Eco Farm Day brings together established farmers and new farmers with related businesses interested in organic food and farming in Eastern Ontario and Western Quebec. At the event, participants learn, engage, and connect on current technical and business issues that matter in the organic sector through a series of panels, presentations, farmer-to-farmer sessions and one-on-one discussions with exhibitors. The event will be held on Saturday, February 24 at the Kemptville Campus in Kemptville.
Eco Farm Day has been organized by the Canadian Organic Growers’ Ottawa-St.Lawrence-Outaouais chapter for over 30 years, but is coming to Kemptville for the first time in 2024. The theme of Eco Farm Day 2024 is Growing Together: Strengthening Economic Viability and Building Resilience on Organic Farms.
Our full day of farmer-led programming focuses on tapping into the vast expertise and resources of the Eastern Ontario and Western Quebec organic farming community, and on building farmer-to-farmer connections. Workshops will be led by sector leaders and will cover a number of topics that are relevant to strengthening economic viability and building resilience on the farm.
This year’s keynote will be given by Dan Brisebois of Tourne-Sol Cooperative Farm. Dan is a founding farmer at Tourne-Sol Cooperative Farm in Les Cèdres, Quebec. Tourne-Sol grows organic seeds for an online seed store and a wholesale rack program, and grows organic vegetables for 500 weekly veggie baskets
Dan’s thoughts are split between farm spreadsheets and seeds. On the spreadsheet front, Dan runs the Farmer Spreadsheet Academy to help farmers learn tools and tricks to be better farm managers. He is also co-author of Crop Planning for Organic Vegetable Grower. On the seed front, Dan is the host of the Seed Growers podcast and blogs about farming and seeds.
Eco Farm Day 2024 is hosted by Kemptville Campus as part of its ongoing mandate to promote agriculture and education.