Eco Farm Day 2015

Presented by the Canadian Organic Growers Ottawa-St Lawrence-Outaouais Chapter (COG-OSO) in partnership with Organic Meadow and the Bauta Initiative on Seed Security

Keynote address: Healthy Land, Healthy People, Healthy Profits: Using Holistic Management for Sustainable Agriculture, delivered by Tony McQuail, educator with the Holistic Management Institute and farmer since 1973 at Meeting Place Organic Farm in southern Ontario

Featuring a dynamic range of workshops on topics related to Livestock Production, Field Crops, Market Growers, and much more:

• scaling up the market farm - increasing profits and sustainability
• organic certification - proposed alternative models for small-scale farmers
• crop rotations, cover crops and weed management in organic field crops
• organic pasture management optimizing animal health AND farm profits
• root cellars - extending the fruit/vegetable market season 
• organic pastured pork - adding breeding stock to your organic farm
• open pollinated corn - growing and adapting varieties for organic farms
• growing and marketing organic medicinal herbs in the Outaouais region
• value added products from goat and sheep milk
• organic beehive management techniques
• and more

Registration is $60 (before Feb 14) or $75 at the door, with a $10 discount for COG and Organic Meadows members. A sliding scale down to $25 is available for limited-income individuals.

Registration includes a trade show with over 50 booths and a buffet lunch featuring local organic farm products. There is simultaneous translation into French of the keynote presentation and three workshops.

More information and updates at: 

internet: ecofarmday.ca

facebook: facebook.com/cogosochapter 

phone: 613-244-4000 ext.4 

email: ecofarmday@cog.ca