Hayes Farm
577 Hillcrest Drive Fredericton, NB, Canada

Soil regeneration matters, and we can all play a part! Regeneration Canada is another organization working towards this aim by providing opportunities for farmers, landowners, scientists, agronomists, entrepreneurs, community groups, governments, and people to learn, interact, and take action to help soils regenerate. https://regenerationcanada.org/en/why-soil/

It's not too late (but soon will be)! Apply today!

We're belated in sharing this, but better late than never...! There are several formal sessions as well as several informal opportunities to connect to one another in the coming weeks. We strongly encourage all of our farmer friends to check in.

Things are happening in the hoop house and in the fields! Alliums are germinating, fall-sown greens are coming back to life, the field are almost snow-free, and the apple trees have gotten their winter haircut!

Our growing season has started, and we're mere weeks away from welcoming our 2021 learn-to-farm interns. We have spots left - does one oft hem have your name on it!?! Apply today at www.HayesFarm.ca/rfc!

So, after you Stir your curiosity... Seed your community... Nurture yourself... Plant intention...... Raise your hand... Harvest new skills... and Feed you brain...what is left? Enjoy the fruits your labour! Spots are still available for both our summer and full-season #learntofarm programs - apply to day at www.HayesFarm.ca! See more

The journey not the arrival matters. T.S.Eliot

It's a beautiful day in the hoop house! We're picking greens for our last CSA box of the season. It feels good to be wrapping up 20 weeks of shares with a really healthy portion of veg. Thanks for your support and enjoy!

November is [unofficially] farmer education month! Also in this edition: the National Farmers Union is hiring in Atlantic Canada, Jerusalem artichokes, and winter bed close-up tips! - https://mailchi.mp//november-is-unofficially-farmer-educat

But wait, there's more! The Bauta Family Initiative in Atlantic Canada, with support from ACORN, is proud to host the Good Seeds Mini Conference, a fully digital 2-day event featuring twelve farmers, seed growers, and seed company representatives from Atlantic Canada, eastern Canada, and the Northeast US. Sessions are free and cover a range of topics for beginners through to advanced-level seed savers. Please join us November 16 - 17, 2020. For full details and links to register, visit www.acornorganic.org/events

Our allies in advancing toward just and regenerative farming and food systems have some excellent programming coming up. We encourage you to check out the free or pay-what-you-can webinars from the National Farmers Union and Food Secure Canada. Some sessions begin today, and programming runs until late November. Check it all out! https://foodsecurecanada.org/content/cultivating-change https://www.nfu.ca/2020convention/

Congratulations Eva!

Squash, squash everywhere, as far as the eye can see!

It's OPEN FARM DAY! The Agricultural Alliance of N.B. - Alliance Agricole du N.-B. is hosting lots of cool things online, and we are excited to be able to offer something in person. Come visit us out today!

Premiering tomorrow! This year's crew of RFC interns put together a super fun 'a day in the life' video of their time here. It will be premiering on YouTube tomorrow morning for Open Farm Day. Check it out, then check US out here on farm from 10-2:) https://youtu.be/0ua4hQnOWsE

Eating! Learning! Graduating! - https://mailchi.mp/ec2be2913531/eating-learning-graduating Some highlights from the farm, and only 1 MORE DAY to register for the Holistic Farm Business Planner course!

Thanks to Farmwork to Feed Canada for inclusion in this article. We're in good company alongside Everdale, Young Agrarians, and WWOOF. We're still just babies here at Hayes Farm and look to all of these other incredible organizations to help inform our direction here in New Brunswick. It's a quick read - take a look!

Our Holistic Farm Business Planner course is beginning soon! We have a good bunch or signups so far, and would love to add more diversity to the group! You can find all the details and sign up online at https://www.hayesfarm.ca/hfbp.

We are so delighted to have a helping hand from our beautiful young growers. Living proof of bright and healthy future.

It's been SO busy that we haven't publicly congratulated our 2020 Regenerative Farming Certificate program interns. They wrapped up their time with us last Friday, and we were able to celebrate their beautiful and productive accomplishments with a chili feast, friends, gifts, and certificates. We hope and trust that none will be strangers, and that they'll carry all of their learning forward down whatever path they follow. CONGRATULATIONS CLASS OF 2020!

