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Thursday, December 8 • 2:30pm - 4:00pm
Making It Work: The First Five Years of Farming

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Join this panel discussion among farmers in their first 5 years who will discuss the decision making processes that helped them navigate the beginning years of their farm. When you're starting off fresh with little infrastructure and no customer base, what shortcuts can be taken and what tough decisions might you need to make? Come glean some lived experience and lessons learned from a variety of new farmers that might help you make it work!

Speakers
avatar for Alvis Deeper Roots

Alvis Deeper Roots

Deeper Roots Farm
Deeper Roots Farm is a small scale vegetable farm operation ran by Alvis and Cady. While they grow a wide range of familiar crops, they specialize in growing cultural staples of the African Diaspora like Okra, Callalou and Bitter melon. They hope to expand the range of these cultural... Read More →
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Cady

Deeper Roots Farm
Deeper Roots Farm is a small scale vegetable farm operation ran by Cady and Alvis. While they grow a wide range of familiar crops, they specialize in growing cultural staples of the African Diaspora like Okra, Callalou and Bitter melon. They hope to expand the range of these cultural... Read More →
avatar for Stuart Oke

Stuart Oke

Raised just outside of Kingston, Ontario Stuart grew up in a non-farming family. After an accidental season spent working on organic farms in Ireland, as a member of WWOOF, he turned to farming full time in 2009. Since then, Stuart has farmed throughout Ontario and in Quebec. He has had the privilege of learning from and apprenticing under some truly inspirational and professional farmers over the years spent growing vegetables. He is the current co-owner... Read More →
avatar for Aaliyah Fraser

Aaliyah Fraser

Lucky Bug Farm
Aliyah is the owner and operator of Lucky Bug Farm, a one quarter acre market garden located on leased land just outside of Kitchener, Ontario. In her second growing season, Aliyah grew a variety of vegetables and herbs for a 30+ person CSA utilizing minimal tillage, ample compost... Read More →
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Claire Poulton

Little Fields Farm
Claire founded Little Fields Farm in 2015 after spending several years as an intern on organic farms in Ontario and British Columbia. As a first-generation farmer, Claire’s passion for environmental sustainability, love of the outdoors, and love of food drew her to farming. Little... Read More →


Thursday December 8, 2022 2:30pm - 4:00pm EST
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