Celebrating 20 Years of Agricultural Stewardship: Join the 2024 Peel Farm Tour Countryside Stewardship Mail / Farmers, Farmers and Equine Operators, Green Your Property, Invasive Species, Rural Landowners, Things to Do, Urban Homeowners / Thursday, September 26, 2024 A Conservation Milestone Over the past 20 years, the agricultural landscape in the Peel Region has been transformed […] Celebrating 20 Years of Agricultural Stewardship: Join the 2024 Peel Farm Tour Continue Reading
Care for Your Land WebinarAll EventsWebinar / Climate ChangeFarmersFarmers and Equine OperatorsGreen Your PropertyRural Landownerswebinar Climate Change, Farmers, Farmers and Equine Operators, Green Your Property, Rural Landowners, webinar / Tuesday, September 24, 2024 Learn Practical Tools for Managing Your Property Drought. Storms. Invasive species. Managing a rural property is challenging. Join Care for Your Land Webinar Continue Reading
Cultivating Collaboration on Rented FarmlandAll EventsWorkshop / FarmersFarmers and Equine OperatorsGreen Your PropertyRural Landowners Farmers, Farmers and Equine Operators, Green Your Property, Rural Landowners / Wednesday, July 3, 2024 Attention farmers and agricultural landowners This event aims to support both farmers who rent farmland and their landowners. Cultivating Collaboration on Rented Farmland Continue Reading
Septic Social WorkshopAll EventsWorkshop / FarmersGreen Your PropertyRural LandownersSeptic SystemSource Water Protection Farmers, Green Your Property, Rural Landowners, Septic System, Source Water Protection / Wednesday, June 26, 2024 Get Pumped About Septic System Health A failing septic system is costly, inconvenient and even dangerous. Gather outdoors Septic Social Workshop Continue Reading
Incredible Insects: Tiny, But Mighty Countryside Stewardship Mail / Caring for Your Land and Water, Farmers, Farmers and Equine Operators, Green Your Property, Rural Landowners / Tuesday, April 9, 2024 Do you count yourself among the many that fear bugs? A fear of insects is one of the Incredible Insects: Tiny, But Mighty Continue Reading
Agroforestry: Farms and Forests Working as One Countryside Stewardship Mail / Agriculture, Caring for Your Land and Water, Farmers, Farmers and Equine Operators, Green Your Property, Partnership Project, Rural Landowners / Thursday, March 21, 2024 This is part three of our five-part Farm Gate series about agricultural projects that are supported by the Agroforestry: Farms and Forests Working as One Continue Reading
Keeping Soil in its Place: Funding for Erosion Control Countryside Stewardship Mail / Agriculture, Caring for Your Land and Water, Farmers, Farmers and Equine Operators, Green Your Property, Partnership Project, Rural Landowners / Wednesday, February 28, 2024 This is part two of our five-part Farm Gate series about agricultural projects that are supported by the Keeping Soil in its Place: Funding for Erosion Control Continue Reading
Public Service Announcement: Winter Safety Message: Be Safe Near Waterways, Unsafe Ice News Room, Public Service Announcement / Farmers, Flooding, Green Your Property, Rural Landowners, Urban Homeowners, Watershed Science / Wednesday, January 17, 2024 January 17, 2024 – Credit Valley Conservation (CVC) reminds residents of the dangers near streams, rivers, ponds and Public Service Announcement: Winter Safety Message: Be Safe Near Waterways, Unsafe Ice Continue Reading
Best Management Practices: Farming for the Future Countryside Stewardship Mail / Caring for Your Land and Water, Farmers, Farmers and Equine Operators, Rural Landowners / Thursday, October 26, 2023 Farmers Play a Critical Role in Watershed Management Farmers have a unique relationship with the environment. They directly Best Management Practices: Farming for the Future Continue Reading
