Are you thinking about making a move to organic agriculture? Larry Kraemer shares the details of his path from a life in Toronto to his organic farm near Kincardine. This is a great episode if you are thinking about transitioning from conventional farming to certified organic.
Contents:
Raised in Toronto
Great memories of summers in Bruce County 
The joy of hard work
Operating a conventional dairy farm
The challenges of high interest rates in the 1980's
Running a business and raising a family while also farming
Raising beef cattle
The circumstances that lead to growing organic row crops
Record keeping for organic certification can be easy!
Grain storage
Crop rotations
Growing organic soybeans to illustrate what it takes to raise a crop organically
Equipment and strategies to keep weeds at bay
Marketing organic crops
Farming as part of a rewarding life!


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