Farmers know their land best
The Experimental Acres program supports a farmer-led discovery of new practices to build soil health and enhance carbon recapture.
The program offers a de-risked learning season for testing best management practices to assist in developing a business case for practices worth repeating. Experimental Acres supports farmer-created projects through 3 funding streams:
Living Roots and Green Cover
Projects which extend the time soil is covered and/or has living roots in it.
Innovation
Projects which implement new ways of doing things on the farm.
Integrating Animals on the Farm
Projects which incorporate livestock into farm systems.
Through the Experimental Acres program, we are learning together with the goal of advancing best-management practices that produce both food and the services of a climate-resilient ecosystem.
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About Experimental Acres
The Experimental Acres program was developed as a part of Guelph-Wellington Our Food Future, a project funded by Infrastructure Canada. The County of Wellington facilitated the program in Wellington and Dufferin Counties in 2022, and Grey County joined in 2023. The 2025 program is administered by Grey Agricultural Services.