Amara Farm Tour & Potluck

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Wednesday, August 30th, 2017
5:30 PM to 10:00 PM

LEARN ABOUT…
A few things you might learn about at the Amara Farm Tour:

Small scale, intensive vegetable production
Hoophouses & mobile hoophouses
Farm co-operatives
Water storage
Climate change resilience
Wireworm & pest control

ABOUT AMARA FARM

Amara farm is a certified organic vegetable and blueberry farm in the Comox Valley. The farm utilizes intensive, small-scale farming techniques to grow vegetables year-round on one acre. They also grow one acre of blueberries that reached the first year of production in 2017! This farm is the hub of Merville Organics Growers’ Cooperative, a lively marketing collective comprised of four farms in the Comox Valley.

Merville Organics sells organic produce to the community through a popular CSA program, local farmers’ markets, and restaurants.

The farmers at Amara contribute a lot to regional farm knowledge development. Recently, the farm has participated in a research project that focused on wireworm and click beetle control. Farmers at Amara have also innovated and demonstrated new ideas for water harvesting and storage, season extension and more. They share their knowledge with local farming community via the Mid Island Farmers Institute.