On Thursday, September 28, join Horticulture Nova Scotia and Perennia Food and Agriculture for a morning filled with equipment demos, “all about mulches”, cover crops, climate-related info and more!
Important: As our last stop has very limited parking, we will have a
bus available to transport you along the route!
Date:
Thursday,
September 28 from 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Starting
location:
6727 Brooklyn
Street, Kings County
Agenda
8:30 –
8:45 Meet at 6727 Brooklyn St.
Welcome and, yes, there will be coffee! Note: CEU and OFCAF points are
available.
8:45 –
9:20 Discussion and
demonstration of equipment for cover cropping and reducing tractor passes.
9:20
– 9:30 Travel to 99 Bligh Rd.
9:30 – 10:00
Degradable mulch trial results - discussion and display.
10:00 – 10:45 Key equipment
demonstrations for mulch.
10:45
– 11:00 Travel to Living Labs site on Hwy #221.
11:00
– 12:00 Living Labs site intro, cover crops
demonstration, and lots info on related climate change adaptation.
12:00
– 12:30 Travel back to starting point; event concludes.
Hope to see you there!
