Production
Ever wonder what goes into growing apples?
Learn about what happens in the orchard and how apples are grown in Ontario
Crunican Apple Orchard
Philip Crunican is a third generation apple farmer near Elginfield Ontario. Watch this video to learn more about the apple farming in Ontario.
On 9th of May there was a live stream Q&A with Philip Crunican, which you can watch by clicking the link below.
Farm Food 360 Virtual Tour
Come on a virtual tour of an apple orchard and see how apples are grown and harvested.
Seasonal Workers
All those apples need to be picked and the local workforce often doesn’t have the manpower available to cover this. The solution is seasonal workers that are brought in to cover the workload of pruning and harvest.
Typically workers come during the early Spring for pruning and return home after harvest is finished in late Autumn.
These jobs offer opportunity to people in less developed nations to bring cash back home and improve their families lives. It can be tough being away from home for months on end, but it leads to a better future.
What Is IPM?
Integrated pest management, or IPM, is a process you can use to solve pest problems while minimizing risks to people and the environment. IPM can be used to manage all kinds of pests anywhere–in urban, agricultural, and wildland or natural areas.
In this video we will see what goes into IPM in an Ontarian orchard
Indigenous Connections
The apple is originally from Central Asia and was brought to North America by Europeans during the 1600’s. Indigenous populations in North America didn’t have access to apples till then (except for crab apple varieties on the West Coast), but the Indigenous population and Indigenous peoples did cultivate lots of other crops as well as hunt and fish!
Watch this video with Knowledge-keeper Steven Ireland of the Oneida Nation of the Thames to learn more about Indigenous fishing, hunting and harvesting practices.
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