Roller crimping is a strategy that some farmers participating in COG’s Regenerative Organic Oats (ROO) program are using to terminate cover crops while reducing tillage and preserving surface residue. Learn more in this ROO Farm Story!
In Treherne, Manitoba, Dan and Fran DeRuyck run Top of the Hill Farm. Providing good, healthy food to their own family and others is at the heart of what Top of the Hill Farm is all about. So what are the DeRuyck’s doing to find creative markets for sharing their crops outside of their growing family? Building local connections!
In Balcarres, Saskatchewan Rob and Lisa run Schill Family Farm. With a real openness to trying something new, this powerhouse family raises a variety of livestock and grows diverse field crops, with creative solutions and soil health always top of mind. So how is Schill Family Farm tackling weed pressure? With pigs!
In 2023, we started our Regen Reads series – a reading list to help our followers learn more about regenerative organic agriculture. After many, many great recommendations we’re wrapping up the series with a look back at all of the great reads we have featured!
Early in March at the Climate Leaders Luncheon at Expo West, COG’s Regenerative Organic Oats (ROO) program was honoured to receive the Climate Collaborative’s Collective Action Leadership Award ⭐ The award recognizes “significant leadership in working together to advance climate solutions that no single organization could achieve alone”.
Regen Reads is COG’s monthly regenerative agriculture reading list. Our newest Regen Reads recommendation is “Practical No-Till Farming” by Andrew Mefferd.
The COG team is thrilled to share that six ROO program participants have successfully completed their three-year commitment to our Regenerative Organic Oats (ROO) program and are becoming alumni of the program.
Regen Reads is COG’s monthly regenerative agriculture reading list. Our newest Regen Reads recommendation is “Managing Pasture” by Dale Strickler.
In the summer of 2025, the Regenerative Organic Oats (ROO) program was in full swing across the fields of participating Prairie farmers. Early in the morning one day in late July, ROO Program Coordinator Alia headed to Stenen, SK to visit Wayne at WWR Omelchuk Farms.
In the summer of 2025, the Regenerative Organic Oats (ROO) program was in full swing across the fields of participating Prairie farmers. In late July, ROO Program Coordinator Dru headed to Hays, AB to visit Bernie at Wickenheiser Organic Farms.
In the summer of 2025, the Regenerative Organic Oats (ROO) program was in full swing across the fields of participating Prairie farmers. It was early August in Treherne when ROO Program Coordinator Alia arrived to visit Dan at Top of the Hill Farm.
COG’s Regenerative Organic Oats (ROO) program is recruiting new participants!