Hawthorn Farm Organic Seeds

Norwell LEAF students enjoyed another amazing day at Hawthorn Seeds outside Palmerston on

September 25 2018. We learned the difference and regulations between organic seed growing and

conventional seed growing. Seeds are germinated and tested all year round to insure quality for the

customers.We enjoyed having a tour of the farm and an overview of what all goes on to produce the

seeds and to pack them so they can be shipped all across Canada. We were taken to one of the

small fields and learned that all of their crops are in lone plots for increased soil health and limit

disease hitting one section of the field. The organic corn they grow for seed is planted a few weeks

earlier then their neighbors conventional, synthetic fertilized corn so that the organic corn matures

and fertilizes itself before the conventional corn does. LEAF had an amazing morning here and we

would like to thank them for welcoming us onto their farm. Nina H.