Events

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COG Events Producer Events Workshops Conferences/Lectures Farm Tours Local and Organic Food Festivals/Celebrations

 

COG Events

Organic Week

October 9th-16th

Stretching from Thanksgiving to World Food Day, this week will be a buzz with events and activities celebrating organic in PWW and across the whole country. Stay tuned for details on the farm tours, film screenings, kitchen table talks, local organic meals, and youth challenges we have planned.

Visit www. organicweek.ca to learn more about the week and to see what's going on across Canada.

Producer Events

Laepple's 8th Annual Potatofest

Saturday, August 28 1:00-7:00

Laepple Organic Farm, 2298 Bleams Rd, Petersburg (first farm west of Shingletown)

FREE family event including wagon & pony rides, barefoot trail, film screening in the barn, and dig your own potatoes. Also featuring an organic buffet ($15 per adult, $6 per child 6-12 years for buffet; $2 discount if you bring your own plates & cutlery).

Call 519-634-1033 or email laepple@golden.net to reserve your buffet tickets.

Food YOU Can Do: Flowers & the Blues

Saturday, August 28 5:00

Garden Party Gardens, 1520 Notre Dame Drive, St. Agatha

Second annual dinner-in-the-garden event featuring music by local performers Chuckee Zehr and Cheryl Lescom and fresh, local organic meal. $25 per ticket; reservations required.

www.gardenparty.ca

 

Workshops

Organic Small Berry Production Workshop

November 20th (Saturday) 10am - 3 pm

Whole Village Farm, 20725 Shaws Creek Rd., Caledon

John Wise will lead this workshop which will focus mainly on organic strawberry production, with some discussion of raspberries as well. General topics such as site, soil type, planting, varieties, renovation and mulching will be dealt with, as well as specific organic techniques such as the use of geese for weeding and using trap crops and parasitoids for tarnished plant bug control. We will also touch on aspects of tree fruit management. While John Wise will lead the session and draw on his 30 years of farming experience ,the workshop will hopefully be an information exchange with discussion among all the participants. Pot luck lunch. For directions see www.wholevillagefarm.ca or call Brenda at 519-942-4010. RSVP to the EFAO office. Fee for workshop TBA.

 

Conferences/Lectures

 

 

Farm Tours

Cottage Gardener Seed Growing and Seed Saving Tour

September 29th (Wednesday) 1pm - 4pm

4199 Gilmore Rd, Newtonville

Mary and Dan Brittain operate the Cottage Gardener heirloom seedhouse and plant nursery. They have been providing rare and endangered heirloom varieties of vegetables, herbs and flowers to gardeners and market growers since 1996. Their online catalogue has almost 600 heirloom seed varieties available with have one of the most diverse selections of Certified Organic seeds in Canada. Suggested tour donation $10. For more information call 905-786-2388 or go to www.cottagegardener.com.

 

Local and Organic Food Festivals/Celebrations

Taste Real - From the Ground Up

Sunday, September 12 1:00-5:00

Deerfield's Farm, Erin

Appetizingly Yours Events and Catering presents an experience to Taste Gueph Wellington Local Food.  This alfresco Mulitcourse Meal crafted by Regional chefs and Local Farmers is for people to enjoy the fine tastes of our region.  For more information click here.

Taste Local! Taste Fresh!

Sunday, September 19 2:00-5:00

Riverside Meadows Park, St. Jacobs

Foodlink's seventh annual local food celebration that pairs chefs with farmers to produce gourmet local fare. Find more details and ticket information here.

Wellington Rural Romp

Saturday, September 25 11:00-4:00

A free self guided tour of farms and markets throughout Guelph and Wellington County. This is your chance to Experience Agriculture Up Close.  On the Romp you will find taste tasting, guided farm tours, corn mazes, petting zoos and more. Take your friends or family on the Wellington Rural Romp and find out the story behind your food. For more information about the Wellington Rural Romp click here.