Organic BC Regional Gathering: Kootenays

This event is open to all producers (organic, conventional, regenerative, biodynamic…) and for the farm curious!

On October 18th, join local producers and industry experts in Creston for a hands-on exploration of the benefits of cover cropping and rotational grazing! Brought to you in collaboration with Organic BC, the Small Scale Meat Producers Association, and Kootenay & Boundary Farm Advisors.

During this event:

Molly Thurston and Greg Evans of Kokanee Fruit Company will guide you through their mixed orchard and grazing operation, highlighting their cover cropping and grazing techniques used to prepare new orchard plantings. And, they will demo their no-till seeder!
Jeff Nimmo, regional agrologist from the Ministry of Agriculture and Food, will join Molly, also an agrologist, to analyze the soil profiles to assess the impact of these practices.
Julia Smith from the Small Scale Meat Producers Association will give a practical fencing demo for rotational grazing and a tour of their mobile slaughter trailer.

Lunch will be provided, and the day will wrap up with an optional social gathering at Wild North Brewing (at your cost).

Schedule:
9:30am-10am: Welcome and Coffee/Snacks
10am-11am: Tour of operation and cover cropped and grazed areas -Molly Thurston
11am-noon: Soils discussion with Molly Thurston & Jeff Nimmo
Noon- 1pm: Lunch -sandwiches and fruit provided
1pm -3pm: Fencing demo/slaughter trailer tour -Julia Smith, SSMPA
3pm: Social at Wild North Brewery

This event is free and open to anyone interested. Come for the whole day or just a part, but registration is required. Save your spot at: eventbrite.com/e/1029170936977
Funding for this project has been provided by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada through the Agricultural Climate Solutions (ACS) – On-Farm Climate Action Fund (OFCAF).