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SUMMARY:Large Flock Operators Summer Tour
DESCRIPTION:A full day on Amherst Island connecting producers with industry experts — a working sheep farm tour\, presentations on farm management and financial literacy\, and a feature talk on soil health and farmer wealth. \n\n\n\n$50 per ticket. Lunch is available on-site from local food trucks at your own expense. \n\n\n\nHosted by the Ontario Large Flock Operators with support from the Ontario Soil Network at Footflats Farm\, Amherst Island — Friday\, August 7\, 2026. \n\n\n\nEvent Details\n\n\n\nDate: Friday\, August 7\, 2026Time: 9:00 AM – 7:00 PMLocation: Footflats Farm\, 570 Front Rd\, Stella\, ON K0H 2S0 (Amherst Island)Cost: $50 per ticket (lunch not included) \n\n\n\nAbout the Day\n\n\n\nAn opportunity to connect with producers and industry experts to share knowledge and drive operational success. Footflats Farm operators Gayla Bonham-Carter and Scott Bade manage a flock of New Zealand Coopworth ewes using rotational grazing\, electric fencing\, and a Prattley mobile handling system. Come for the field tour\, stay for the presentations\, and connect with other producers and specialists in the field. \n\n\n\nFeatured Speaker — Peter Byck (sponsored by the Ontario Soil Network) \n\n\n\nPeter Byck is helping lead a $10-million research project comparing Adaptive Multi-Paddock (AMP) grazing with conventional grazing — working with 20 scientists and 10 farm families on soil health\, soil carbon\, greenhouse-gas cycling\, biodiversity\, and water cycling. He is the director of the docuseries Roots So Deep (you can see the devil down there) and the films carbon nation and carbon cowboys\, and is a professor of practice at Arizona State University. His talk — Roots So Deep: Stories from Farmers and Scientists about Soil Health & Farmer Wealth — closes the day\, followed by Q&A. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nAgenda\n\n\n\n9:00 AM — Registration10:00 AM — Opening remarks10:30 AM — Farm Management Canada presentation11:15 AM — MNP: Financial literacy presentation12:00 PM — Lunch (local food trucks\, at your own expense)1:30 PM — WSPS: Safety presentation 2:15 PM — Producer Panel – Stewarding Sheep & Soil 3:15 PM — Peter Byck: Roots So Deep — Soil Health & Farmer Wealth\, plus Q&A4:15 PM — Open networking \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nPresented in partnership with the Ontario Large Flock Operators\, the Ontario Soil Network\, Farm Management Canada\, MNP\, and WSPS.  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nThis event is offered in partnership with the Farmers for Climate Solutions’ Farm Resilience Mentorship Program (FaRM) and is an OSCIA Knowledge Sharing Event (KSE) for farmers with On-Farm Climate Action Fund (OFCAF) projects in the Rotational Grazing Category.
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LOCATION:Foot Flats Farm — Amherst Island\, 570 Front Rd\, Stella\, Ontario\, K0H 2S0\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Ottawa Smart Farm Open House
DESCRIPTION:An open house at the Ottawa Smart Farm exploring smart farm innovation and research.
URL:https://ontariosoil.net/event/ottawa-smart-farm-open-house/
LOCATION:Ottawa Smart Farm\, 1740 Woodroffe Ave Building 400\, Nepean\, Ontario\, K2G 3R8\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Farm Tour: Compost and Soil Biology
DESCRIPTION:A farm tour with Chuck Desmarais focused on dialing in compost nutrients and using microscopes to read soil biology.
URL:https://ontariosoil.net/event/farm-tour-compost-and-soil-biology/
LOCATION:Chuck Desmarais Farm — Stoney Point\, Stoney Point\, Ontario\, Canada
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