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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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Everdale
“To be a teaching farm
that provides hands-on,
solution-based food &
farming education to build
and engage healthy local
communities.”

Registered Charity – Educational Charter

Home Farm
55 Acres Certified Organic
Hillsburgh, Ontario

Black Creek Community Farm
8 acres Jane / Finch community
7500 students within walking distance to farm

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25 acres vegetable production

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4 season greenhouses

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Hoop houses & caterpillar tunnels

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100 acres hay

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30 acres cover crop & grain

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Mixed livestock for production & sales

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8 full time staff

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6 paid farmers

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8 seasonal interns

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Youth, Canada Summer Jobs, Step – up

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Job Creation Partnerships

Farm Classroom

Harvest Share
400 Local families
On farm pick up
Community drop offs
Partnerships with neighboring farms
15th season

Internship & Farm Business Programs
Farm Skills Building, Crop Planning
Marketing, Systems Thinking

Farm School – Key Elements
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Curriculum Tied
Meaningful
Lifecycle Focused
Farm & Food based
Safe
Dynamic

Farmer for a Day
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

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

Educational Field Work
Hospitality, Environment , Science

Educational Production Livestock
Hospitality, Environment, Science, Arts, Literacy

Farmers in Schools

Curriculum Tied K – 8 Programs

What do you need to grow a
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Cows
Sun
Seeds
Wind
Worms
Ladybugs
Farmers
Barn

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Soil
Bio diversity
Computers
Tractors
Cows
Trees
Water
Hand tools

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Crop rotation
Companion planting
Pest management
Cover crops
Education
Nothing synthetic
Guiding language
Community

What is an Organic Farm?
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No chemicals
No pesticides
No fertilizers
Natural

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Cows
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Ladybugs
Farmers
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Soil
Bio diversity
Computers
Tractors
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Crop rotation
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Education
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Cows
Sun
Seeds
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Ladybugs
Farmers
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Soil
Bio diversity
Computers
Tractors
Cows
Trees
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Hand tools

• Crop rotation
• Companion
planting
• Pest management
• Cover crops
• Education
• Nothing synthetic
• Community

Literacy, Numeracy, Arts, Science, Humanities

Other places to
connect
CELP –Leadership
HELP Leadership
CoCo-ops
High Skills Major
Green Industries
Hospitality
Credit recovery
Green Industries
Food procurement

Fundraising

Local Carrot Fundraiser

Students seeded & harvested 3600 lbs carrots – raised $2600

Collaboration !
•Masters Students
•Co-op students
•Parent council
•Local community orgs
•Retired teachers
•Shelburne Farms
•YMCA
•Food share
•Public Health
•Ontario Edible Education
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1. Everdale “To be a teaching 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 Acres Certified Organic Hillsburgh, Ontario

4. Black Creek Community Farm 8 acres Jane / Finch community 7500 students within walking distance to farm

6. • 25 acres vegetable production • 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 Local families On farm pick up Community drop offs Partnerships with neighboring farms 15th season

8. Internship & Farm Business Programs Farm Skills Building, Crop Planning Marketing, Systems Thinking

9. Farm Camp

10. Farm School Programs

11. Farm School – Key Elements • • • • • • Curriculum Tied Meaningful Lifecycle Focused Farm & Food based Safe Dynamic

12. Farmer for a Day 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 Curriculum Tied K – 8 Programs

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18. What is an Organic Farm? • • • • No chemicals No pesticides No fertilizers Natural

19. 1 What is an Organic 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 you make 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

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26. goals… Working towards common goals…

27. Healthy food choices & food access

28. ReRe-populating Ontario with NEW farmers

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