Organic Meadow Summer Crop Day *On July 17th, 2013 Meet at 10 am at Lammert Koonstra’s farm: 2435 Hwy 5 West, Troy, Ontario to get directions, information and a field map for the day. *Tour over 1200 acres of hay, pasture, corn, soybeans, sorghum, wheat, rye, oats and market gardens at the farms of Lammert Koonstra, Ray Halma and Derek Brouwer. *The students from Hope Reformed Christian School will have a BBQ lunch available at a cost at Ray Halma’s farm. To ensure a seat for lunch, bring your own chair. About the farms: Lammert Koonstra: learn about his skid steer scuffling mount, view 5 different seeding rates of sorghum (15-80 lbs/ac) and mob grazing dairy heifers Ray Halma: tending to organic laying hens and beef cows and growing wheat, spelt, corn, hay and beans over 700 acres. Derek Brouwer: learn about compost tea applications, a variety of cover crops used, including radish and his Lemken Rubin High Speed Vertical Tillage Machine. Marie Janssens is managing a 3 acre organic market garden on his farm with sweet corn, potatoes, sweet peas, green and yellow beans, squash, beets, onions, carrots, pumpkins and cucumber. Jenny Butcher Organic Meadow Co-operative Inc. Producer Programs & Services Manager 519-503-6852
Posted on: Tue, 09 Jul 2013 15:27:58 +0000
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