Aug 19, 2026: Knowledge sharing at the Meeting Place Organic Farm Date: August 19, 2026Time: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM ESTLocation: Meeting Place Organic FarmCoffee Sponsor: Coastal CoffeeEvent MC: Erika Inglis (M.Sc. Rural Planning & Development, Univ. of Guelph)OSCIA-Recognized Event: This Knowledge Sharing Event (KSE) satisfies requirements for farmers with active On-Farm Climate Action Fund
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Episode Notes David uses his experience as a family counsellor to explain the similarities between working with family systems and Holistic Management. How each piece, person, plant or animal is part of a greater system and how each one impacts one another. David Irvine is a world-renowned speaker, author, and trusted leadership advisor. With more
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Episode Summary Bluesette Campbell and her husband, Mark, run a 4000-acre ranch as a 700-cow/calf and long yearling operation along with Mark’s brother, Scott. They are third generation Campbells with the intergenerational transition to the fourth just around the corner. Their family ranch has been managed holistically for 35 years with Bluesette being a manager/owner for
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Episode Summary Join Don Campbell and Gabe Brown in their Fireside Chat at the Holistic Management Conference 2025 in Assiniboia, Saskatchewan this past February! Lead by Bluesette Campbell. The episode is funded in part by the Governments of Canada and Saskatchewan under the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership, a federal-provincial-territorial initiative.

Episode Summary Kelly Sidoryk ranches with her family near Lloydminster, Sask./Alta. Over 35 years ago they were introduced to Holistic Resource Management (as it was known at the time), a management process that focused on finances, land and people. She completed the certification program through HRM with a focus on the people side. In addition
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Episode Summary Wayne Knight from Van Alstyne, TX presents at our 2025 Holistic Management Conference on his experiences managing land and planning finances through a drought. Over the years Wayne has gone from calling himself  a cattle rancher, to a grass farmer, to a soil-microbe farmer, even though he has always marketed beef. Privileged to
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Episode Summary Stephanie Ullrich is a second-year Animal Science student at Lakeland College. She grew up on a hay farm just outside Armstrong, BC, where her love for animals, especially horses, began. During high school, Stephanie worked in the dairy industry. After graduation, she took a three-year break during the COVID-19 pandemic to explore different
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Episode Summary Blain Hjertaas has been farming 50 years, the last 25 regeneratively. He has also been measuring and monitoring carbon sequestration on  a number of farm fields in SE Saskatchewan and SW Manitoba. Blain is passionate about  soil health and the role that it can play in mitigating the effects of climate change. He
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Episode Summary Cyle and Erika Stewart alongside their daughters own and operate Pine Ranch LTD which is in the Vermillion Hills in Southwest Saskatchewan. The ranch is a cow calf and yearling operation. In the last couple years Cyle and Erika have put a real focus on changing management practices to align with the goals
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Episode Summary I sat down with 6 farmers/ranches at the 2025 Holistic Management Conference and asked them to share their regenerative farming stories with our listeners. Episode Notes Art & Lee Mcelroy are a son and father duo with a combined 29 years of farming experience. Arlie Laroche owns and runs Farm One Forty with
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