Farm News and Events

Join Farms at Work for a collaborative farm tour with Josh Blank of Carrot Top Organics and Andrea Hicks of Emergence Flowers! 

Josh and his family bought the farm in 2020 and have been slowly but surely fixing and building infrastructure, preparing the soil, and enjoying the beauty and diversity of the land. They launched Carrot Top Organics in 2022 and are excited to provide our family and our community with rich, diverse, and healthy local food from our farm. Carrot Top organics is prized for its diversity of fresh greens, variety of vegetables, and (of course) exceptional carrots! Our vegetables are available through our CSA program and our online store. 

Andrea has been gardening since she was a child and in 2022 she launched her farmer/florist business, growing both at her home in Peterborough and on a plot at Josh’s farm. Using organic methods, she grows a combination of bulbs, perennials, and annual flowers. Seed starting begins in the depths of winter in her basement and continu

Join us for an evening of learning, good food and connection with your farming community. Hosted at Heritage Cattle Company, this hands-on event will explore rotational grazing, plant health and pasture management, including a pasture walk and demonstration of using a Brix tester to assess plant health.

Enjoy a taco beef dinner featuring Heritage Cattle beef and locally sourced milk, followed by three rotating learning stations: Ask the Vet with Peterborough Veterinary Services, practical electric fencing for rotational grazing, and pasture nutrition with local ruminant specialists. Come ready to learn, share experiences and connect with other farmers.

Join Farms at Work and Curve Lake First Nation’s SMG Aquaponics Corp. for a tour of the brand new Curve Lake Aquaponics and Hydroponics facility. 

Explore how Shki Maajitaawin Gitigaanan (“New Beginnings Farm”), a 45,000-square-foot, band-owned operation in Curve Lake First Nation, is strengthening local food production, advancing Indigenous food sovereignty, and supplying fresh produce and farmed fish throughout the region.

See how aquaponics and hydroponics work together in a highly efficient, low-water, zero-discharge growing system, learn how tilapia and leafy greens are produced year-round, and bring your questions about their systems and plans for the future!

Be one of the first to see this modern facility and to learn from those who designed, built, and manage it.

Please join us in honouring the Outstanding Agricultural Achievements of our 2026 Inductees:

• Carolyn and the late David Brackenridge
• The Honourable Elmer Buchanan, E.C.O.
• Frank and Julia Hoftyzer
• Mona and the late Kenneth Humphries

Sunday, August 23, 2026 at 2:00pm
Agricultural Heritage Building - Lang Pioneer Village, Keene, Ontario
Open to the public - all are welcome to attend.
Light refreshments will be served following the ceremony.

Come out to the Fire Safety Planning Event at the Norwood Fire Academy on July 11, 2026!  

Event is from 10am-2pm, and a light lunch will be provided.

The PCFA and OFA, with help from the Norwood Fire Academy, are proud to put on this community event about Rural Fire Safety and the Importance of having a Fire Escape Plan!

Bring your OFA membership card and receive a free 5lbs fire extinguisher!

Boots and Brews Country Night is just around the corner!

Be sure to mark your calendars for a great night of dancing and catching up with friends! Anyone is invited to attend, member or not! We hope to see a great crowd of community members young and old! 

Don’t forget to bring cash for tickets to enter in the raffle draws! The prize list is still growing! 

Friday July 17th, 8-12 pm 
Lakefield Legion, 10 Nicholls St, Lakefield On 
Admission is $5 for Junior Farmers and $10 for non members 
You can buy tickets at the door or ahead of time by contacting Cecelia Darling by email at cecelia@jfao.on.ca or by text at 705 308 9510 
Be sure to bring your cash for raffle tickets