Everdale Farm: The Community Farm that Keeps Giving Back Countryside Stewardship Mail / Farmers, Farmers and Equine Operators, Participant and Partner Features, Partnership Project, Restoration, Restoration Project, Rural Landowners / Monday, October 9, 2023 Demonstrating the Connection Between Sustainable Agriculture and Community Resilience Like farming, land and water stewardship is a long-term Everdale Farm: The Community Farm that Keeps Giving Back Continue Reading
Nature-Based Solutions on Farms Countryside Stewardship Mail / Farmers, Farmers and Equine Operators, Grassland, Green Your Property, Restoration, Rural Landowners / Saturday, August 12, 2023 Learn About the ALUS Project Sometimes the best solutions are the ones right in front of us. ALUS Peel leverages Nature-Based Solutions on Farms Continue Reading
Strength in Numbers Countryside Stewardship Mail / Agriculture, Farmers, Farmers and Equine Operators, Green Your Property, Rural Landowners / Wednesday, July 19, 2023 Importance of Biological Diversity Did you know that across Ontario, almost 70 per cent of all farmland is used Strength in Numbers Continue Reading
Spring Showers Bring Erosion Powers Countryside Stewardship Mail / Farmers, Gardening, Green Your Property, Rural Landowners / Wednesday, April 26, 2023 Erosion to Look Out For Soil erosion is a natural process in which soil is picked up and Spring Showers Bring Erosion Powers Continue Reading
Meet the Murphys Countryside Stewardship Mail / Farmers, Farmers and Equine Operators, Green Your Property, Participant and Partner Features / Wednesday, August 10, 2022 How They Protect The Health of Their Farm Murphy Meadow Farms is a multi-generational family farm located just outside Meet the Murphys Continue Reading
Keep Soil Rooted Countryside Stewardship Mail / Agriculture, Farmers, Farmers and Equine Operators, Green Your Property, Rural Landowners / Wednesday, June 1, 2022 Roots Support Plant Growth This is part four of our five-part Farm Gate series on soil—the foundation of our Keep Soil Rooted Continue Reading
Do Not Disturb Countryside Stewardship Mail / Agriculture, Farmers, Green Your Property, Rural Landowners / Wednesday, May 18, 2022 Limiting Soil Disturbance Promotes Healthy Soil Structure This is part three of our five-part Farm Gate series on Do Not Disturb Continue Reading
Cover It Up Countryside Stewardship Mail / Farmers, Farmers and Equine Operators, Green Your Property, Rural Landowners / Wednesday, May 4, 2022 Improve Soil Health This is part two of our five-part Farm Gate series on soil—the foundation of our Cover It Up Continue Reading
A Precious Resource Countryside Stewardship Mail / Agriculture, Farmers, Farmers and Equine Operators, Green Your Property, Rural Landowners / Wednesday, April 6, 2022 It’s More than Dirt This is part one of a five-part Farm Gate series on soil—the foundation of A Precious Resource Continue Reading
Only 100 Acres to Go: Certify Your Hay as Bird-friendly Media Release, News Room / Bird-Friendly Certified Hay, Farmers, Farmers and Equine Operators, Green Your Property, Rural Landowners / Monday, March 28, 2022 March 28, 2022 – Credit Valley Conservation (CVC) is inviting hay growers to delay this year’s hay cut Only 100 Acres to Go: Certify Your Hay as Bird-friendly Continue Reading
Watershed Farmers Delay the Hay to Protect Grassland Birds Conversations / Bird-Friendly Certified Hay, Farmers, Farmers and Equine Operators, Grassland, Green Your Property, Rural Landowners / Friday, March 25, 2022 Every year, grassland birds like bobolink and eastern meadowlark build their nests in hay fields across the Credit Watershed Farmers Delay the Hay to Protect Grassland Birds Continue Reading
Good Work Pays Off for Farmers in Peel Conversations / Agriculture, Farmers, Farmers and Equine Operators, Green Your Property, Partnership Project, Peel, Rural Water Quality Program / Thursday, March 17, 2022 In the 1950s, agriculture was practiced on 74 per cent of the land in the Credit River Watershed. Good Work Pays Off for Farmers in Peel Continue Reading