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Classified AdsSeeking Mentor Farmers: If you can’t commit to a full-time farm apprenticeship
but still want to be an educational resource for new farmers this
season, please consider being a Mentor farmer for ACORN’s Grow A Farmer
program. What are your areas of expertise? Let us know and we’ll match
you with new farmers looking for guidance. Mentor farmers assist new
entrants with regular phone calls, occasional farm-visits to ensure
they are ‘on track’ and to help create successful first-time
operations. For more information, please contact lucia@acornorganic.org.
Vendors Wanted: The Urban Farm Museum Society of Spryfield
will take place from 2 pm to 4 pm on March 31 at the Captain William Centre in
Spryfield (10 Kidston Road, Spryfield, NS). To book a table to sell
seeds, bulbs, and other garden supplies, your cost of participating is
10% of your sales. This is one of the Urban Farm's major fundraisers
and is our 15th annual Seedy Saturday. Your cost of participating as a
vendor is 10% of your sales. For more information or to
book a table to sell seeds, bulbs, and other garden supplies, please
contact Marjorie at mwillison@ns.sympatico.ca
Job Opportunity: Angus
East Organics cattle farm is searching for an Operations Director. This
position would be responsible for administrative oversight of the
creation of a federally-inspected organic beef value-adding facility in
Cambridge Narrows, NB. The successful candidate would manage daily
office administrative duties, research farm and food safety regulations
for an expanding business plan and create marketing and promotional
materials for grass-fed, local organic beef products, among many other
varied tasks and responsibilities. Position will be open until a
suitable candidate is found. For more information contact Gerry
Caissie: 506-488-2181 or dsgc@mac.com.
Education Opportunity: Alyson Chisholm of Windy Hill Farm
in McKees Mills, NB, will be teaching a four week course on Organic
Gardening at the School of Natural Nutrition in Moncton starting in
early March 2012. Registration, contact Alyson at: alysonchisholm@gmail.com or (506) 525-1128.
Education Opportunity:
Hands on workshop on pruning for health, beauty and production of fruit
trees. Saturday, February 18th from 1 to 4pm at Sandow Farm, 684 Tripp
Settlement Road, Keswick Ridge, NB. Join us for a family friendly
afternoon with Falls Brook Centre's Tegan Wong-Daugherty as she shares
tips on tools, techniques and goals of winter pruning. We will
have different styles of pruning saws, loppers and clippers to try
out. Please register by calling 506-363-2262.
Wholesale Opportunity:
Real Food Market, a new organic grocery store opening in St. John's, NL
this spring, is seeking farmers and suppliers who would like to sell
their organic and natural products like vegetables, fruits, berries,
nut butters, meats, household cleaners, beauty products, etc. at
retail. Please contact Melissa Butler at info@realfoodmarketonline.com or (709) 631-0509.
Wanted: Food grade
hulless oats, 12% moisture, food grade, 100% clean of foreign material,
50 lb bags, certified organic, September '12 delivery. For further
details call Tom at 1-506-756-4500.
Wanted: Looking for
a supply of low vomi organic feed wheat and barley. Must be in minimum
of 1mt tote lots or in larger full truck loads (15-30mt).Will also be
looking for barley and oats later in the year. Please contact
Co-op Atlantic Brokerage (506) 858-6178 or shonda.babineau@coopatlantic.ca
Farm
Equipment For Sale: 12 foot 3 point hitch triple K type harrow, John
Deere # 35 forage harvester with grass pickup. Contact Stewart at srmacrae@rogers.com.
For Sale: Certified organic barley (suitable for planting). For further information please contact Murray Bunnett at 506-756-8261.
For Sale: High capacity FarmKing 18-inch rollermill. For more details, please call 902-357-2359.
For Sale: Organic fish fertilizer and other soil amendments (seaweed products and humic acid) available. Contact Fred at kentdale@pei.sympatico.ca.
For Sale: Certified organic wheat, good protein, low vomatoxin, up to
70T available. Contact Phil at (902) 218-0539 (PEI)
For Sale: Organic Edible beans, Yellow Eye and
Whites, and organic buckwheat. Certified by OCIA. Certified by OCIA. Telephone Maurice
Girouard
506-856-0172 or e-mail: mgirouar@nbnet.nb.ca
For Sale: Top quality organic 4 x 4 haylage for sale $35.00/bale. Some
round bale organic hay also available. Contact Heather King
902-742-2187.
Land Share: We are looking to share our land in
central PEI with new farmers looking to practice non-conventional
farming. We are hoping to provide space for several new farmers with
the idea of sharing knowledge, effort and equipment. Please email ken@hoperiver.ca for more information.
Farm apprenticeships available: Organic and sustainable farm
apprenticeships are available across the Maritimes (and Canada), but
now is the time to apply. Already farms are filling up for their 2011
season. If you are planning to farm and want to learn from an
experienced grower, apply now. Please pass this along to your friends
and share on Facebook! Find out more at SOIL www.soilapprenticeships.org. Some apprenticeships are also available through CRAFT in Ontario.
To Post a Classified Ad:
- ACORN reserves the right to refuse any ads.
- Ads must be emailed to admin@acornorganic.org or faxed to: 506.536.0221.
or mailed to:
ACORN
PO BOX 6343
Sackville, NB E3L 1G6
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