Please join us for a workshop with Jean-Martin Fortier, author of The Market Gardener and young farmer extraordinaire from Quebec!

Victoria, Sunday, March 16th, 2014
Doors: 9:30am, Workshop 10am-5pm
Location: Fernwood Community Centre, 1240 Gladstone Avenue
Tickets: http://jeanmartinvictoria.brownpapertickets.com/

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Jean-Martin Fortier and his wife Maude-Hélène Desroches are the founders of Les Jardins de la Grelinette, a micro-farm located in Eastern Quebec, just north of the American border. Growing on just 1.5 acres, they are able to feed more than 200 families through their thriving CSA and seasonal market stands as well as supply vegetables to dozens of local establishments. For more than a decade the market garden has provided their only household income, generating close to $140,000 in annual sales with a profit margin of around 45%. During the workshop, Jean-Martin Fortier will demonstrates how adopting intensive methods of production can lead to optimal cropping systems. He will discuss how to:

• Set up a micro-farm & design biologically intensive cropping systems with negligible capital outlay
• Farm without a tractor & minimize fossil fuel inputs through the best hand tools, machinery, & minimum tillage
• Grow mixed vegetables systematically with attention to best practices for weed and pest management

Jean Martin Fortier’s book The Market Gardener will be available for sale.

Please help us get the word out about a workshop near you! Proceeds from the tour will support Young Agrarians 2014 programming.