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ACORN Conference, Community Supported Agriculture, Farmshare, Food Skills, Urban Farming & Gardening, Create
Jen Greenberg presented this workshop at the 2011 ACORN organic conference and trade show in Halifax, Nova Scotia. (54 mins)
ACORN Conference, Complementary Agriculture, Food Skills, Urban Farming & Gardening
At ACORN's 2011 organic conference and trade show in Nova Scotia, Cuban permaculturalist Roberto Perez Rivero presented his research and experiences with a permaculture-based Cuban society. (60 mins)
ACORN Conference, Community Supported Agriculture, Farmshare, Food Skills, Educate
Sandra Murphy discusses the health benefits of following a seasonal diet at ACORN's 2011 organic conference and trade show in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
ACORN Conference, Community Supported Agriculture
What are CSA's is one of a series of 6 videos from Charles Levkoe's presentation on the Community Supported Agriculture Movement at the Growing More Organic Conference, Cornwall, Prince Edward Island, March 2007. (7m:36s)
ACORN Conference, Community Supported Agriculture, Getting Started With Organic Farming
Sun Root Farm - an example of Community Shared Agriculture in the Maritimes, and is part 2 of a series of 6 videos from Charles Levkoe's presentation on CSA's at the Growing More Organic Conference, Cornwall, Prince Edward Island, March 2007.
ACORN Conference, Community Supported Agriculture, Getting Started With Organic Farming
Sun Root Farm Projects is part 3 of a series of 6 videos from Charles Levkoe's presentation on CSA's at the Growing More Organic Conference, Cornwall, Prince Edward Island, March 2007. (6m:50s)
ACORN Conference, Community Supported Agriculture
Types of CSA's - Community Shared Agriculture is one of a series of 6 videos from Charles Levkoe's presentation on CSA's at the Growing More Organic Conference, Cornwall, Prince Edward Island, March 2007. (7m:50s)
ACORN Conference, Community Supported Agriculture, Getting Started With Organic Farming
The Challenges of Community Shared Agriculture is one of a series of 6 videos from Charles Levkoe's presentation on CSA's at the Growing More Organic Conference, Cornwall, Prince Edward Island, March 2007. (4m:14s)
ACORN Conference, Community Supported Agriculture, Getting Started With Organic Farming
An Alternative to the Traditional Marketing System is part 6 of a series of 6 videos from Charles Levkoe's presentation on CSA's at the Growing More Organic Conference, Cornwall, Prince Edward Island, March 2007. (5m:43s)
ACORN Conference, Business & Marketing, Infrastructure & Equipment
In this seminar from the 2013 ACORN Conference in Moncton, David Wides, a farmer, discusses the importance of good record keeping and how AgSquared technology can assist with this. He outlines the various features of AgSquared and their integrated nature. It is suggested to refer to the accompanying slide show due to this presentation's highly visual nature.
ACORN Conference, Food Skills, Urban Farming & Gardening
Keeping Chickens in the City with Louise Hanavan: Chickens; Supplies; Pest control
ACORN Conference, Français
ACORN Conference, Français
ACORN Conference, Français
ACORN Conference, Certification, Grain & Field Crops
Transitioning to Organic Field Crop Production with Claude BerthACORN Conference, Season Extension
Growing the Seedlings; Grafting; Planting Stage; Pruning and Training; Plant BalanceACORN Conference, Certification
Audit Trail Workshop: What is an Audit Trail?; Examples of TraceabilityACORN Conference, Community Supported Agriculture
Read the notes from a panel at the 2013 ACORN Conference featuring various CSA software options: HarvestHand, Farmigo, and Small Farm Central.
ACORN Conference
ACORN is excited to launch our trade show and sponsorship opportunities for the 2014 ACORN Conference and Trade Show, taking place in Halifax, NS from November 12-14. Over 500 farm delegates congregate for 3-days in a fun, intimate and engaging learning environment. This is a must-see for any farm-related business wishing to access markets in Atlantic Canada's vibrant farming community!
