Tamarack Farms- July 10 th 10:30 AM – 3:30 PM, including BBQ Lunch Located near Erickson, Manitoba, Tamarack Farms opens our minds to a more environmentally friendly way of farming. The farm business incorporates crops, livestock and food processing. Tamarack grows, cleans and packages Peruvian strains of quinoa sold through Manitoba specialty food shops. Learning Stations- Morning • Ryan Pengelly, Owner, Tamarack Farms • Laura Weinbender, Grain Millers, Yorkton, SK. Growing quality commercial organic oats. • Anne Kirk, Cereals Specialist, Manitoba Agriculture & Resource Development. Einkorn agronomy Equipment Demonstrations- Afternoon Visit https://manitobaorganicalliance.com/event/tamarack-farms/ for more information The Manitoba Organic Alliance 2020 organic farm tours will showcase the ingenuity and self-sufficiency of Manitoba family-run organic farms. Participating enterprises have improved their economic resilience by diversifying their business model. The Tours Getting the Most out of Every Acre Farm Tours by Manitoba Organic Alliance
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Tamarack Farms- July 10th 10:30 AM – 3:30 PM, including BBQ Lunch Located near Erickson, Manitoba, Tamarack Farms opens our minds to a more environmentally friendly way of farming. The farm business incorporates crops, livestock and food processing. Tamarack grows, cleans and packages Peruvian strains of quinoa sold through Manitoba specialty food shops.
Adagio Acres- July 22nd 10:30 AM – 3:30 PM, including BBQ Lunch Adagio Acres in Lundar, Manitoba uses organic practices to produce hulless oats which are processed on-farm and distributed to local retailers and direct to consumers through a winter CSA that also incorporates organic grains grown by other producers in the province.
Learning Stations: • John Gavloski, Manitoba Agriculture & Resource Development Insect Sampling.
• Paul Gregory, Owner Interlake Forage Seeds. Common weeds that can impact your bottom line in alfalfa seed production
• TBD, Manitoba Agriculture & Resource Development, Getting Your Grain Handling Facility Licenced. Visit https://manitobaorganicalliance.com/event/adagio-acres/ for more information
DeRuyck’s Top of the Hill Farm- July 14th
10:30 AM – 3:30 PM, including BBQ Lunch
DeRuyck’s Top of the Hill Farm near Treherne, Manitoba, produces a wide variety of specialty
organic crops and beef and cleans and further processes grains grown on-farm and from
other Manitoba organic producers.
Learning Stations:
• Dan & Fran DeRuyck, Farm and processing facility tour • Joanne Theissen Martens, PhD student, University of Manitoba. Optimizing Recycled Phosphorus
for Organic Crops.
• Doug Cattani, University of Manitoba, The Benefits of Kernza (Intermediate Wheatgrass).
• Jason Gibbs, University of Manitoba, Adding Diversity through Pollinator Strips.
Visit https://manitobaorganicalliance.com/event/deruycks-top-of-the-hill-farm/ for more information
Abtshof Farms- July 15th
2:00 – 5:00 PM, followed by a BBQ Supper
Located near Elie, Manitoba, Abtshof farms is a recently transitioned organic grain farm.
Learning Stations: • Anne Kirk, Cereals Specialist, Manitoba Agriculture & Resource Development. Early season
management of spring wheat. Visit https://manitobaorganicalliance.com/event/abtshof-farms-getting-the-most-out-of-every-acre/ for more information
Stony Brook Creamery & Sardius Holsteins - July 23rd
10:30 AM – 3:30 PM, including BBQ Lunch
Stony Brook Creamery is a microprocessor built on a dairy farm (Sardius Holsteins) near
Steinbach, Manitoba. The focus is fresh, local, organic dairy products including fluid milk and
cheese curds.
