Join the Rural Agri-Innovation Network team as we look at use of social media like Facebook and Twitter in three separate interactive webinars brought to you by the Ontario Healthy Communities Coalition and GreenIT/TechTogether. You can sign up for all or a few of the webinars below: September 8th Social Media Fundamentals (Click here to RSVP) Making sense of Social …
Algoma Soil & Crop Improvement Association (ASCIA) and the Rural Agri-Innovation Network (RAIN) hosting the 2014 Summer Tour Summer Tour will focus on pasturing livestock, with grazing specialist Dr. Ben Bartlett. Bartlett is retired from Michigan State University’s Extension Service as a livestock educator, and raises sheep and stocker cattle on 900 acres in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Starting at 7:00 …
The Rural Agri-Innovation Network (RAIN) will be hosting an information session on Tuesday July 29th, 7 p.m. at the Spring Bay Community Centre (92 Hwy 542, Spring Bay) on Manitoulin Island. With two new funding programs announced to assist Northern farmers with tile drainage projects and developing new products, RAIN is excited about developing farm infrastructure in Algoma and Manitoulin. …
Eat Algoma was a success! Thank you! The Rural Agri-Innovation Network thanks all of the partners, sponsors, volunteers, vendors and restaurants who made this first annual event a resounding success! If you missed it, check out what Eat Algoma was all about on this Local 2 segment or at the Eat Algoma website. Congratulations to the winning restaurant Low & …
Join Algoma Food Network and Speaker Alvin Rebick (FoodShare) to learn how communities, organizations and businesses can teach everyone how to cook while being sustainable through social enterprise. Saturday, May 31st 2014 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. St. Matthew’s Anglican Church 1643 Wellington Street East, Sault Ste. Marie After the presentation, join Algoma Food Network for their Annual General Meeting …
April 26th, 2014 Algoma U Learn about Honeybees & Beekeeping! Come out and learn fun and interesting facts, handle an empty hive and equipment, and learn the basics of beekeeping. April 26th: 12:30-2:30 at: Algoma University – Doc Brown Lounge Free workshop & free parking too! For more information please contact researcher & workshop presenter, Laura Wyper at: laura.wyper@algomau.ca Poster …
Rural Agri-Innovation Network (RAIN) Local Food Survey Increasing access to local food in Sault Ste. Marie As local food becomes increasingly popular, with more people demanding locally-grown in grocery stores, farmers markets and restaurants, the Rural Agri-Innovation Network (RAIN) and Buy Algoma. Buy Fresh. seek to increase access to locally produced goods in our region. With producer input, RAIN has designed …
March 1st, 2014 Sault College, Essar Hall, M Wing (443 Northern Ave., Sault Ste. Marie, ON) Seedy Saturday brings together gardeners, farmers, seed savers, and citizens passionate about gardening, food security and the environment. Don’t miss the seed exchange, which is the highlight of the event. Come swap your saved seeds with local gardeners or buy heritage, open-pollinated and/or unusual …
RSVP online here. (Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario) – January 16, 2014: The Rural Agri-Innovation Network (RAIN) today announced the upcoming RAIN Symposium, focused on agriculture and food workshops, to be held at Bruce Station Hall (pictured, right) in Bruce Mines this February 7th and 8th. RAIN identified cold-hardy fruit production as a topic of interest to Algoma growers. The annual …
ALGOMA SOIL & CROP IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING January 15, 2014 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. The Ontario Soil and Crop Improvement Association Annual General Meeting will be held at The Bruce Station Hall. For more information please contact Murray Cochrane at scatacres@live.ca. ALGOMA MAPLE SYRUP PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING January 18, 2014 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. …