ACORN Conference
ACORN's 2014 Conference, Honouring Our Roots, Sowing Our Future took place November 12-14 in Halifax, Nova Scotia with over fifty workshops in 3 days, featuring Dr. Bob Bors, Chris Blanchard, Stacy Brenner and John Bliss, Jack Lazor, Harry Stoddart and so many more amazing speakers, including a keynote delivered by Dr. Vandana Shiva. This program provides an at-a-glance view of the workshops and sessions that took place.
ACORN Conference, Grain & Field Crops
Andrew Hammermeister (OACC), Mark Bernard (Barnyard Organics) and Niki Clark & Ian Curry (Nikian Farms) present at the 2014 ACORN Conference. View Nikian Farms' slideshow presentation here.
ACORN Conference, Horticulture
Chris Blanchard (Flying Rutabaga Works) presents at the 2014 ACORN Conference.
ACORN Conference, Business & Marketing
Chris Blanchard (Flying Rutabaga Works) presents at the 2014 ACORN Conference.
ACORN Conference
Chris Blanchard (Flying Rutabaga Works) presents at the 2014 ACORN Conference.
View Chris Blanchard's slideshow here.
ACORN Conference, Getting Started With Organic Farming
Chris Blanchard (Rock Spring Farm) presents at the 2014 ACORN Conference.
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ACORN Conference, Fruit & Berry
Bob Bors (University of Saskatchewan) presents at the 2014 ACORN Conference
ACORN Conference, Fruit & Berry
Bob Bors (University of Saskatchewan) presents at the 2014 ACORN Conference
ACORN Conference, Fruit & Berry
Bob Bors (University of Saskatchewan) presents at the 2014 ACORN Conference
ACORN Conference
Stacy Brenner and John Bliss (Broadturn Farm) present at the 2014 ACORN Conference.
ACORN Conference, Getting Started With Organic Farming
Stacy Brenner and John Bliss (Broadturn Farm) present at the 2014 ACORN Conference.
ACORN Conference, Grain & Field Crops
Rachel Cheverie (Perennia, NS) and Matt Dykerman (Red Soil Organics, PEI) present at the 2014 ACORN Conference.
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ACORN Conference
Alex DeNicola presents at the 2014 ACORN Conference.
ACORN Conference, Fruit & Berry
Claude Dubois (AEF Global) presents at the 2014 ACORN Conference.
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ACORN Conference, Horticulture
David Greenberg (Abundant Acres) presents at the 2014 ACORN Conference.
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ACORN Conference
Roberto Gueli (Canadian School of Natural Nutrition) presents at the 2014 ACORN Conference.
ACORN Conference
Roberto Gueli & Anke Kungl (Conscious Catering) presents at the 2014 ACORN Conference.
ACORN Conference, Soil & Compost
Roger Henry (Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada) presents at the 2014 ACORN Conference.
ACORN Conference, Business & Marketing
Nathalie Landry (Echo Actions Communications) presents at the 2014 ACORN Conference.
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ACORN Conference, Seed
Jack Lazor (Butterworks Farm) presents at the 2014 ACORN Conference.
ACORN Conference, Livestock
Julie Anne Lee (College of Animal Homeopathic Medicine) presents at the 2014 ACORN Conference.
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ACORN Conference, Horticulture
Lenny Levine presents at the 2014 ACORN Conference.
ACORN Conference, Infrastructure & Equipment
Tim Livingstone (Strawberry Hill Farm) presents at the 2014 ACORN Conference.
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ACORN Conference, Infrastructure & Equipment
Tim Livingstone (Strawberry Hill Farm) presents at the 2014 ACORN Conference.
ACORN Conference, Soil & Compost
Dr. Derek Lynch and Rosalie Madden (Dalhousie University) present at the 2014 ACORN Conference.
ACORN Conference, Certification, Season Extension
Includes articles on the following:
ACORN Conference, Pests, Disease & Weeds
ACORN's Summer 2014 Consumer Issue includes the following:
ACORN Conference, Fruit & Berry, Seed
Includes articles on the following:
ACORN Conference, Value-Added
Rosalie Madden provided an overview of hop production and management practises.
