Lakehead Farm Club

05/21/2025

FREE WEBINAR UPCOMING June 11th 7pm: “Growing School Food and Food Literacy” . Part 1 of the Simcoe County School Food Webinar Series! All are welcome, bring your friends and share with your friends, colleagues, and networks! Presented by:
Lakehead Farm Lab & the Simcoe County Food Council – School Food Working Table (School Food Table, for short).

Date:
Wednesday, June 11th, 7:00 - 8:15 pm (EST)

Location:
Zoom Online (Register for free here: https://lakeheadu.zoom.us/meeting/register/bY9GlY71R6CL6zq6AlNYSQ).

Peas share with any teachers, students or anyone passionate about school gardening!

09/29/2024

Drop in today 11-2, and (Monday 11-1, Thursday 3-5). Lots of seeds to be saved and cleaned a the Farm Lab today among other fall gardening and learning opportunities. All welcome! Located east of the main parking lot

Visit farmlab.lakeheadu.ca for a calendar of events and to learn more!

09/22/2024

Sunday Drop in Today! 11-2ish, all welcome. Harvested one of the sweetest strawberries of our lives this week at the Farm Lab. Maybe you'll get to try one too?

Weekly drop ins:
(Most) Sundays 11-2 (check ahead)
Mondays 11-1
Thursdays 3-5

09/16/2024

TODAY (& future Mondays, Thurs, Sundays). All are welcome to join our regular drop-in gardening events happening every Monday from 11-1pm and Thursday from 3-5pm until October 31st. We will also go on Sundays (occasionally) but we encourage folks to contact ahead for Sundays! Drops in last till end of October!

Learn more about growing food and community on campus - and participate in our growing project! If you ever thought that there should be a garden in every school - well, we're making it happen - but need your help!

The Farm Lab is located in the northeast corner of campus, near the main parking lot! Visit farmlab.lakeheadu.ca for more info!

The is an community classroom for all ages and disciplines. We host fieldtrips for Lakehead classes and K-12 students in our region for curriculum based programs focused on sustainable food systems and community food literacy.

06/20/2023

Guest Facilitator at Grow!

George Colin diCenzo, a Professor at Queen's University in the Department of Biology, facilitated workshops in four of our junior/intermediate GROW classes.


His workshops focused on his research centred upon Nitrogen-Fixing Bacteria and its impact on soil health and food production to potentially reduce or eliminate the use of nitrogen fertilizers in commercial farming.

Students learned about the importance of bacteria and its different roles that support life, they learned how to conduct a scientific inquiry, used magnifying glasses to carefully inspect rhizobium nodules on the roots of alfalfa plants, and had the opportunity to ask George about the life of being a scientist and working at Queen’s University.

We are so grateful for our wonderful GROW Guest Facilitators!

https://www.lovingspoonful.org/grow-project

06/16/2023

A community garden was unveiled at North Hastings Community Trust Wednesday. It’s not just something that will grow produce to feed those who need help […]

06/16/2023

06/02/2023

05/24/2023

05/20/2023

Can't wait till we can field a farm team for the season !

05/18/2023

You are invited to join Lakehead University in a tipi raising on Sunday, June 11, 2023. In honour of National Indigenous History Month, Luana Harper-Shirt & her family will be sharing tipi teachings and will be leading us in the raising of the tipi on the Orillia campus. The Tipi Raising is in partnership with the Office of Indigenous Initiatives at Lakehead University and the Social and Community Services Division of the County of Simcoe. Registration is required.

All are welcome | Please bring a lawn chair | Light refreshments will be provided

Registration link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSevjXxG1hjMejtYsZHDq1GU-gzL_e-1JNOK-dRf0Tu05Oee0g/viewform?usp=sf_link