Local produce stays fresh longer</b>: Since the
produce was picked the day before, it will last longer in your
refrigerator (if you can hold off from devouring it!).</li>
<li><b>Local produce is safe</b>: Local farmers are not
anonymous and they take their responsibility to the consumer
seriously. The risk for major E. coli outbreaks will be slim to none
with locally-grown produce.</li>
<li><b>Local food preserves genetic diversity</b>: While
conventional farming practices mono-cropping with limited plant
varieties, smaller local farms often grow many different varieties and
rotate their crops to provide a long harvest season with an array of
different colors and flavors.</li>
<li><b>Local produce benefits the environment and wildlife</b>: Well-managed farms conserve fertile<br /> soil and clean water in our communities. </li>
<li><b>Local food connects you to the land through the farmers who grow your food</b>:
Talking to the very farmer who grew and
picked your food gives you insight into the relationship between the
seasons, the land, and your food.</li>
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This all sounds wonderful. And much of it may often be true, but there are 2 things I feel a need to point out: <br />
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1. This one is most important in my mind: <i><b>'local' and 'organic' are entirely different principles! </b></i>Factory farms are local to somewhere. Local meat & produce is NOT necessarily safe. It doesn't necessarily benefit the environment and wildlife. It doesn't necessarily preserve genetic diversity. There's a better chance that locally-grown food is produced more sustainably since farms that sell locally tend to be smaller and smaller farms tend to have more careful & diverse growing practices....but that's quite the chain of mere tendencies. If you want sustainably-produced food, choosing "local" is not enough. Organic certification requires adherence to a range of sustainability standards. Organic is about production practices. Local is about distribution practices. They're both valuable and important. They're just not the same thing.<br />
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2. Local produce is not necessarily fresher, nor is it necessarily
tastier or more nutritious. It has the capacity to be these things, since it
doesn't <i>have</i> to travel. But a local farmer could choose to store meat,
vegetables or fruit for weeks before distributing them. A local farmer may still be selling through a distributor who doesn't move the food quickly. A local farmer may also be growing for distant markets. Ask when it was harvested! If the seller doesn't know, they didn't grow it themselves.<br />
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The benefits of "local" (for you, the environment AND the farmer) sometimes break down when you aren't buying direct from a grower. Ask questions at the farmers market. Find out about growing practices. Find out just how far your "local" food travelled. If you're concerned about health - for the environment and for your body, choose local, small-scale AND organic.<br />
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The last point in the article above is key: talk to the farmer if you can - build a relationship you can trust. Buying local is incredibly valuable. Just don't be duped into assuming it's something it's not.<br />
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<br />Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02614203755289961297noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8367179744281504697.post-25942856737538920022013-01-03T01:11:00.002-05:002013-01-03T01:11:38.806-05:00Valuing the SharesWell, after worrying all season long about short-changing members due to difficult growing conditions, I finally sat down and calculated the exact value of produce members received. I'm surprised to discover that shares actually came in OVER value in the end!!<br />
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Small shareholders averaged $1 extra value/week<br />
Regular shareholders averaged $3 extra/week<br />
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Turns out it pays to be a CSA member, even in a tough, droughty season. Maybe one of these years I'll learn to worry less...<br />
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Here are a few pics of our last CSA week of the season: <br />
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<br />Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02614203755289961297noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8367179744281504697.post-1414067028958912662012-10-09T22:50:00.002-04:002012-10-09T22:51:11.797-04:00My fam at the farmOn Thanskgiving Monday, my sister and her family came with my parents to check out the farm. The chickens were of course the biggest hit (with the bees and the tractor following closely). Here's a few pics of my nephews helping with the chicken chores. They were oh so careful with the feed & eggs - no spills!<br />
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<br />Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02614203755289961297noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8367179744281504697.post-11612445603384747212012-09-23T10:03:00.000-04:002012-09-23T10:03:07.737-04:00Taste Local Taste Fresh<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hard to believe it’s September! This week a lot of you will
have sent kids back to school. September is a transition time for us too at the
farm. For me, it is the time when we are officially over the seasonal hump.
It’s still busy, but every day is a wee bit less work than the day before.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The days are generally a bit cooler and more
comfortable to work outside in, and we’re starting to watch the frost reports!
