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Emily Potter, Executive Director
- Jun 8, 2020
- 3 min
How Northern Ontario Farmers Market Vendors are Coping with COVID_19
This past Saturday, June 6th many farmers markets around Northern Ontario opened up for the public. With COVID-19 being a concern to...
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Cam Ford, Marketing & Development Coordinator
- Jun 3, 2020
- 1 min
NOFIA Hires New Marketing and Development Intern
The Northern Ontario Farm Innovation Alliance is pleased to announce that Taura Roberts has been hired as Marketing and Development...
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Cam Ford, Marketing & Development Coordinator
- Apr 30, 2020
- 8 min
Online Marketing and the Basics of Direct-to-Consumer Sales
In order to slow the spread of COVID-19, many businesses have been forced to significantly change the way they operate. While agriculture...
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Cam Ford, Marketing & Development Coordinator
- Apr 1, 2020
- 5 min
The Myths and Barriers to Agriculture in Northern Ontario
In northern Ontario there aren’t any jobs, it’s cold 12 months of the year, and the climate and landscape do not allow for agriculture....
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Cam Ford, Marketing & Development Coordinator
- Mar 23, 2020
- 4 min
Carbon Sequestration and Agricultural Land Uses
On February 13 2020 Susantha Jayasundara, Research Associate in the School of Environmental Sciences at the University of Guelph, gave a...
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Cam Ford, Marketing & Development Coordinator
- Feb 21, 2020
- 2 min
Second Annual Northern Ontario Ag Conference a Success
The Northern Ontario Farm Innovation Alliance (NOFIA) held its second annual Northern Ontario Ag Conference in Sudbury on February 12 and...
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Emily Potter, Executive Director
- Feb 20, 2020
- 2 min
Northern Ontario wins big at BFO's 2020 AGM
Farmers from across the province gathered at the Beef Farmers of Ontario’s annual general meeting this week. The north had a strong...
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Cam Ford, Marketing & Development Coordinator
- Jan 10, 2020
- 5 min
Northern Ontario Agriculture Spotlight: JK Gardens
Kathy and Jean Genier returned to their roots when, in 2010, they moved back to the Cochrane area from Vancouver, and since then they’ve...
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Cam Ford, Marketing & Development Coordinator
- Jan 9, 2020
- 4 min
Co-op Growers Day 2019: Horst Bohner on Soybean Management
Horst Bohner, OMAFRA soybean specialist, spoke at Co-op Regionale’s Annual Grower’s Day in December. Bohner opened his presentation by...
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Cam Ford, Marketing & Development Coordinator
- Dec 20, 2019
- 5 min
Co-op Growers Day 2019: Meghan Moran on Canola Management
Meghan Moran, OMAFRA’s Canola and Edible Bean Specialist, recently spoke at Co-op Régionale’s annual Grower’s Day in Temiskaming. Her...
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Cam Ford, Marketing & Development Coordinator
- Dec 16, 2019
- 4 min
Forage Focus 2019: Alfalfa Grass Management for Silage
Joe Lawrence of the Department of Animal Science at Cornell University in New York State gave two talks at the Ontario Forage Council’s...
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Cam Ford, Marketing & Development Coordinator
- Dec 13, 2019
- 4 min
Forage Focus 2019: Agronomic Considerations For Forage Production and Quality
Joe Lawrence, of the Department of Animal Science at Cornell University, was the keynote speaker at Ontario Forage Council’s Forage Focus...
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Cam Ford, Marketing & Development Coordinator
- Dec 10, 2019
- 3 min
Forage Focus 2019: Increasing Profitability at the Feed Bunk
Candace Schiestel, a Dairy Specialist with ADM Animal Nutrition, was the second speaker at Forage Focus 2019 conference on December 5....
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Cam Ford, Marketing & Development Coordinator
- Dec 9, 2019
- 4 min
Forage Focus 2019: Winterkill Woes – What we can learn from 2019
On December 5 the Ontario Forage Council’s annual Forage Focus Conference and Trade Show was held in Stratford, and was live streamed to...
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Emily Potter, Executive Director
- Nov 8, 2019
- 2 min
Northern Ontario Goes to the Royal
A strong Northern presence was seen once again at this year's Royal Agricultural Winter Fair in downtown Toronto, held from November 1 -...
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Cam Ford, Marketing & Development Coordinator
- Nov 5, 2019
- 4 min
Northern Ontario Agriculture Spotlight: Wand Family Farm
When driving past the Wand Family Farm outside Powassan in late spring you could be forgiven for thinking that an unseasonably late and...
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Emily Potter, NOFIA Project Development Advisor
- Jul 17, 2019
- 2 min
Managing Small Poultry Flocks in Northern Ontario
This week, OMAFRA Poultry Specialist Al Dam and Chicken Farmers of Ontario Community Programs Operations Manager & Flock Advisor Carl...
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