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Cost-sharing Funding Opportunity for Producers in Northern Ontario
A new Canadian Agricultural Partnership (the Partnership) intake to support Ontario producers has been announced. Applications will be...
Emily Potter, Executive Director
Nov 5, 20212 min read
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Understanding the Effects of COVID-19 on Agriculture in Northern Ontario
The Northern Ontario Farm Innovation Alliance has collaborated with Collège Boréal, the University of Guelph, Greater Sudbury Food Policy...
Emily Potter, Executive Director
Aug 7, 20201 min read
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How Northern Ontario Farmers Market Vendors are Coping with COVID_19
This past Saturday, June 6th many farmers markets around Northern Ontario opened up for the public. With COVID-19 being a concern to...
Emily Potter, Executive Director
Jun 8, 20203 min read
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Online Marketing and the Basics of Direct-to-Consumer Sales
In order to slow the spread of COVID-19, many businesses have been forced to significantly change the way they operate. While agriculture...
Cam Ford, Marketing & Development Coordinator
Apr 30, 20208 min read
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The Myths and Barriers to Agriculture in Northern Ontario
In northern Ontario there aren’t any jobs, it’s cold 12 months of the year, and the climate and landscape do not allow for agriculture....
Cam Ford, Marketing & Development Coordinator
Apr 1, 20205 min read
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Carbon Sequestration and Agricultural Land Uses
On February 13 2020 Susantha Jayasundara, Research Associate in the School of Environmental Sciences at the University of Guelph, gave a...
Cam Ford, Marketing & Development Coordinator
Mar 23, 20204 min read
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Second Annual Northern Ontario Ag Conference a Success
The Northern Ontario Farm Innovation Alliance (NOFIA) held its second annual Northern Ontario Ag Conference in Sudbury on February 12 and...
Cam Ford, Marketing & Development Coordinator
Feb 21, 20202 min read
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Northern Ontario wins big at BFO's 2020 AGM
Farmers from across the province gathered at the Beef Farmers of Ontario’s annual general meeting this week. The north had a strong...
Emily Potter, Executive Director
Feb 20, 20202 min read
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Northern Ontario Agriculture Spotlight: JK Gardens
Kathy and Jean Genier returned to their roots when, in 2010, they moved back to the Cochrane area from Vancouver, and since then they’ve...
Cam Ford, Marketing & Development Coordinator
Jan 10, 20205 min read
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Co-op Growers Day 2019: Horst Bohner on Soybean Management
Horst Bohner, OMAFRA soybean specialist, spoke at Co-op Regionale’s Annual Grower’s Day in December. Bohner opened his presentation by...
Cam Ford, Marketing & Development Coordinator
Jan 9, 20204 min read
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Co-op Growers Day 2019: Meghan Moran on Canola Management
Meghan Moran, OMAFRA’s Canola and Edible Bean Specialist, recently spoke at Co-op Régionale’s annual Grower’s Day in Temiskaming. Her...
Cam Ford, Marketing & Development Coordinator
Dec 20, 20195 min read
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Forage Focus 2019: Alfalfa Grass Management for Silage
Joe Lawrence of the Department of Animal Science at Cornell University in New York State gave two talks at the Ontario Forage Council’s...
Cam Ford, Marketing & Development Coordinator
Dec 16, 20194 min read
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Forage Focus 2019: Agronomic Considerations For Forage Production and Quality
Joe Lawrence, of the Department of Animal Science at Cornell University, was the keynote speaker at Ontario Forage Council’s Forage Focus...
Cam Ford, Marketing & Development Coordinator
Dec 13, 20194 min read
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Forage Focus 2019: Increasing Profitability at the Feed Bunk
Candace Schiestel, a Dairy Specialist with ADM Animal Nutrition, was the second speaker at Forage Focus 2019 conference on December 5....
Cam Ford, Marketing & Development Coordinator
Dec 10, 20193 min read
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Forage Focus 2019: Winterkill Woes – What we can learn from 2019
On December 5 the Ontario Forage Council’s annual Forage Focus Conference and Trade Show was held in Stratford, and was live streamed to...
Cam Ford, Marketing & Development Coordinator
Dec 9, 20194 min read
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Northern Ontario Goes to the Royal
A strong Northern presence was seen once again at this year's Royal Agricultural Winter Fair in downtown Toronto, held from November 1 -...
Emily Potter, Executive Director
Nov 8, 20192 min read
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Northern Ontario Agriculture Spotlight: Wand Family Farm
When driving past the Wand Family Farm outside Powassan in late spring you could be forgiven for thinking that an unseasonably late and...
Cam Ford, Marketing & Development Coordinator
Nov 5, 20194 min read
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Northern Ontario Agriculture Spotlight: Beekeeping
“I got into beekeeping accidentally,” says Kathie Hogan, who organizes a beekeepers group in Powassan that now includes 150 members. It...
Cam Ford
Oct 7, 20194 min read
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The Great Northwest Soils Experience
Soils were under scrutiny as part of the Northwest Soil & Crop Improvement Association tours in 2019. Sebastian Belliard, OMAFRA Soil...
Barry Potter
Jul 30, 20192 min read
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Managing Small Poultry Flocks in Northern Ontario
This week, OMAFRA Poultry Specialist Al Dam and Chicken Farmers of Ontario Community Programs Operations Manager & Flock Advisor Carl...
Emily Potter, NOFIA Project Development Advisor
Jul 17, 20192 min read
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