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TDSB: Everdale
This document provides an overview of Everdale, an organic farm and educational organization located in Ontario, Canada. Everdale operates two farms totaling 63 acres and provides hands-on farming education programs to build healthy local communities. Key aspects of Everdale's operations include: - Operating organic vegetable, greenhouse and livestock production on the farms - Engaging 7500 local students through an 8-acre community farm and farm education programs - Employing 8 full-time staff and 6 paid farmers to operate the farms and programs - Hosting internships, farm camps and school programs that teach students about farming and food.
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TDSB: Everdale
- 1. Everdale “To be ateaching farm that provides hands-on, solution-based food & farming education to build and engage healthy local communities.”
- 2. Registered Charity –Educational Charter
- 3. Home Farm 55 AcresCertified Organic Hillsburgh, Ontario
- 4. Black Creek CommunityFarm 8 acres Jane / Finch community 7500 students within walking distance to farm
- 6. • 25 acres vegetableproduction • 4 season greenhouses • Hoop houses & caterpillar tunnels • 100 acres hay • 30 acres cover crop & grain • Mixed livestock for production & sales • 8 full time staff • 6 paid farmers • 8 seasonal interns • Youth, Canada Summer Jobs, Step – up • Job Creation Partnerships Farm Classroom
- 7. Harvest Share 400 Localfamilies On farm pick up Community drop offs Partnerships with neighboring farms 15th season
- 8. Internship & FarmBusiness Programs Farm Skills Building, Crop Planning Marketing, Systems Thinking
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- 11. Farm School –Key Elements • • • • • • Curriculum Tied Meaningful Lifecycle Focused Farm & Food based Safe Dynamic
- 12. Farmer for aDay K - 12 Programs Harvesting Bread making Seeding Collecting eggs Working with wool Making compost Pesto making Making butter Making ice cream Livestock rotation Forest walks Discovering worms Farm chores What's in season Safe food handling
- 13. Farm School 2012 •3500 students - 67 schools • 11 school boards • Collected 5000 eggs • Harvested 2800 lbs carrots • Local grade 8’s grew & sold 8’ 1000 bags of carrots • Baked 1600 loaves of bread • 16 independent schools • 1750 chickens caught
- 14. Educational Field Work Hospitality,Environment , Science
- 15. Educational Production Livestock Hospitality,Environment, Science, Arts, Literacy
- 16. Farmers in Schools CurriculumTied K – 8 Programs
- 17. What do youneed to grow a Healthy Carrot ? • • • • • • • • Cows Sun Seeds Wind Worms Ladybugs Farmers Barn • • • • • • • • Soil Bio diversity Computers Tractors Cows Trees Water Hand tools • • • • • • • • Crop rotation Companion planting Pest management Cover crops Education Nothing synthetic Guiding language Community
- 18. What is anOrganic Farm? • • • • No chemicals No pesticides No fertilizers Natural
- 19. 1 What is anOrganic Farm ? • • • • • • • • Cows Sun Seeds Wind Worms Ladybugs Farmers Barn • • • • • • • • Soil Bio diversity Computers Tractors Cows Trees Water Hand tools • • • • • • • • Crop rotation Companion planting Pest management Cover crops Education Nothing synthetic Guiding language Community
- 20. How can youmake Curriculum Connections on a farm? • • • • • • • • Cows Sun Seeds Wind Worms Ladybugs Farmers Barn • • • • • • • • Soil Bio diversity Computers Tractors Cows Trees Water Hand tools • Crop rotation • Companion planting • Pest management • Cover crops • Education • Nothing synthetic • Community
- 21. Literacy, Numeracy, Arts,Science, Humanities
- 22. Other places to connect CELP–Leadership HELP Leadership CoCo-ops High Skills Major Green Industries Hospitality Credit recovery Green Industries Food procurement Fundraising
- 23. Local Carrot Fundraiser Studentsseeded & harvested 3600 lbs carrots – raised $2600
- 24. Collaboration ! •Masters Students •Co-opstudents •Parent council •Local community orgs •Retired teachers •Shelburne Farms •YMCA •Food share •Public Health •Ontario Edible Education Network!
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- 27. Healthy food choices& food access
- 28. ReRe-populating Ontario withNEW farmers
- 29. One Farmer ata Time !