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How do Farmers Protect their Seeds from Insects?

Take a tour of a grain farm to see how farmers protect their seeds from insects.

combining soybeans

Harvesting Soybeans To Help A Farmer In Need

On our tour today, we start from the combine seat as Rick harvests soybeans and tells about how he uses auto-steer technology all year long.

rotary parlour

Tour a Rotary Milking Parlour

Take a tour of a dairy farm and learn how dairy cows are raised and cared for in Canada.

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GPS Helps Farmers use Less Pesticides

Climb into a sprayer to see how built-in GPS technology and auto-steer prevent overlapping or over application of pesticides.

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How Watermelons Grow in Canada

Did you know watermelons grow in Canada? Take a tour of a watermelon farm and learn how they are grown and harvested.

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Why do some Farmers Irrigate their Crops?

Take a tour of a farm that uses irrigation. Learn why it’s needed, how to conserve the water source and only use the water needed for crops.

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Learn more about a Water Buffalo farm

Tour a Water Buffalo farm and see for yourself what they look like and how they are cared for in Canada.

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How are Dairy Goats Cared for?

Tour a dairy goat farm and learn how goats are cared for in Canada.

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Learn more about Raising Veal Cattle

A lot of care and work go into raising veal cattle and it shows with these two clean and well run farms. Take a tour to learn more about veal cattle.

maple syrup spile

What is Maple Syrup Made of and How is it Produced?

Learn where maple syrup comes from and how is it produced.

pullet barn

What is a Pullet Farm?

Tour a pullet farm, which is a farm that raises chicks from hatching until they are ready to produce eggs when they are moved to a laying barn.

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Growing Tulips in a Greenhouse

Tour a tulip greenhouse and learn how tulips are grown and harvested.

egg conveyor

What’s it Like in an Egg Barn?

Tour an enriched colony housing egg barn and learn how eggs get from farm to table.

wildboar in pasture

Raising Heritage Pigs and Wildboar in Canada

Tour a heritage pig and wildboar farm and learn how wildboar are cared for in Canada.

greenhouse grown cucumbers

Growing Greenhouse Cucumbers

See how cucumbers get from a greenhouse to your plate in just a few short hours.

broiler chicken barn

How are Broiler Chickens Cared For?

Tour a broiler chicken barn and learn how chickens are cared for.

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How are Boer Goats Raised?

Tour a Boer goat farm and learn how goats are cared for in Canada.

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How are Sugar Beets Grown?

See how sugar beets are grown and harvested.

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Tree Farming

Tree farmers are behind all the beautiful maples, evergreens and shrubs that you see at your local landscaping store.

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Growing Field Tomatoes

Tour a field of tomatoes and learn how tomatoes are grown and harvested.

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Growing Carrots in the Holland Marsh

Tour a carrot farm and learn how carrots are grown and harvested.

Growing and Harvesting Organic Corn

Tour a corn field and learn how organic corn is planted and harvested.

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Family Flower Farm

Tour a flower farm and learn how fresh cut flowers are planted and harvested.

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Fresh to Frozen Peas

Tour a farm and learn how fresh peas are harvested and processed.

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How are Turkeys Cared for?

Tour a turkey barn and learn how turkeys are cared for in Canada.

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Growing Greenhouse Peppers

Tour a greenhouse and learn how peppers are grown in Canada.

how do strawberries grow

How Do Strawberries Grow?

Discover answers to frequently asked questions about how strawberries grow in Canada.

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What is a propagation Greenhouse?

What is a propagation greenhouse?Propagation greenhouses supply other greenhouses with the tiny seedlings that will grow into food producing plants.

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How are Bison Raised?

Tour a bison ranch and learn how bison are sustainably raised in Canada.

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How are Beef Cattle Raised?

Canadian cattle are raised in a sustainable, economically viable, environmentally sound and socially responsible way.

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What Happens on a Trout Farm?

Solely catching fish in the wild will lead to overfishing, which is unsustainable. That’s where fish farms come in. Take a virtual tour of a trout farm.

feeding-lambs

What is a Lamb Feedlot?

Learn more about how this lamb feedlot uses byproducts, from making beer and apple juice, to feed lambs.

dairy farmers use robots

How are Dairy Farmers Using Robots in the Barn?

Discover how dairy farms use technology in the barn.

how asparagus grows

How Does Asparagus Grow?

If you have questions about how farmers grow asparagus, here are some frequently asked questions.

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How are Pigs Raised?

Take a tour of a pig farm with Andrew Campbell and learn how pigs are raised.

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What are Hops and How do They Grow?

With the craft beer craze in full swing, farmers in several parts of Canada are growing a new crop – hops!

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How Mushrooms are Grown

Tour a mushroom farm and learn how mushrooms are grown, picked and packed in Canada.

how do apples grow

How do Apples Grow?

Discover answers to frequently asked questions about how apples grow in Canada.

harvesting garlic

How is Garlic Harvested?

There is a new push to get more of the garlic we eat, produced here in Canada. Discover how garlic is harvested, sorted and stored.

pumpkin-field

How Do Pumpkins Grow?

It’s an unmatched passion – for pumpkins. When it comes to the pumpkins from Kelsey’s farm, they aren’t about to end up as pumpkin spice anything. Her crop is entirely for families to come and choose that perfect one, and take home for whatever fall tradition they have with it.

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How do you Think Eggnog is Made?

Take a tour of this family-owned processing plant and learn how eggnog is made.

christmas-tree-farming

How Long Does it Take to Grow Christmas Trees?

In Canada, almost 4 million real Christmas trees are cut from Christmas tree farms across the country. Learn what happens on a tree farm.

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Andrew Campbell

Andrew Campbell is a farmer, award-winning communicator & passionate farm advocate. He and his family milk cows as well as grow corn, soybeans, wheat & hay in Southern Ontario’s Middlesex County. Andrew has become a familiar voice for farmers and agriculture issues, sharing the positive stories that farmers across Canada have to share with their non-farming neighbours. You can find him on social media with the handle FreshAirFarmer, or with his podcast titled ‘Food Bubble’.

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