Our next major transition comes with the frost, when many of our crops will be
killed and we’ll switch to offering our fall selection of vegetables.</div>
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All the crops are now in the ground for the fall. The final
things we planted included spinach, arugula, salad mix, mustards, cress, radishes
and tatsoi. We’ve been busy with the 1<sup>st</sup> of the lasts: the last
thinning of the season (in the fall beets, turnips and daikon radish); the last
BIG weeding in all the fall broccoli, kale and cabbages; the last sowing of
seeds, and the last harvest of some summer crops like cucumbers and zucchini. </div>
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We spend a LOT of time harvesting this time of the year –
we’re still in peak production right now. Fortunately, there are fewer other
things that need doing, what with the planting finished, the weeds mostly
beaten back, the irrigation lines in place in all the rows, and a lot of our
finished crops already turned under and planted to cover crops. It feels good.</div>
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storage harvest and field clean-up to finish after that, but there is something
about September that brings some relief and a slightly more measured pace to
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Enjoy the amazing variety of vegetables while it lasts! I
know that I’ve been absolutely gorging myself on heirloom tomatoes 1000 ways,
roasted eggplant, fresh cilantro and raw pole beans, knowing their season is
far too short and I’ll be bemoaning their frosty demise all too soon… </div>
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This year's taste <b>local!</b> taste <b>fresh!</b> event is happening Sunday, Sept 16 at Riverside Meadows Park in St. Jacob's. It's a fundraiser for <a href="http://www.foodlink.ca/" target="_blank">Foodlink</a> - a great organization that helps support and promote local food in the Waterloo Region. More importantly, it's an awesome tasty afternoon!! Local farms are paired with local chefs to create amazing samples of fine, fresh food which you can nibble on off one-of-a-kind pottery plates listening to the strains of Juneyt's Gypsy Jazz in a lovely outdoor setting. We'll be paired with <a href="http://www.fiddleheadshealth.com/" target="_blank">Fiddleheads</a> this year.<br />
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Many plants don’t grow above certain temperatures,
preferring instead to save their energy and water underground where it doesn’t
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Under stress, crops tend to shorten their own lifespan –
going to seed more quickly than they would in more favourable growing
conditions in order to increase their chances of reproductive survival.
Especially with greens, this means the plants remain smaller, go bitter earlier,
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Yields are also lessened by smaller fruit and root sizes.
Water is required for cell growth, so without water, crops produce less. In our
fields, we’ve noticed this particularly in the carrots and cucumbers (the
latter started so strong, but quickly tapered off their production – not
surprising I suppose, given how much water is in a cucumber fruit!) One
positive is that, although smaller, some vegetables actually become sweeter in
hot, dry weather – the flavour isn’t watered down, and the starches are more
effectively transformed into sugars. Carrots and tomatoes are good examples of
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Finally, hot dry seasons create the perfect condition for
many pests. This has been an intense year for beetles, caterpillars, aphids and even
earwigs! Pest pressure not only decreases
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Livestock farms have been severely affected by loss of
pasture (imagine trying to feed a cow off your un-watered lawn!), and are
concerned about how little hay has been produced – a staple food for
overwintering many animals. Corn and grain yields are down – also standard
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We’re doing our best to keep the vegetables producing and
are lucky to have a deep well to draw from. One additional thing to note is
that organic farms often fare better in drought situations
due to the higher organic content and microbial activity in the soils (Here's one <a href="http://www.rodaleinstitute.org/fst30years" target="_blank">30-yr study</a> that demonstrates this). I'm curious if this has been the case in Southern Ontario this season. </div>Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02614203755289961297noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8367179744281504697.post-10963529583246200972012-07-05T05:42:00.001-04:002012-07-05T05:42:42.377-04:00Meeting with the Federal Minister of AgricultureYesterday I was able to meet with Gerry Ritz, the Federal Minister of Agriculture, on a Waterloo Federation of Agriculture's tour and Roundtable. I had 2 minutes to make a presentation at the Roundtable - here's what I said:<br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Submission to Hon.
