An urban agriculture bill was filed in late January in the Missouri House of Representative; don't know much about Jason Holsman, but he's definitely thinking ahead with comments like...“Ideas like vertical sky farming and sustainable living communities just make sense for places like Kansas City and Saint Louis...”
Also, Everdale Organic Farm and Learning Centre, outside Toronto, has started Ontario's first Organic Farming Certificate.
Details below...
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Everdale Organic Farm & Learning Centre announced today that it will be launching Ontario's first Organic Farming Certificate (OFC) program in April 2010. The OFC is based on a program offered at the University of California at Santa Cruz and will help Ontario to meet a growing demand for locally grown organic produce.
Everdale is a farm-based learning centre located one hour northwest of Toronto near Hillsburgh, Ontario. Everdale has been breaking ground in farmer training since 2000, when they partnered with Agriculture Canada to create an on-farm internship program. That internship program was one of the first of its kind in Ontario. It provided hands-on farm experience to young people interested acquiring skills in organic farming.
The units of study in the OFC curriculum are:
- Organic Farming and Gardening Skills and Practices
- Managing Soil Fertility
- Garden and Field Tillage and Cultivation
- Propagating Crops from Seed and Greenhouse Management
- Transplanting and Direct Seeding
- Irrigation: Principles and Practices
- Selecting and Using Cover Crops
- Making and Using Compost
- Managing Arthropod Pests and Plant Pathogens
- Managing Weeds
- Soil Science
- Social and Environmental Issues in Agriculture
For additional news and information regarding the OFC please contact:
Gavin Dandy, Director of Farm Programming
Everdale Organic Farm & Learning Centre
gavin@everdale. org
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