Learning Stations:
• Sam Appleby, Owner Sardius Holsteins, Tour of the Milking Barn. • Jim Appleby, Owner, Stoneybrook Creamery, Creamery Tour. • Elizabeth Karpinchick, Owner Tone Ag. Historical data on field management at Stony Brook Farm
and manure and non-manure application. Visit https://manitobaorganicalliance.com/event/stony-brook-creamery-and-sardius-holsteins/ for more information
$250One Tour• Small logo on the farm tour webpage
• Small logo on farm tour posters and invitations
• Shout-out at one farm tour
$1000Five Tours
• Large logo on farm tour webpage
• Large logo on farm tour posters and invitations
• Logo in the Manitoba Organic Alliance newsletter
• Shout-out at all farm tours
Become a Sponsor- To Become a sponsor please see
page 7 or visit https://manitobaorganicalliance.com/events/
Last year was our first season. Our audience grew throughout the year,
with more than 300 downloads of the last episode! This year, we want to
work with sponsors to integrate ads into each podcast.
Grain on the Brain A podcast hosted by the Manitoba Organic Alliance
Who We Reach:
• Certified, transitioning and mainstream farmers interested in agro-ecological farming methods, and organic industry representatives.
• Our listeners are mainly in the Canadian Prairies, but there are also some in the rest of Canada and the U.S. Midwest.
Become A Sponsor!
For $1000 you will receive: • a 15-second advertising spot at the beginning of one episode; • a 60-second advertisement in the middle; • a 30-second advertisement at the end; • a link to your website or with your contact information and brief information about
you as a sponsor in our podcast write-up; • a shout-out in our monthly newsletter; • your logo displayed on the podcast episode webpage; AND • your logo displayed on our social media promotional posts
Farm Tours One Tour ($250): Small logo on promotional posters and invites, small logo on website, company shout-out at farm tour Five Tours ($1000): Large Logo on promotional posters and invites, large logo on website, logo in Manitoba Organic Alliance Newsletter, company shout-out at all farm tours
Webinars One Webinar ($250): Small logo on promotional posters and invites, small logo on website. 10 second advertisement in webinar Five Webinars ($1000): Large logo on promotional posters and invites, large logo on website, logo in Manitoba Organic Alliance Newsletter, 20-second advertisement in webinars
Podcasts ($1000) 15-second advertising spot at the beginning of one episode, 60-second advertisement in the middle, 30-second advertisement at the end, link to your website or with your contact information and brief information about you as a sponsor in our podcast write-up, shout-out in our monthly newsletter, your logo displayed on the podcast episode webpage, and your logo displayed on our social media promotional posts
Bronze Level Sponsorship ($2500)
- Two Tours, Two Webinars, Podcasts Logo on promotional materials for one tour and webinar, verbal recognition at one event OR podcast, logo on event slides for a tour and webinar OR on podcast episode page
Silver Level Sponsorship ($3500)
- Three Tours, Three Webinars, Podcasts Banner ad in monthly MOA e-newsletter for 6-months (value $1,080), button ad on MOA website for 6 months (value $540), logo on all tours, webinars and podcast promotional materials for 1-year, verbal recognition at all tours, webinars and podcasts for 1-year, logo on event slides at tours and webinars for 1-year
Gold Level Sponsorship ($5000)
-All Tours, All Webinars, All Podcasts Banner ad in monthly MOA e-newsletter for 1-year, button ad on MOA website for 1 year (value $1,080), logo on all MOA events promotional materials for 1-year, verbal recognition at all MOA events and podcasts for 1-year, logo on event slides at all MOA events for 1-year
Sponsorship Summary
Company Name Contact Person
Email Company Address
Phone Number
Sponsorship Event Title(s)- Which event(s) you would like to sponsor
Price
One Farm tour $250
Five Farm Tours $1000
One Webinar $250
Five Webinars $1000
Five Farm Tours AND five Webinars
$1500
2020 Podcasts $1000
Bronze Sponsorship -Two Farm Tours, Two Webinars and Podcasts
$2500
If you would like to become a sponsor, please visit https://www.prairieorganics.org/prairie-organics for online payments, or fill out the following form and mail it with a cheque of the desired amount to:
Manitoba Organic Alliance 484 Hanover St. Steinbach, MB R5G 0H2
Cheques can be made out “The Manitoba Organic Alliance”.
