Anderson Farm Farmer’s Market
At the Walden Fall Fair
Saturday, September 11, 2010
New this year at the Walden Fall Fair – a covered Farmer’s Market area featuring 10+ local vendors and food organizations!
Make plans to stock up on local veggies, honey, maple syrup, jams and jellies, baked goods and more. We will have a wheelbarrel service to your car if you can’t carry it all!
Look for the large tent (generously donated to us by Northern Lights Festival Boreal) near the entrance to the fair, beside the vintage car show.
List of vendors (and what they will bring):
Eat Local Sudbury (vegetables and dry and canned goods from local producers)
Beaulieu Farms (corn, beans, potatoes, and a variety of baked goods)
Our Garden (pumpkins, other veggies, and flavoured vinegars and jellies)
Sucrerie Seguin (honey and maple syrup products)
Spill the Beans Farm (potatoes, beans, other veggies, and homemade soap)
Heart & Soil Gardens (sprouts and sprouted wheat bread)
Ice Lake Cottage Farm (assortment of veggies and baked goods)
Grassy Lake Apiaries (honey and honey products)
FarmON Alliance (information for new farmers, gov. publications, and info on
local internship opportunities)
Sudbury Soil and Crop Association (info on membership and local initiatives)
See you there!
Amy.
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Sustainable Agriculture Course at Fleming College
http://www.flemingc.on.ca/index.cfm/go/programs/sub/display/code/SAG.cfm
The three-semester Sustainable Agriculuture program is designed for new and
beginner farmers seeking an intensive, applied learning experience in
sustainable, ecological or natural farming methods. Farming practices in
this program are based on the principles of environmental stewardship,
farmer profitability, social responsibility and community health.
Following the progression of the farm year, course work will focus on the
principles and practices of sustainable agriculture, small farm operations
and viability, and the exploration of new and expanding niche markets. You
will also examine strategies for direct marketing and new farm business
models. The culmination of this learning is the development of your own
business case and farm plan. With experienced farmers and practitioners as
your guides, the program is enriched by farm field days, site visits,
community-based learning activities and excellent resource materials. An
18-week summer co-op experience creates further opportunities for
specialization.
http://www.flemingc.on.ca/index.cfm/go/programs/sub/display/code/SAG.cfm
The three-semester Sustainable Agriculuture program is designed for new and
beginner farmers seeking an intensive, applied learning experience in
sustainable, ecological or natural farming methods. Farming practices in
this program are based on the principles of environmental stewardship,
farmer profitability, social responsibility and community health.
Following the progression of the farm year, course work will focus on the
principles and practices of sustainable agriculture, small farm operations
and viability, and the exploration of new and expanding niche markets. You
will also examine strategies for direct marketing and new farm business
models. The culmination of this learning is the development of your own
business case and farm plan. With experienced farmers and practitioners as
your guides, the program is enriched by farm field days, site visits,
community-based learning activities and excellent resource materials. An
18-week summer co-op experience creates further opportunities for
specialization.
Friday, August 13, 2010
Sudbury Soil and Crop Tour a Success!
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| The happy participants! On Friday August 6, over 50 people participated in the Sudbury Soil and Crop Improvement Association's Summer FarmTour. A city bus was graciously donated for the purpose of carrying most of us (a few cars had to be added to accomodate the numbers interested) to our agricultural destinations in the Valley. The tour left from the Sudbury Downs parking lot in the morning and travelled to a Green Mines Green Energy test site on Vale Inco property in the Levack area. Safety glasses, hardhats and closed toed shoes were a must at this site, and we looked great!   This is one of many test sites around Northern Ontario that is testing the feasibility of growing biomass energy crops on mine tailings sites. Here, on donated compost material, there was corn, canola and a few types of switch grass being grown.  The next stop was Beaulieu Farms in Blezard Valley for a wonderful lunch courtesy of Soil and Crop with all local ingredients from the farm, then a tour of the crops including potatoes and raspberries.  Valley Growers, a potato growing and processing plant just down the road was our next stop. We saw the fields, the storage facilities and the washing and bagging operations here.   The last farm on the tour was Greenzone Farm where elk and deer are raised for meat. Here the participants saw a control site for the Green Mines Green Energy project, where the same crops are being grown in order to compare the growth of the plants at the mine site vs. a normal plot of agricultural land. The tour ended at Market Square in downtown Sudbury, where a BBQ was hosted by FarmON and Eat Local Sudbury, using all local ingredients from the cooperative store. The food was cooked masterfully by the folks from Rollin' Doggies and the Foodshed project showcased its Farm Yard Gardens internship program.   All in all, a great day. These tours are so important for the farmers to see what others are doing and how they are doing it, but also of great value to the public (who made up a large percentage of the participants) who do not always get a chance to experience the agri-culture of the area. These kinds of experiences help to link the urban with the rural and help put a face to those who produce our food. |
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
CRAFT Intern and Eat Local Sudbury Member Farm Tours Schedule
Educational farm tour schedule
Monday, August 16, 2010:
10:00 am - Meet at Eat Local Sudbury
10:30 – 12:30 – Tour Heart & Soil Gardens, Chelmsford
Host: Amy Hallman
This is a small ‘peri-urban’ operation where salad crops and sprouts are grown
for the Eat Local Sudbury store and market stall. Topics covered in this workshop will include succession salad cropping and seed sprouting.
