Last month, we wrapped our 2025-2026 Winter Webinar Series. Each winter, we aim to host accessible webinars that deepen your understanding of farmland loss, protection, and stewardship with expert speakers from across sectors.
If you missed our webinars this winter, the recordings are now live for you to view.
- Best Management Practices for Soil Health
Owen Ricker, Farmer and Research Liason for the Ontario Soil and Crop Improvement Association (OSCIA), shares findings from OSCIA’s Living Lab project – a project that brings together farmers, organizations, researchers, and other experts to co-develop, test, and evaluate beneficial management practices (BMPs) that address climate change challenges in livestock and cropping systems.
- Understanding Farming as a System for Sustainable Management
Laura Niell, Soil Health & Field Advisor for Northern Roots Soil Solutions, presents a systems-thinking approach, showcasing how soil, water, crops, livestock, economics, and people interact to shape profitable and sustainable farms. - Farmland Protection and Policy: An Introduction
The Ontario Farmland Trust’s Executive Director, Martin Straathof, and Board Chair, Margaret Walton, provide an accessible introduction to municipal planning processes and farmland protection policies. They dive into existing land-use planning frameworks, what tools exist to influence planning decisions, and which levels of government and departments are responsible for decisions affecting farmland.
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We’d love to hear from you about ways we can improve our webinars and what topics to focus on next winter. Your response will be anonymous.
Dive deeper at the 2026 Farmland Forum
Continue your learning at our 2026 Farmland Forum: Municipalities & Farmland Protection on March 19th in Elora, ON and online! Through an inspiring keynote address, a farmer-led panel, informative sessions, and a hands-on workshop, the Forum will explore the challenges and gaps facing municipalities and local communities, and highlight actionable steps to protect Ontario’s farmland, ensuring a future that includes food, farms, economic vitality, and resilient communities.