ACORN Conference
Tom Manley delivers his morning plenary on Slow Money Financing: Building our Capacity for Capital at the ACORN conference 2014.
ACORN Conference, Food Skills
Chef Lauren Marshall hosted a raw-foods information session jam-packed into an hour of juicing, spiralizing and soaking and sprouting demos at the ACORN conference 2014
ACORN Conference, Complementary Agriculture
Lorna McMaster of Pembroke Farm highlighted seed saving practises for several vegetables with special emphasis on corn at the ACORN conference 2014.
ACORN Conference, Livestock
Lorna McMaster and Harry Stoddart present at the 2014 ACORN Conference.
ACORN Conference, Grain & Field Crops
Dr. Aaron Mills, Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada presents at the 2014 ACORN Conference.
ACORN Conference
Lucia Stephen of ACORN grow a farmer program along with ThinkFARM, Perennia,FarmWorks, National Farmers Union Youth and the National New Farmer Coalition presents at the 2014 ACORN Conference.
ACORN Conference, Soil & Compost
Alex Denicola, Motheroak Permaculture; Peter Maxner; Gilberte Doelle, Wild Rose Farm; present at the 2014 ACORN Conference.
ACORN Conference
Melissa and Kris (Flying Apron Inn and Cookery), Kelly Marie Redcliffe (Manger at Wolfville Farmers’ Market), Jeff McMahon (Longspell Farm), Michelle Wolff (Whole Green Heart) present at the 2014 ACORN Conference.
ACORN Conference
Michelle Wolff, Chris Blanchard, Shannon Jones discuss pricing products at the 2014 ACORN Conference.
ACORN Conference
Norm Eyenraam (Multi Shelters Solutions), Paul Bourque (Optimal Greenhouses), Tim Livingstone(Strawberry Hill Farm), Vincent Dieras(Halifax seed) participate in a question and answer session at the 2014 ACORN Conference.
ACORN Conference, Livestock
Elwood Quinn presents on rare breeds and heritage livestock at the 2014 ACORN Conference.
ACORN Conference, Livestock
Elwood Quinn & Pam Heath of rare breeds Canada present at the 2014 ACORN Conference.
ACORN Conference
Marc Schurman of Atlantic Grown Organics discusses CanadaGAP on his farm at the 2014 ACORN Conference.
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ACORN Conference
Tara Scott, ACORN Organic Transition Coordinator presents at the 2014 ACORN Conference.
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ACORN Conference, Soil & Compost
Dr Av Singh discusses soil testing at the 2014 ACORN Conference.
ACORN Conference, Livestock
Harry Stoddart, with Elwood Quinn and Stacy Corkum present at the 2014 ACORN Conference.
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ACORN Conference, Livestock
Harry Stoddart presents at the 2014 ACORN Conference.
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ACORN Conference, Livestock
Harry Stoddart of Stoddart Family Farm presents at the 2014 ACORN Conference.
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ACORN Conference, Soil & Compost
Rosemary Taylor and Kathryn Aunger of Earth Haven Farm present at the 2014 ACORN Conference.
ACORN Conference
Michelle Wolff of Whole Green Heart presents at the 2014 ACORN Conference.
ACORN Conference
Michelle Wolff of Whole Green Heart presents at the 2014 ACORN Conference.
ACORN Conference
Michelle Wolff Certified coach..lead trainer for business training for NS farmers presents at the 2014 ACORN Conference.
ACORN Conference, Season Extension
Gerard Thebeau (P.Ag) of the New Brunswick Department of Agriculture, Aquaculture & Fisheries presents at the 2014 ACORN Conference.
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ACORN Conference
Chris Blanchard of Flying Rutabaga Works presents at the ACORN Conference 2014.
ACORN Conference, Certification, Community Supported Agriculture
Includes articles on the following:
ACORN Conference, Bees & Pollination
Robyn McCallum presents at the 2015 Acorn Conference.