Gerry Ritz, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food</b></div>
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With our relatively high land prices but close proximity to
urban markets, Ontario
boasts many smaller farms which thrive based on intensive production practices
and innovative business models. These farms are making important contributions
as resilient businesses in the areas of production and marketing.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Need for farm
policies that support smaller farms</b></div>
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Many farms based on smaller land bases are strong, viable
businesses and contributors to national food security. Small farms have unique
needs and require different programs and policies than large agri-business. A
one-size-fits-all approach to setting national farm policy often overlooks the
needs of smaller farm businesses.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Farm Diversification</b></div>
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Diverse farm operations are more stable and resilient in the
face of natural disaster and economic fluctuations. Most small and
organic/ecological farms are naturally diversified and therefore strong
business ventures. Farm diversification should be encouraged and supported.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Innovation and
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Small farms have been shown to have relatively high
yields/acre due to more intensive growing practices. Many small-scale and
ecologically-focused farmers have developed innovative business models,
sustainable growing practices and appropriate technology which would benefit
from further research and investigation, as there may be beneficial broader
applications. There are many innovative technologies worthy of funding other than Biotech.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Loyal Markets</b></div>
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Supporting the development of strong, loyal markets is key
to farm viability and business resilience. Many small farms are based on direct
marketing models which provide a stable market base and predictable income.
They benefit from strong interpersonal relationships between grower and eater,
with a market deeply invested in the success of the farm venture. There is much
to be learned from the strength and success of direct marketing models.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Organic and
Sustainable Growing Practices</b></div>
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While many farms have been struggling to turn profits, the
organic sector has been thriving. With growing public support for sustainable
growing practices, investing in the further development and implementation of
innovative organic practices would be fruitful. Funding is needed for an overdue review of the Canadian Organic Standard. Certified Organic growers depend on the integrity of this standard for public trust and international trade.</div>
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As many farmers age, there is a need for new farmers.
Without inheriting land, new farmers often need capital support to access land
and start-up resources.</div>
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process apples for Martin's and surrounding farms. A local processing facility - cool! </div>
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Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02614203755289961297noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8367179744281504697.post-18172692513790474262012-06-29T05:46:00.000-04:002012-06-29T05:46:34.639-04:00Farm Camp at Everdale Farm<span style="font-size: small;"> Here's a new twist on summer camp! Kids spend the week at a working farm, doing all the awesome crafty camp stuff, but with an opportunity to be engaged with daily farm chores, vegetable garden work, livestock
care and harvesting tasks. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">If your family values the outdoors, good
food and a healthy lifestyle and are looking for something special this
summer Everdale Farm Camp might be worth looking into. The camp’s goal is to
connect your child to the story of their food, from seed to plate.</span> <br />
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Everdale is the farm I did my internship at 5 years ago - they have a tonne of experience doing fantastic, fun educational work with kids. <br />
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<a href="http://farmkids.everdale.org/kids-farm-camp/" target="_blank">MORE INFO </a><br />
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<br />Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02614203755289961297noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8367179744281504697.post-63927592325670301232012-06-10T22:05:00.001-04:002012-06-10T22:05:15.020-04:00Re-swarm2 days ago 1 of the hives swarmed. Trina - our beekeeper - was
expecting it. The bees had capped new queen cells and she didn't feel
comfortable squishing any more of them. Armed with a bee box, we'd been
left with the instructions to call her if they swarmed, and put out the
baited box.<br />
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2 days ago, it happened. My intern Erik
heard a remarkably loud buzzing sound & saw a lot of activity at
the hive. They gathered on a branch like this:<br />
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But
as time passed, the swarm got really heavy and one of the branches
they'd gathered on collapsed. Then the bee ball looked like this:<br />
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Maybe
this was a disconcerting progression of events for them...maybe they
just re-thought their exit strategy, but either way the oddest thing
