In the summer of 2024, the Regenerative Organic Oats (ROO) program was in full swing across the fields of participating program farmers based in the Prairies.
Alongside program farmers, our program coordinators conducted various field monitoring techniques and collected soil samples for laboratory analysis. This hands-on experience offered invaluable insights into the soils our program farmers are regenerating and highlights their efforts to optimize crop yields while enhancing carbon sequestration.
Our Program Coordinator, Julia visited the Appelman Family Farm. It was a pleasure to explore their farm and take a peak at the unique crops being grown. One of Julia’s favourite parts about this visit was learning about the rows of rhodiola rosea they had been growing for years. These plants take five years for their roots to be harvested and are great traditional medicinal plants. After being processed, rhodiola is an adaptogen and provides resistance to all sorts of stresses that the human body experiences, all the way from physical to emotional and everything in between. It’s basically a superpower!
A big thank you to the Appelman family for being fantastic hosts!
To learn more about the ROO program, visit our Regenerative Organic Oats (ROO) page on our website.