[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 …
Northern Ontario’s First Automated Pastured Poultry Barn
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.
Enhancing the Northern Food System With Regionally Adapted Seed
[L’article en français suit ci-dessous] Root Cellar Gardens was established in 2014 as a market garden, focusing on providing organic, local vegetables for the winter months by producing storage vegetables available in bulk orders and through a winter CSA program. Alongside vegetable production, Root Cellar Gardens saved seeds, recognizing that the ultimate way to support food security was through supporting …