happened. 1 ball disappeared, and the other one shrunk slowly as all the
bees flew back to the very hive from whence they came. This was an
unexpected turn of events. By the time Trina arrived to take a look at
the hive, it was like the swarm never happened. Except...she couldn't
find the queen. Mysterious. It would seem incredible if an entire swarm
had managed to slip away without us noticing. And besides, we'd seen
many of them fly back!<br />
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Today, it happened again. Erik
saw the activity just as he was heading into town on an errand. I ran
for the bee box, only to discover it was in the van that had just driven
away! Fortunately, the van returned in time & I was able to set up a
bait box in a tree a ways away:<br />
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This time the bees made a picture-perfect strawberry-shaped swarm tucked under the shelter of a spruce bough.<br />
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best of all, Trina & her husband Chris made it to the farm before
they flew off and were able to successfully capture them!! They sawed
off the branch & shook the bees into a waiting box.<br />
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(You can't see them, but the bees are under that branch!)<br />
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Here she is placing the lid on their (temporary) new home. Now we have 4 hives at the farm - hooray!<br />
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<br />Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02614203755289961297noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8367179744281504697.post-24797978107037212712012-05-23T18:07:00.000-04:002012-05-23T18:07:08.383-04:00Plowing!Hey - my dad taught me to plow. That's kinda cool!!<br />
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<br />Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02614203755289961297noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8367179744281504697.post-32448151974349302892012-05-13T13:40:00.001-04:002012-05-14T22:26:57.628-04:00Mike Schreiner Visits<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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So on Thursday, <a href="http://www.gpo.ca/about/leader" target="_blank">Mike Schreiner</a> - leader of the Provincial Green Party - came to the farm on a day touring KW. We had about an hour to chat and wander around. Mike seems to have lots of experience and history supporting local food systems and small-scale agriculture. I hadn't realized he even sat on the <a href="http://www.farmstart.ca/" target="_blank">FarmStart</a> board (the new farm support organization I teach courses for in the winter)!<br />
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I was really struck by Mike's genuine personability and understanding of agriculture and food system sustainability issues, as well as his focus on the importance of strengthening local communities. Mike pointed out that food and farming is the 2nd largest employer in Ontario. <br />
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Some highlights from our conversation and the provincial Green <a href="http://www.gpo.ca/sites/gpo.ca/files/attachments/gpo_issues_paper_food.pdf" target="_blank">Farming & Agriculture platform</a>:<br />
<ul>
<li>prioritizing sustainable, local agriculture </li>
<li>improving small farm profitability </li>
<li>providing tax credits for Ontario
businesses who purchase Ontario
grown food products, and to farmers who make food donations in their communities</li>
<li>developing policies to get more local, organic food into public institutions including schools </li>
<li>supporting the re-development of local processing facilities</li>
<li>offering public funding to support and expand farmers markets, farmer co-ops & other local food distribution systems </li>
<li>changing key regulations and zoning to better support new farmers and small-scale farming needs (this is a very rare focus for politicians - I've never known any others to have such a solid knowledge of these needs and barriers!</li>
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These policies are not just sweeping generalities - they have lots of good legs on them. To be honest, I was really impressed. We have a by-election coming up in Kitchener-Waterloo shortly and I imagine I'll be giving the Greens my vote. I really encourage you to check out their platforms. The Food Platform is <a href="http://itstimeforgreen.ca/food/index.html" target="_blank">here</a>. Thanks to CSA member Jason Hammond for setting up this visit!<br />
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<br />Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02614203755289961297noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8367179744281504697.post-5981158229007391612012-05-13T11:20:00.000-04:002012-05-13T11:22:07.425-04:0010th Annual Heirloom Seedling Sale May 19Don't miss this!! <a href="http://www.littlecityfarm.ca/" target="_blank">Little City Farm</a> and I have been doing this sale for 10 years now and it's gotten bigger by the year. Tonnes of heirloom tomatoes and lots of other vegetables, herbs and flowers. Not everything is heirloom, but a lot is. <br />
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This year we've got live music lined up, an organic cafe, cob oven demos, garden tours...<br />
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<i><b>RAIN OR SHINE!!</b></i></div>Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02614203755289961297noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8367179744281504697.post-29424191428099711562012-04-25T18:28:00.000-04:002012-04-25T18:33:08.854-04:00Comin' Up<div style="text-align: left;">
THE FIRST SEEDS ARE SPROUTING IN THE FIELD!</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>GO PEAS!!!
