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Making Agriculture Sustainable in the Hazeltons

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Workshops

Learn the skills necessary to create food security.
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Events

Live music, community dinners, and festivals.
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Apple Pressing

Bring your fruit and make apples and other finished products.
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Equipment Lending Library

Borrow equipment at affordable rates.
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Community Listings

A collection of our members, services and products available locally.
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Bulk Buying Club

Work with other members to reduce equipment costs.

Recent News

March 25, 2024

Pruning Resources

After our two pruning sessions in March 2024, we have two handouts by Carol Ponchet - one is for apple cultivars and one is on Fruit Tree Pruning. Carol has copyright on these handouts and they are only for private use and specifically for attendees of our sessions. Please contact her directly for permission to…
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March 18, 2024

Our first ever Fruit Tree Pruning Workshop!

On Sunday March 17, we hosted a Train the Trainer workshop led by Carol Ponchet. With 9 people attending, there were many perspectives and hands to help care for the trees. We learned how to assess the tree for branch training style (Open Vase makes for easy picking!), to look for and attend to dead…
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March 4, 2024

My Composting Story Video

On February 26, MASH hosted a Community Composting Panel that featured a presentation by Debbie Bexon about their on-farm composting project. Debbie provided detailed insights into their process and the benefits they have experienced from using the finished compost in garden such as saved labour from weeding. A five gallon pail of finished compost and…
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February 29, 2024

2024 AGM

A new Board of Directors was elected: Chris Zazula, Kevin Pegg, Vance Barritt and Adam Zonnis. Laurie Gallant and Nika (Lori) Knorr are stepping down from the Board. Laurie will take on Executive Director role. We had a record attendance and 12 new members joined. This year's AGM also featured a Panel discussion on Community…
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Upcoming Events

Composting Pilot Project
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Composting Facility WorkBee

April 3 -
April 4
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We are a registered non-profit society operating mainly in the Hazeltons since 2017, with service on demand for surrounding communities. Our passion is food security and supporting local farmers to succeed in a changing market and a changing climate. Capacity-building, networking and delivering fun, safe events are what we do best.

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