What is CRAFT Ontario?
CRAFT Ontario (The Collaborative Regional Alliance for Farmer Training in Ontario) is an informal, member-driven organization made up of more than a dozen southern Ontario organic farms. CRAFT Ontario farms are all distinct but they share several things in common. Each CRAFT farm: • offers a full-season farming internship (details of these internships vary from farm to farm – see farm descriptions); • practices organic agriculture; • takes part in an annual joint-application process designed to provide increased selection/choice for applicants; • is committed to bringing their interns to all six of the CRAFT field trips. The goal of CRAFT Ontario is to enhance the internships offered by its member farms. The primary method of doing this is to offer monthly field trips which take place at selected CRAFT farms. CRAFT field trips are attended by all 40+ CRAFT interns and farmers. These field trips and other CRAFT activities are intended to: • strengthen the interns’ and farmers’ skills an
