Dufferin County Experimental Acres Farm Pilot

Experimental Acres Farm Pilot

Meet Our 2023 Pilot Hosts
A a woman pats the heads of a group of black pigs in an open field

Dufferin County is collaborating with Our Food Future and Wellington County to deliver the Experimental Acres Pilot.

Farmers know their land best, which is why farmers, better known as Pilot Hosts, design their own Experimental Acres.

The program, administered by Wellington County, supports farmers in adopting experimental practices which will backstop risk, develop a community of support, and assist in capturing the business cases that can demonstrate what will be worth repeating. 

Experimental practices could include, but are not limited to cover crops, manure or amendments, grazing, variable rate seed/fertilizer, tire deflations system/controlled traffic, strip till/no till, or intercropping/relay cropping.

Learn more about the pilot at wellington.ca

Meet Our 2023 Pilot Hosts

We are thrilled to be working with 4 farms in Dufferin County as they trial new, regenerative agriculture practices. Click to read their farm profiles.

A market garden with purple and green lettuce in rows

Am Braigh Farms

Continued comparison of green manure and compost on market garden plots.
4 brown and white chickens graze in an open field

Brilliant Meadows Farm

Establishment of new bed to establish 3 year rotation on vegetable garden.
Saskatoon berries

Anam Cara Rising

Ecological monitoring of biodiverse hedgerow and comparison of compost tea amendment.
A carrot plant

Holesome Living Farms

Reducing reliance on agro-chemicals through companion planting in a market garden.