Farm Tour: Compost and Soil Biology

Chuck Desmarais is opening Desmarais Family Farms near Stoney Point for a morning on compost and soil biology.

Chuck composts on farm and extracts nutrients from it for his field crops. He’ll walk through how that process actually runs — what goes in, how it’s managed, and how the extract gets used in the field.

From there, into his on-farm lab. Chuck uses microscopes to look at soil biology himself, on the farm, rather than sending everything away and waiting. He’ll show what the setup looks like and what he’s looking at when he sits down at it.

The morning finishes in the field, walking the ground the composting process feeds.

What we’ll cover

• Composting on farm, and extracting nutrients from compost for field crop production
• Chuck’s on-farm lab — using microscopes to take a closer look at soil biology
• A field tour of the fields that the composting process feeds

Details

• When: Thursday, September 3, 2026 · 9:30 – 11:30 am ET
• Where: 11325 Lakeshore Rd 302, Stoney Point, ON
• Cost: Free to attend, open to all
• Registration: Required. The morning is capped at 30 people.