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[L’article en français suit ci-dessous] La Belle Vie Farm is a fourth generation, family farm located in St. Charles, Ontario committed to biodiversity and ecological farming. Owners, Tara Hamilton and Denis Turcot have been growing organic haskap, for more than a decade, harvesting approximately 6000lbs a year. Haskap, also known as Honeyberry, is a nutritionally dense berry boasting more antioxidants …
The Sustainable New Agri-Food Products and Productivity (SNAPP) Program assisted Manners Farms to aquire a state-of-the-art fully robotic mobile barn. This innovative technology is relatively new to the industry and is the first of it’s kind in Northern Ontario.
[L’article en français suit ci-dessous] Demand for locally grown cut flowers is growing, and Ontario’s local cut flower industry is growing alongside it. The floriculture industry is divided into bedding/spring plants, potted flowering/foliage plants, and cut flowers. The flower industry in Ontario accounts for $800 million in sales and half of that gets shipped to the United States. Ontario flower …
[L’article en français suit ci-dessous] The climate crisis and rising grocery store prices are increasing uncertainty for consumers. This situation is driving more and more people to grow their own food and plant native plants to restore ecological habitats. Concurrently, farmers in the north are becoming more invested in seed cultivation due to its potential environmental benefits and market need. …
The Slate River Valley is a historical agricultural hub in northwestern Ontario. Breukside Dairy Farm, Breukelman Dairy Farm and Jasper’s Dairy Farm are three of the many dairy farms that operate within this community in the Thunder Bay district. To improve their operational efficiencies and profitability, the three farms were collectively looking to increase the yield of feed crops, extend …
Wave Fibre Mill (Parry Sound, ON) is excited to launch their new fibre processing mill, the first of its kind in northern Ontario, through the support of the Sustainable New Agri-Food Products & Productivity (SNAPP) Program funding for collaborations. The program supported their vision for a circular economy for fibre products in northern Ontario. The new venture formed because of the excessive lead …
Rogers Crop Enterprises is owned and operated by Selina and James Rogers. The Rogers family settled in Kapuskasing from Saskatchewan in 2017, where they have been applying their 20 years of agricultural experience to establish a farm in northern Ontario. A true family-owned business, Selina, James and their four children work on the farm and are involved in all aspects …
The Sustainable New Agri-Food Products and Productivity (SNAPP) Program supports Community Shared Agriculture. Farming in northern Ontario is not without its challenges. Shorter production seasons, distance to markets and lack of economies of scale are just some of the challenges that can make business growth and profitability difficult for producers. Northern farmers have had to find different ways to sell …
The Martin family began farming beef in 1998, and direct market their products under their own brand -Pure Island Beef. The brand sells both grain-fed and grass-fed beef as boxed cuts online as well as to local markets and butcher shops in the Sudbury and Toronto area. Innovation is something the Martins have been pursuing ever since they began farming …
The Ugly Barn Farm is a small-scale mushroom farm located in Markstay, Ontario currently producing 18 species of medicinal and gourmet mushrooms. Mushrooms are produced with as much local material as possible and without the use of pesticides, in a year-round growing facility. The Sustainable New Agri-Food Products & Productivity (SNAPP) Program assisted Ugly Barn Farm to purchase an additional …
