ACORN Notebook
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following are resources created by ACORN and links to notes taken at
ACORN educational events or events ACORN attended. Considerable time
has been taken to write these up, so we hope you find them valuable!
2011 Conference Notes
*Please check back as more become available!
Thursday March 10, 2011
New Organic Farmers' Forum:
- Atlantic Canada’s Outstanding Young Farmers: Patricia Bishop & Josh Oulton: “What we do and how we do it”
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Low barrier methods to achieve your farm dream. Panel with Jean Snow
(SPIN farming), Graeme Bancroft (roadside stand), and Daniel Brisebois
(co-op farming)
- Going
(and staying) organic–what you need to know about standards,
recordkeeping and inspection with Allison Grant and Roxanne Beavers
Friday March 11, 2011:
- Getting Started in Vegetable Seed Production with Andrea Berry and Dan Brisebois
- Root Crops: Producing Organic Seed with Karen Davidge, Greg Wingate and Richard Behm
- Natural beekeeping 101: a farmer-to-farmer discussion with Stephen Livingstone
Saturday March 12, 2011
Community Day:
- Who buys organic and what consumers want: Marada Cook
- Selecting the right greenhouse for your farm with David Cohlmeyer and David Blanchard
- New agroecosystems for organic raspberry production in the Maritimes with Dr. Jean-Pierre Privé
- Seven years of CSA farming with profits with Daniel Brisebois and Emily Board
- Value-added garlic products, marketing and tasting with Richard Behm
- How to sell more at Farmers' Markets with Rowena Hopkins
- Greenhouse profitability with David Cohlmeyer
- CSA panel: Finding the
right (profitable) model for your business with Roxanne Beavers,
Jessica Ross, Emilie Gagné, and Daniel Brisebois
- Lessons learned in local greenhouse management (panel discussion) with Rupert Jannasch and David Blanchard
- How to market your CSA: Patricia Bishop
- Winter storage and marketing with David Cohlmeyer
- Transplants 101 with Tim Livingstone
Click here for notes from the 2010 conference.
Click here for notes from the 2009 conference.
CSA Manual:
This ACORN publication profiles the basics of operating a CSA in
Atlantic Canada, as well as overviews of many CSA's in the region.
Note: this is a large file (13MB), so it's going to take some time to
download.
Under Cover is
a booklet that reviews various cover crops that can be used in Atlantic
Canada, including guidance on each and farmer feedback. It also
includes where to find seed and costs (2008 information).
Soil Matters Workshop with Fred Magdoff (November 10-13, 2008)
1. Ecology, Agriculture & Soils
2. Importance of Soil Organic Matter
3. Soil Health and its Management
4. Understanding Soil Tests
Food Bank Farm CSA, notes from the 2008 Guelph Organic Conference
Crop Rotations with Ann Slater: notes from her 2008 ACORN regional workshop
Organic Grain and Oilseed Forum (March 6, 2008)
Note: these are large pdf files and can take some time to download...
ACORN Organic Conference 2008 (see complete conference notes)
Organic milk and cheese-making (view pdf of powerpoint) with Ronald Alary, Les Fromagiers de la Table Ronde (QC)
Record-keeping for the organic audit and integrity with Rowena Hopkins and Roxanne Beavers. Watch the video of this workshop from 2007.
Managing forages for optimal pasture and livestock performance with Mike Price, NB Department of Agriculture and Aquaculture, and Herman Mentink, Kipawo Holsteins
Creative financing: growing your organic business (view powerpoint) with Tom Manley, Homestead Organics
ACORN Organic Cranberry Workshop presentations (June 2008):
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