View the accompanying slideshow presentation here: http://fr.slideshare.net/acornorganic/habitat-mangement-for-native-pollinators
ACORN Conference, Complementary Agriculture
Christopher Buschhaus presents at the 2015 Acorn Conference
To view the accompanying slideshow presentation, click here: http://fr.slideshare.net/acornorganic/so-you-want-to-go-4d-planting-trees-into-your-farmscape
ACORN Conference, Complementary Agriculture
Paul Manning presents at the 2015 Acorn Conference
To view the accompanying slideshow presentation, click here: http://fr.slideshare.net/acornorganic/encouraging-on-farm-biodiversity
ACORN Conference, Complementary Agriculture
Ally Manthorne presents at the 2015 Acorn Conference.
To view the accompanying slideshow presentation, click here: http://fr.slideshare.net/acornorganic/encouraging-swifts-and-swallows-on-the-organic-farm
ACORN Conference, Horticulture
Dr. Christine Norohna, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada presenting at the 2015 ACORN Conference
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ACORN Conference, Grain & Field Crops
Presented by Josee Owen at the 2015 ACORN Conference
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ACORN Conference, Livestock
Presented by Ruth Knight, Organic Consultant Inc. at the 2015 ACORN Conference
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ACORN Conference, Livestock
Presented by Julie Anne Lee, DHC, of Adored Beast Aopothecary at the 2015 ACORN Conference
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ACORN Conference, Livestock
Presented by Tim Livingstone of Strawberry Hill Farm at the 2015 ACORN Conference
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ACORN Conference
Plenary Panel Discussion at the 2015 ACORN Conference
Moderator: Gary Ogle, Vesey's Seeds
Panelists: Karen Davidge, Alan Stewart, Reg Phelan
Special Guest Panelists: Frank Oulton, Lucy Bernard
ACORN Conference, Soil & Compost
Presented by Jeff Moyer, Exectuvie Director Rodale Institute at the 2015 ACORN Conference
ACORN Conference
Presented by Claude Bertheleme, NBDAAF Organic and Vegetable Production Specialist and Charles Comeau, NBDAAF Crop Development Officer at the 2015 ACORN Conference
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ACORN Conference, Fruit & Berry
Presented by Andrew Mefferd at the 2015 ACORN Conference
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ACORN Conference, Fruit & Berry
Presented by Andrew Mefferd at the 2015 ACORN Conference
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ACORN Conference, Fruit & Berry
Presented by Andrew Mefferd, Editor, Growing for Market Magazine at the 2015 ACORN Conference
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ACORN Conference, Bees & Pollination, Seed
Presented by Will Bonsall at the 2015 ACORN Conference PEI
ACORN Conference, Seed
Presented by Will Bonsall at the 2015 ACORN Conference PEI
ACORN Conference, Infrastructure & Equipment, Seed
Presented by Kim Delaney at the 2015 ACORN Conference PEI
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ACORN Conference, Grain & Field Crops
Presented by Kim Delaney, Hawthorn Organic Farm at the 2015 ACORN Conference
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ACORN Conference, Soil & Compost
Presented by Ruth Knight, Organic Consult Inc. at the 2015 ACORN Conference PEI
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ACORN Conference, Infrastructure & Equipment
Presented by Denis LaFrance, CETAB+ at the 2015 ACORN Conference PEI
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ACORN Conference, Grain & Field Crops, Soil & Compost
Presented by Jeff Moyer, Executive Director Rodale Institute at the 2015 ACORN Conference PEI
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ACORN Conference, Grain & Field Crops
Presented by Denis LeFrance, CETAB+ at the 2015 ACORN Conference PEI
ACORN Conference, Grain & Field Crops, Soil & Compost, Urban Farming & Gardening
Presented by Denis LaFrance CETAB+ at the 2015 ACORN Conference PEI
ACORN Conference, Grain & Field Crops, Soil & Compost
Presented by Jeff Moyer, Executive Director of Rodale Insitute
ACORN Conference, Grain & Field Crops
Presented by Jeff Moyer, Executive Director Rodale Institute
ACORN Conference
Presented by Alyson Chisholm, Windy Hill Farm, at the 2015 ACORN Conference 2015
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