In the media

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Heritage Public School joins the Farm to School Movement! October was Farm to School Month in Canada, a month to encourage and celebrate local food initiatives across the country.

'When bigger is seen as better, going against the grain to focus on locally-grown ancient grains might seem at best misguided'. Follow the link below to read the full article.

 “We thought that this was just going to be a kind of a little passion project to keep us busy .."

 My Local Markets is a startup initiated by Darlene Collins to facilitate the connection between local food producers and customers. 

A great article featuring Against the Grain Farms and the hurdles that niche grain producers face. 

Click on the link below and scroll down to the article  "Does Rock Mineralizers Increase Yield of  Heritage Wheat" and discover the research we have been working on this past year in collaboration with EFAO. 

Shelley was recently featured in the Country Guide magazine in an article titled, 'A hunger for opportunity' written by Lorraine Stevenson. To read about Shelley's farming story, follow the link below. 

Shelley was the recipient of the Nuffield Canada Agricultural Scholarship in 2018. She has completed her international study and compiled her learnings in a report titled 'Exploring the Viability and the Impact of Participatory Plant Breeding from Seed to Table'.  Please follow the link below to read the full report. 

This feel good story demonstrates how one small scale farmer can have a large impact in her community and country by sharing her knowledge and demonstrating her successes and failures with other farmers, helping them succeed and create a vibrant local food supply!