What do you do when you have difficulty sourcing organic feed for your Angus cattle? If you are the O’Briens, you invent a fully automated sprouting system that turns your organic seed into nutritious fodder!.

Join Farms at Work and O’Brienview Organic Farm for an afternoon exploring the ingenuity and problem solving that has gone into this conveyor system that produces over 700lb of new sprouts at a time. Learn how the system was designed and built, the benefits of feeding sprouted fodder and how this system could integrate into your operation. Come with your curiosity and your questions!

About the Hosts

More than three decades ago, Pauline and Eric O’Brien started a mixed organic farm in Cameron, Ontario. Today, their 350 acre operation includes three generations, a tomato seedling business, an organic market garden and certified organic and pasture finished beef, poultry and pork. Together, they work with great devotion and passion maintaining and harvesting our fields, crops and livestock. 

For over a decade, Farms at Work has been supporting the growth of resilient thriving farms that contribute to food security across east central Ontario and working to support farmers, new entrants, and farmland owners through education, mentorship, and research.