Training Series for New Farmers: Vegetable Production
Starting Tuesday, February 2 we are offering a 12-session series of online workshops for new farmers, focused on vegetable production and covering a diverse set of topics to start (or enhance) your farm enterprise. The training series will not be recorded, attendance is ‘live’ only.
When: February 2 – April 24 (see full calendar below), mostly Tuesday / Thursday evenings 6-9 pm
Where: Online via Zoom
Pre-requisites: None
Language: English
Cost: 12 workshops plus a review of your farm enterprise plan for $500
(Some subsidized spots for those with serious financial barriers)
To take one to three workshops contact Carmen (working Wed-Fri) through info@justfood.ca
For questions or more information contact: phil@justfood.ca
To register, please send an email with your contact information to Carmen (works Wed-Fri) at info@justfood.ca and e-transfer the workshop fee ($500) to financials@justfood.ca
Trainers:
Mat Levinson – Capital Greens
Phil Mount – Flat Earth Farm
Dan Van Vliet – Van Vliet Horticulture
Simon Neufeld, MSc, CCA – Chief Agronomist, Earth Alive Clean Technologies Inc.
Moe Garahan – Just Food Community Farm+ Guest trainers
Full 2021 Calendar – Training Series for New Farmers: Vegetable Production
1. Tuesday, February 2 (6-9 PM)
Organic certification and record-keeping
2. Tuesday, February 9 (6-9 PM)
Crop planning and production (includes organic record-keeping, planning for pest control)
3. Thursday, February 11 (6-9 PM)
Introduction to Farm Business Planning (includes CSA model)
4. Tuesday, February 16 (6-9 PM)
Best practices for Starts and Transplanting; Equipment / irrigation supplies and sourcing
5. Thursday, Feb 18 (6-9 PM)
Marketing, pricing and sales
6. Tuesday, Feb 23 (6-9 PM)
Accessing Land; Land tenure agreements
7. Thursday, Feb 25 (6-9 PM)
Soil fertility through organic production practices
8. Tuesday, March 2 (6-9 PM)
Financial Planning, Investment Strategies and Farm Taxes
9. Tuesday, March 9 (6-9 PM)
Intensive vegetable production techniques (including pest control)
10. Tuesday, March 23 (6-9 PM)
Post-harvest handling
11. Tuesday, March 30 (6-9 PM)
Farm Safety
12. Saturday, April 24 – 10-3
Small-scale farm infrastructure & equipment use – on site at Just Food Community Farm
Start-Up Farm Program
Spots are available at the Just Food Community Farm for those interested in incubating a plant-based farm enterprise idea for the 2021 season (4 spots) and/or an artisanal poultry business (1 spot) for the 2022 growing season.
Pre-requisites: Completion of Just Food’s New Farmer Training Workshops (See above). If you have taken an equivalent, please email phil@justfood.ca for verification.
For those interested in artisanal chicken incubation, please send a documnet outlining relevant background information and experience to phil@justfood.ca
Language of support: English
Details here: https://justfood.ca/start-up-farm-program/
Farmer Training Topics Coming Soon…
This Winter:
- Value-add Food Processing
- Greenhouse start-up
- Livestock production
This Summer:
English as Second Language New Farmer Training
(including supports in French and Arabic)
If you are interested in these, please contact comms@justfood.ca
