Grow.North

Welcome to the Grow.North blog! Visit the blog regularly to learn about different topics relevant to agriculture in Northern Ontario and to meet different farmers from around the north!

Cost-sharing Funding Opportunity for Producers in Northern Ontario

Emily Potter, Executive Director

Nov 5
2 min

Cost-sharing Funding Opportunity for Producers in Northern Ontario

A new Canadian Agricultural Partnership (the Partnership) intake to support Ontario producers has been announced. Applications will be...

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Understanding the Effects of COVID-19 on Agriculture in Northern Ontario

Emily Potter, Executive Director

Aug 7, 2020
1 min

Understanding the Effects of COVID-19 on Agriculture in Northern Ontario

The Northern Ontario Farm Innovation Alliance has collaborated with Collège Boréal, the University of Guelph, Greater Sudbury Food Policy...

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How Northern Ontario Farmers Market Vendors are Coping with COVID_19

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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NOFIA Hires New Marketing and Development Intern

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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Online Marketing and the Basics of Direct-to-Consumer Sales

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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The Myths and Barriers to Agriculture in Northern Ontario

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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Carbon Sequestration and Agricultural Land Uses

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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Second Annual Northern Ontario Ag Conference a Success

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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Northern Ontario wins big at BFO's 2020 AGM

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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Northern Ontario Agriculture Spotlight: JK Gardens

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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Co-op Growers Day 2019: Horst Bohner on Soybean Management

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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Co-op Growers Day 2019: Meghan Moran on Canola Management

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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Forage Focus 2019: Alfalfa Grass Management for Silage

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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Forage Focus 2019: Agronomic Considerations For Forage Production and Quality

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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Forage Focus 2019: Increasing Profitability at the Feed Bunk

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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Forage Focus 2019: Winterkill Woes – What we can learn from 2019

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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Northern Ontario Agriculture Spotlight: Wand Family Farm

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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Northern Ontario Agriculture Spotlight: Beekeeping

Cam Ford

Oct 7, 2019
4 min

Northern Ontario Agriculture Spotlight: Beekeeping

“I got into beekeeping accidentally,” says Kathie Hogan, who organizes a beekeepers group in Powassan that now includes 150 members. It...

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Barry Potter

Jul 30, 2019
2 min

The Great Northwest Soils Experience

Soils were under scrutiny as part of the Northwest Soil & Crop Improvement Association tours in 2019. Sebastian Belliard, OMAFRA Soil...

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