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<br /></div>Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02614203755289961297noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8367179744281504697.post-90116881727615073592012-04-19T09:45:00.000-04:002012-04-19T09:45:19.958-04:00Blow-outWent up to Hanover area yesterday to pick up some cover crop seed and fetch a row cover/drip tape reel that my farmer-friend Jeff at <a href="http://cedardownfarm.ca/">Cedar Down Farm</a> built for me. About 20 mins into my drive home I heard an exciting noise & glanced in the rear view mirror to see something black flying out behind the trailer.<br />
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Pulled over to discover an entirely blown-out tire, with the trailer riding on the rim. Fortunately I'd thrown in a spare! Unfortunately, I could not for the life of me get the jack to work.<br />
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Instead, I unbolted the blown tire, lifted the trailer & kicked the old tire off, then lifted the trailer again to kick the spare on. It was trickier than it may sound, I assure you. I tried shoving a bag of oat seed under the axel to lift it a bit, but that didn't really work. Nonetheless...Success!! Until I realized the spare was flat. Grr.<br />
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Fortunately, I'd thrown in the air compressor. So I unhitched the trailer & backed the van up so the cord could reach. Unfortunately, the tire was so flat it didn't want to take air. Here's my situation:<br />
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Blocking a lane of traffic did not seem to generate enough interest or curiousity for any of the 10 people who drove past to pull over and offer a hand.<br />
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Until a nice farmer on a tractor came by and helped me identify that I had a tubeless tire which, at this degree of flatness, was never going to take air from my compressor. There goes the nice farmer taking my tire back to his shop to blow it up for me:<br />
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20 mins later, Helpful Farmer Man was back & lifted the trailer for me while I popped the tire back on. Of course, I'd figured out how to work the jack in the meantime...but I didn't tell *him* that! ;)<br />Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02614203755289961297noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8367179744281504697.post-28503388303601874182012-04-15T09:50:00.000-04:002012-04-15T09:50:22.566-04:00Seeds in the GroundIt's been dry and warm, and a bit of rain is actually called for (finally!) so I decided to try seeding a few things. If it works, there might be peas at one of the first CSA pick-ups and carrots by early July!<br />
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Here are the supplies:<br />
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And here I am with the 1st of the carrots, beets, peas and favas seeded. Garlic is coming up nicely through the straw mulch too.<br />
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Got this wee wagon (the sides are removable to make a flat bed when preferable):<br />
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And this S-tine cultivator!!<br />
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Tried the cultivators out yesterday and they are SWEET! The rake at the back does a really good job of breaking up clods of dirt so weeds dry out faster. It also leaves a really smooth finish on the field surface. I'm pretty excited...<br />
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In other news, here's where the garlic is at now:<br />
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<br />Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02614203755289961297noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8367179744281504697.post-69893814540655297382012-03-14T23:09:00.000-04:002012-04-06T09:41:07.125-04:00A few early spring photosWent out to the farm to check on a few things this afternoon. 2 exciting developments:<br />
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1. I peeled back the mulch and discovered that the garlic is up!<br />
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2. Both bee hives survived the winter! If you look closely at the 2nd pic you'll see that 2 of the bees have bright yellow pollen stuffed in their upper leg pockets. I'm so curious what's flowering already...<br />
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The smell of potting mix is pretty intoxicating in the spring (in fact, an <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2012/01/how-to-get-high-on-soil/251935/">article</a> I read recently suggests that a particular microbe found in the compost acts as a mind-altering drug inside the body, functioning as a mood elevator when we breathe it in! - I always knew I could get high on good dirt!) I just spent an awesome day up at <a href="http://www.reroot.ca/">reroot organic farm</a> where I grow my seedlings in Caitlin's heated greenhouse until the weather warms up enough to bring them home to the (unheated) greenhouse at Fertile Ground. It made me pretty happy to be up to my elbows in potting mix, then dropping the first little seeds of the season into the trays.<br />
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47 flats are now seeded: onions, shallots, leeks, celeriac and perennial herbs. If you wonder in October why leeks and shallots are so expensive, it's because by then growers have been caring for them for 7 months!!<br />
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In 2 weeks I'll be starting the next round: some of the flowers for the cut flower bed, the 1st planting of lettuces, and the peppers and eggplants for our <a href="http://www.littlecityfarm.ca/workshops-1.php">Annual Seedling Sale</a> at Little City Farm.<br />
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Here's our greenhouse set-up crew: me, Jenny and Caitlin from reroot, and 2 of Jenny's friends who were helping her move up to reroot from Toronto that day.<br />
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