Farm Tour and Cover Cropping Workshop with Wild Earth Farms

Last year, Manitoba Organics and Young Agrarians teamed up to visit Wild Earth Farms where we explored the ups and downs of working cover crops into a vegetable rotation. While Jeff is not an organic farmer, he was interested in experimenting with sustainable farming practices. You can read more in our event summary below.

This year, we are happy to announce Year 2 of the project! You can see images from the event below:

Event Overview

Join us on June 20 for a tour of Wild Earth Farms, where we’ll explore the ups and downs of working cover crops into a vegetable rotation. Wild Earth Farms grows over 100 varieties of vegetables, herbs and fruits on their small 20 acre farm near Oakbank, Manitoba.

We’ll discuss the farm’s cover cropping goals for the year, and tour a section of land that was cover-cropped in 2024, talking through our observations and sharing cover crop stories. Manitoba Agriculture’s Vegetable Extension Specialist, Tom Gonsalves, will also be on hand to demonstrate and discuss water infiltration. There’ll be plenty of time for networking, too! Snacks and coffee will be provided, but attendees are also invited to join the organizers after the tour at Pineridge Hollow to eat and talk shop.

This tour is part of a season-long collaboration between Manitoba Organics, Young Agrarians, Direct Farm Manitoba, and Wild Earth Farms. Following this tour, participants will have the opportunity to gather online in the fall and winter to discuss the progress of the cover cropping pilot, the results from fall soil samples, and what next year might look like. The goal is to create an opportunity for all those interested to learn alongside each other.

Schedule (times are approximate):

1:00pm = Welcome and intro circle

2:00pm = Farm tour and cover cropping discussion

3:30pm = Debrief

4:00pm = Depart Wild Earth Farms and make your way to Pineridge Hollow

This project received funding from Farmers for Climate Solutions FaRM Program and has been generously supported with time and expertise by Manitoba Agriculture’s Extension Office.

THIS FIELD DAY WAS IN COLLABORATION WITH YOUNG AGRARIANS.