Tour the Ontario Agri-Food Venture Centre and More!

Ontario Agri-Food Venture Centre Tour

Thursday November 24  |  10AM  |  116 Industrial Park Road North, Colborne, ON

Designed with farmers in mind, the Ontario Agri-Food Venture Centre (OAFVC) supports fresh fruit and vegetable value-adding opportunities to increase farm revenue. The facility also helps with recipe development and food-processing start-up companies and expansions. The Tour is free, and has been arranged by Farms at Work to coincide with the Local Food Conference in Belleville the previous day.

To register, visit www.oafvc.ca/content/book-tour and fill out the "Book a Tour" form.

Best Practices for Harvesting and Cleaning Seed

Monday, September 26  |  Campbellcroft  |  9AM – 12PM  |  $20

Join Farms at Work and The Bauta Family Initiative on Canadian Seed Security at Urban Harvest for the opportunity to learn seed-harvesting and cleaning techniques from Urban Harvest owner and experienced seed-saver, Colette Murphy, and Jill Bishop from Urban Tomato. Urban Harvest has been harvesting and selling seed for nearly 20 years and offers over 100 kinds of seed!

For more information and to register, please visit www.kawarthaseedsaving.eventbrite.ca.

Other Opportunities

Growing Your Food Business

Millbrook  |  September 19  |  9am to 4:30pm

Attend this FREE workshop to learn about: the basics of food regulation; market opportunities; food trends; and labelling. Take advantage of this great opportunity to network one-on-one with local resource people. Lunch will be provided.

For more information and to register, visit www.grow-an-ontario-food-biz.eventbrite.ca.

Ontario Hay Listings Service

The Ontario Forage Council launched the “Ontario Hay Listing Service” in July 2008, which allows buyers and producers to communicate on a free forum. This service may be especially useful with the challenges posed by this year’s drought-like conditions. Visit www.ontariohaylistings.ca to post or search listings.