Have you always wanted to investigate farm life? Plan for profit through your home garden? Dive deeper into a family farm operation? We can help! Registration f...or our Holistic Farm Business Planner course is now open! We get started online in early September, and hope to see you there. Check out all the details on our website at https://www.hayesfarm.ca/hfbp! See more

In case your day needs a little brightening - here is our in-house rock band. <3

The Holistic Farm Business Planner course is registering now for a Sept. 13th start! One of last year's participants had this to say: "This course gave me the tools I needed to turn an idea into a concrete plan. Very realistic, numbers oriented and informative! " See all the details online at https://www.hayesfarm.ca/hfbp

2019 RFC grad Hannah Moore continues to write informed and positive articles about our food system and community. Check out her recent NB Media Co-op article about the Halifax organization Hope Blooms and the wonderful things they continue to accomplish. https://nbmediacoop.org//hope-blooms-youth-driven-food-se/

August Open Farm Day + Farm Business Planner course...registering now! - https://mailchi.mp//august-open-farm-day-farm-business-pla

WOWZA! We just crossed the 1,000 likes threshold!WOWZA! We just crossed the 1,000 likes threshold!

We're getting ready to participate in a unique online 'open farm day' with Agricultural Alliance of N.B. - Alliance Agricole du N.-B. on September 20th. As we put together our 'day in the life' video of our RFC interns, are there any questions you'd like answered?! Send them along and we'll do our best!

It's good to still be on the CBC radar - Shane Fowler has been a great supporter of the farm's for a few years now, and put together a nice story once again.

Today the RFC crew of interns learned about nixtamalization of corn with a beautiful leader, Cecelia Brooks (of Soulflower Herbals and many other pursuits). Step 1 began yesterday with washing and cooking in water with wood ask and cooking, and today was hand-ground. The result will be dried and used in flour. Learning!

Summer efforts are in full swing - come see! - https://mailchi.mp//summer-efforts-are-in-full-swing-come- We're hosting an open farm day this coming Saturday - check us out and get in on some pay-what-you-can produce!

JEDIs plenary that was previously planned for March has been rescheduled for online sessions for 5 Tuesdays beginning July 21st. Hayes Farm will be participating on July 28th along with a talk on 'Working Together: Indigenous & Gov't Partnerships.' Take a look at the offerings here where you can register for free.

Mark your calendars for Saturday, July 25! We are excited to be able to welcome our community to the farm for tours and a pay-what-you-can market from 10-2. Stay tuned for details!

As we get rollin with our weekly veggie shares, we are looking for some containers to help us portion some of our tasty, tasty veg and fruit. If you have any clean 250ml or 500ml containers - think sour cream or yogurt (ideally with lids) we would love to have them. Let us know and we can arrange a drop off.

Holy WOW! Harvest this week is going to be a fun one with loads of fruit on the vines in the hoop house and in the field. Veggies shares will be a bit of a hodge-podge, but certainly won't disappoint!

Not sure how to use those garlic scapes or basil? Check this out!

First harvest of 2020 at Hayes. Living healthy with Abundance!!!

Hayes Ecosystems !!!!

"Investing in community farms can help strengthen local food systems, while securing farmland that may otherwise be threatened by development. Keeping green spaces alive, healthy and productive within communities is a benefit that everyone can enjoy. Our core team is really strong and quite diverse, but were still [only] a group of between six and eight. Bringing in community members to help envision what the farm can be, and contribute to ideas and decision-making on a high level will help to guide us. We only represent a certain perspective, and a few demographics of what our community is and what our community needs. Hayes Farm in Fredericton aims to create a community farm model and template that can be easily adopted and adapted in other areas.

How can something not much bigger than a grain of salt contain the power to feed the masses? Small but mighty: the power of a seed. https://nbmediacoop.org//small-but-mighty-the-power-of-a-/

"Tired hands and muddy boots are the new reality for the dedicated trainees in the 18-week Regenerative Farming Certificate (RFC) program at Hayes Farm in Fredericton. One of the best things about the RFC program at Hayes Farm is that it brings people together who may not have met otherwise. It gives people a space to connect with others who have similar interests and passions, as well as learn important lessons that go beyond growing food."

Hayes Team volunteering at Hyla Park. Good Job Team Hayes!!!

Planting 4 sisters at Hayes Farm by our 2020 Interns.

Come join us to create future resilient farm for food security and healthy community.

We've got lots more drop-in learning sessions coming up in the next few weeks, including Season Extension Techniques (July 6), Seeds (July 20), Agricultural Systems and Practices (July 21) and more on deck after that! All online sessions are only $5 with a $20 NB Community Harvest Gardens membership. The whole schedule can be found online below - register by emailing [email protected] with the session you are interested in. Hope to see you online!