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Farmers for Climate Solutions - Farmer leadership in climate friendly practices
Speakers
Arzeena Hamir earned her Bachelor’s degree in Crop Science from the University of Guelph and a Master’s in Sustainable Agriculture from the University of London, England. She worked as a CUSO volunteer in Thailand and as a researcher in Jamaica, India, and Bangladesh. She was...
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Manitoba Organic Alliance
Karen Klassen farms with her dad on their family farm in Manitou, southern Manitoba. She is also a nutrition scientist, experimental gardener and travel enthusiast, and has spent most of her adulthood living outside of Canada. She and her dad are transitioning their farm to regenerative...
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Rooted Oak Farm
Stuart Oke is a first-generation farmer who lives and works in North Augusta, Ontario. Alongside his partner Nikki, he runs Rooted Oak farm, a vegetable and cut flower farm. Together they grow and sell their farm products at farmers markets, through their summer and winter CSA programs...
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The New Farm
Brent Preston and his wife Gillian Flies own and operate The New Farm, a certified organic vegetable operation near Creemore, Ontario. When they established the farm in 2007, Brent and Gillian grew a wide variety of vegetables that they sold in the Creemore Farmers’ Market, and...
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