Dufferin County is collaborating with Our Food Future and Wellington County to deliver the Experimental Acres Pilot.
The program, administered by Wellington County, supports farmers in adopting experimental practices which will backstop risk, develop a community of support, and assist in capturing the business cases that can demonstrate what will be worth repeating.
Experimental practices could include, but are not limited to, cover crops, manure or amendments, grazing, variable rate seed/fertilizer, tire deflations, system/controlled traffic, strip till/no till, or intercropping/relay cropping.
At the heart of Experimental Acres is the principle that ‘farmers know their land best’.
We know that prescriptive practices don’t work for everyone. Through this program we center farmer-created projects and cultivate individual pathways towards best practice adoption.
Get to Know Past Farm Hosts
In 2023, we had the pleasure of working with four farms in Dufferin County as they trialled new, regenerative agriculture practices. Click to read their farm profiles.
Am Braigh Farms
Continued comparison of green manure and compost on market garden plots.
Brilliant Meadows Farm
Establishment of new bed to establish 3 year rotation on vegetable garden.
Anam Cara Rising
Ecological monitoring of biodiverse hedgerow and comparison of compost tea amendment.
Holesome Living Farms
Reducing reliance on agro-chemicals through companion planting in a market garden.