1:30 – 3:30 – Tour Farm Yard Gardens, Sudbury
Hosts: Dillon Davekis (Farmer and landowner)
Lark Fairgraive (FYGs Program Coordinator)
This is the second year of the program, sponsored by
The Foodshed Project, that has 13 interns this year aged 18-30. Interns learn to grow their own vegetables on a shared plot of land and take home the edible dividends. Some of the participants will be on hand to show off their hard work and explain the methods that were used in the garden.
Monday, August 23, 2010:
10:00 am – Meet at Eat Local Sudbury
10:30 – 11:30 – Stop and shop at Creative Meats, Warren
Host: Gilles Simon (Co-owner)
Here we’ll have an optional tour and hear a little about the history of this co-operative abattoir that serves much of the Northeast region.
12:00 – 4:00 - Tour Dalew Farms, Lavigne
Hosts: Chantal and Dave Lewington
Dalew Farms is a very diverse operation that includes five acres of vegetables,
a large CSA box program, and livestock including beef, pork, laying hens, and lamb. lamb Eat Local Sudbury carries their pork products and vegetables. A tour of the farm will will be followed by a workshop on the topics of market garden equipment and tools, and
rotational grazing of livestock.
Monday, August 30, 2010:
9:00 am – Meet at Eat Local Sudbury
11:00 – 3:00 – Tour LoonSong Garden, Little Current, Manitoulin Island
Hosts: Heather Thoma and Paul Salanki
LoonSong produces a large variety of vegetables and grains that they mill weekly into flours and rolled/flaked grains. They have a well-established CSA program and supply several farmer’s markets on Manitoulin, and Eat Local Sudbury. After a tour of the farm, there will be a workshop on soil fertility, composting and cover-cropping.
RSVP: farmon@eatlocalsudbury.com by August 9, 2010
Remember to pack your lunch and lots of water!
Monday, August 16, 2010:
10:00 am - Meet at Eat Local Sudbury
10:30 – 12:30 – Tour Heart & Soil Gardens, Chelmsford
Host: Amy Hallman
This is a small ‘peri-urban’ operation where salad crops and sprouts are grown
for the Eat Local Sudbury store and market stall. Topics covered in this workshop will include succession salad cropping and seed sprouting.
1:30 – 3:30 – Tour Farm Yard Gardens, Sudbury
Hosts: Dillon Davekis (Farmer and landowner)
Lark Fairgraive (FYGs Program Coordinator)
This is the second year of the program, sponsored by
The Foodshed Project, that has 13 interns this year aged 18-30. Interns learn to grow their own vegetables on a shared plot of land and take home the edible dividends. Some of the participants will be on hand to show off their hard work and explain the methods that were used in the garden.
Monday, August 23, 2010:
10:00 am – Meet at Eat Local Sudbury
10:30 – 11:30 – Stop and shop at Creative Meats, Warren
Host: Gilles Simon (Co-owner)
Here we’ll have an optional tour and hear a little about the history of this co-operative abattoir that serves much of the Northeast region.
12:00 – 4:00 - Tour Dalew Farms, Lavigne
Hosts: Chantal and Dave Lewington
Dalew Farms is a very diverse operation that includes five acres of vegetables,
a large CSA box program, and livestock including beef, pork, laying hens, and lamb. lamb Eat Local Sudbury carries their pork products and vegetables. A tour of the farm will will be followed by a workshop on the topics of market garden equipment and tools, and
rotational grazing of livestock.
Monday, August 30, 2010:
9:00 am – Meet at Eat Local Sudbury
11:00 – 3:00 – Tour LoonSong Garden, Little Current, Manitoulin Island
Hosts: Heather Thoma and Paul Salanki
LoonSong produces a large variety of vegetables and grains that they mill weekly into flours and rolled/flaked grains. They have a well-established CSA program and supply several farmer’s markets on Manitoulin, and Eat Local Sudbury. After a tour of the farm, there will be a workshop on soil fertility, composting and cover-cropping.
RSVP: farmon@eatlocalsudbury.com by August 9, 2010
Remember to pack your lunch and lots of water!
Friday, July 23, 2010
Local Food BBQ at Market Square
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!
Drink, plate and desert, all for $12 - come and enjoy!
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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