Even if you can't make the farm tour, plan to come to the local food BBQ at the end of the day, 6:00pm on Friday, August 6. It's hosted by Eat Local Sudbury and FarmON and will feature all local ingredients cooked up by Holly from Rollin' Doggies, a local band, and some info tables for folks interested in farming.
Drink, plate and desert, all for $12 - come and enjoy!
Friday, July 23, 2010
Upcoming farm tour
SDCIA Crop Tour August 6, 2010
Please join us for this year’s Sudbury District Soil and Crop Improvement Association Crop Tour taking place in the Valley area, north of the City of Greater Sudbury. The tour will be held August 6th, 2010 (rain or shine!); please RSVP to Mack Emiry (1-705-865-2249 or mackbethca@sympatico.ca). Those staying overnight at the Days Inn will be picked up there the morning of the 6th otherwise the main meeting area, where free parking is available, is located at Sudbury Downs in the gravel car park on the left upon entry. Private vehicle are not permitted at the Xstrata site so we ask late arrivals to meet the group at Beaulieu Farms at 1:00pm. An itinerary is provided below:
9:15 am: Bus arrives at Days Inn (117 Elm Street, Sudbury) for pick up
9:30 am: Bus departs Days Inn for the Sudbury Downs
9.45 am: Bus arrives at Sudbury Downs (400 Bonin Road, Chelmsford)
10:00 am: Bus departs Sudbury Downs for Xstrata in Onaping
10:45 – 11:45 am: Visit to the Xstrata Onaping Tailings Management site where crops with potential as energy sources are being grown in organic residual covers to mine tailings; field boots are required for this site visit (closed toe)
1:00 – 2:30 pm: Visit Beaulieu Farms (3624 Regional Road 15, Blezard Valley) for lunch (courtesy of SDSCIA) at a produce and berry farm; lunch will mainly consist of food grown at Beaulieu Farms!
2:45 – 3:45 pm: Visit Valley Growers (2960 Martin Rd, Blezard Valley) for a tour of a potato field and processing and packing operation
4:00 – 5:00 pm: Visit Green Zone Farms (333 Bonin Road, Chelmsford) to visit the comparative agricultural site to the Xstrata Waste Tailings site and a soil amendment Soil and Crop Association experiment plot series
5:00 – 5:45 pm: Bus departs Green Zone Farms with a stop at the Sudbury Downs before returning to Market Square downtown Sudbury
6:00 pm on!: Barbeque hosted by Eat Local Food Sudbury and FarmON Alliance at Market Square downtown Sudbury; Food will be acquired from area growers! Music and info tables too.
While in the Sudbury area, please also visit other local attractions such as Science North and the Imax theater; Dynamic Earth and the Big Nickel; the OLG Slots and Sudbury Downs (live harness racing every Saturday night!); and the St. Germain outdoor farm museum. The weekend of August 6-8th is also the Manitoulin Star Party, an incredible astronomy experience! Please visit the following website for more information: http://www.gordonspark.com/man_StarParty.pdf. An old-time music weekend is also being held August 7th and 8th please see the flyer in the bus!
Please join us for this year’s Sudbury District Soil and Crop Improvement Association Crop Tour taking place in the Valley area, north of the City of Greater Sudbury. The tour will be held August 6th, 2010 (rain or shine!); please RSVP to Mack Emiry (1-705-865-2249 or mackbethca@sympatico.ca). Those staying overnight at the Days Inn will be picked up there the morning of the 6th otherwise the main meeting area, where free parking is available, is located at Sudbury Downs in the gravel car park on the left upon entry. Private vehicle are not permitted at the Xstrata site so we ask late arrivals to meet the group at Beaulieu Farms at 1:00pm. An itinerary is provided below:
9:15 am: Bus arrives at Days Inn (117 Elm Street, Sudbury) for pick up
9:30 am: Bus departs Days Inn for the Sudbury Downs
9.45 am: Bus arrives at Sudbury Downs (400 Bonin Road, Chelmsford)
10:00 am: Bus departs Sudbury Downs for Xstrata in Onaping
10:45 – 11:45 am: Visit to the Xstrata Onaping Tailings Management site where crops with potential as energy sources are being grown in organic residual covers to mine tailings; field boots are required for this site visit (closed toe)
1:00 – 2:30 pm: Visit Beaulieu Farms (3624 Regional Road 15, Blezard Valley) for lunch (courtesy of SDSCIA) at a produce and berry farm; lunch will mainly consist of food grown at Beaulieu Farms!
2:45 – 3:45 pm: Visit Valley Growers (2960 Martin Rd, Blezard Valley) for a tour of a potato field and processing and packing operation
4:00 – 5:00 pm: Visit Green Zone Farms (333 Bonin Road, Chelmsford) to visit the comparative agricultural site to the Xstrata Waste Tailings site and a soil amendment Soil and Crop Association experiment plot series
5:00 – 5:45 pm: Bus departs Green Zone Farms with a stop at the Sudbury Downs before returning to Market Square downtown Sudbury
6:00 pm on!: Barbeque hosted by Eat Local Food Sudbury and FarmON Alliance at Market Square downtown Sudbury; Food will be acquired from area growers! Music and info tables too.
While in the Sudbury area, please also visit other local attractions such as Science North and the Imax theater; Dynamic Earth and the Big Nickel; the OLG Slots and Sudbury Downs (live harness racing every Saturday night!); and the St. Germain outdoor farm museum. The weekend of August 6-8th is also the Manitoulin Star Party, an incredible astronomy experience! Please visit the following website for more information: http://www.gordonspark.com/man_StarParty.pdf. An old-time music weekend is also being held August 7th and 8th please see the flyer in the bus!
Farmer Training Survey
Please take the time to fill out this simple (10min. tops!) survey that FarmON has developed to find out the educational and training needs of new (1-5 years) farmers, or newly re-purposed farmers. Our region is sorely under-represented in this, so we'd love to hear from you.
Le sondage pour les besoins educatives des fermiers est aussi disponible en Francais.
English: www.tinyurl.com/farmertrainingsurvey
French: www.tinyurl.com/farmertrainingsurveyfr
Le sondage pour les besoins educatives des fermiers est aussi disponible en Francais.
English: www.tinyurl.com/farmertrainingsurvey
French: www.tinyurl.com/farmertrainingsurveyfr
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