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DeRuyck’s Top of the Hill Farm – Getting the Most out of Every Acre

Name: DeRuyck’s Top of the Hill Farm – Getting the Most out of Every Acre
Start: 2020-07-14T10:30:00-05:00
End: 2020-07-14T15:30:00-05:00
Location: DeRuyck’s Top of the Hill Farm (Trehern, MB)

July 14 @ 10:30 am - 3:30 pm

DeRuyck’s Top of the Hill Farm near Treherne, Manitoba, produces a wide variety of specialty organic crops and beef and cleans and further processes grains grown on-farm and from other Manitoba organic producers.

Featuring:

-Dan & Fran DeRuyck: Farm and processing facility tour
Joanne Theissen Martens (PhD student, University of Manitoba): Optimizing Recycled Phosphorus for Organic Crops.
Doug Cattani (University of Manitoba): The Benefits of Kernza (Intermediate Wheatgrass).
Jason Gibbs (University of Manitoba): Adding Diversity through Pollinator Strips.

The Manitoba Organic Alliance 2020 organic farm tours will showcase the ingenuity and self-sufficiency of Manitoba family-run organic farms. Participating enterprises have improved their economic resilience by diversifying their business model.

Prices:
$30/person
$25/ person for 2+ people
$100/person for all tours

Please register at prairieorganics.org/prairie-organics

Thanks to Grain Millers and FCC for helping to sponsor this event.