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 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!
In late July, the Regenerative Organic Oats (ROO) program had the privilege of working together again with the Chinook Applied Research Association (CARA) Soil Health Lab to demonstrate soil health in action in Canora, Saskatchewan.
In July 2025, the two-day ROO field day event was full of regenerative organic celebration, conversation, and innovation.
In the summer of 2024, the Regenerative Organic Oats (ROO) program was in full swing across the fields of participating Prairie farmers. The summer was winding down, and that’s when our ROO Program Coordinator, Dru, drove down to Canora, Saskatchewan to visit Terry on his farm.
An article featuring Dorthea Gregoire, COG’s Director of Education, Extension and Outreach, in Better Farming Magazine.
In the summer of 2024, the Regenerative Organic Oats (ROO) program was in full swing across the fields of participating Prairie farmers. It was late July in Kipling, Saskatchewan when Dru arrived at Meadow View Ranch to visit Tyler and Allan.
In the summer of 2024, the Regenerative Organic Oats (ROO) program was in full swing across the fields of participating Prairie farmers. It was the middle of August, and crops were eagerly heading to seed when Julia, our ROO Program Coordinator, drove 10 hours north of Calgary, AB to visit Joash on his farm, 58th Parallel Organics.
In the summer of 2024, the Regenerative Organic Oats (ROO) program was in full swing across the fields of participating Prairie farmers. The summer heat pulsed across the Prairies in late July of 2024, and our Program Coordinator, Dru, gave Stacey and Dale of White Owl Farm a visit near Sturgis, Saskatchewan.