OFCAF Knowledge Sharing Event Partnership

The Ontario On-Farm Climate Action Fund (OFCAF) provides cost-share funding and supports educational opportunities for farmers to support the implementation of best management practices (BMPs) around nitrogen management, cover cropping, and rotational grazing.

A Knowledge Sharing Event (KSE) is a networking opportunity where farmers benefit from the latest research, first-hand experience from their peers and industry experts, and access to information networks or resources supporting long-term implementation of BMPs specific to address climate change challenges. Participation in a KSE is a requirement for approved OFCAF applicants to claim their cost-share funding.

Funding:

• up to 100% for third-party delivery costs to develop, administer and deliver or provide resources of Knowledge Sharing Events (KSEs) up to a maximum cost-share of $10,000 for each KSE
• A business/organization has an operation cap of up to $50,000.00 cost share funding for the program year to develop and deliver On-Farm Climate Action Fund (OFCAF) KSEs
• Each event or KSE product must be applied separately – For example, if an organization plans to host a webinar series consisting of five webinars, a separate application will need to be submitted for each webinar

Eligibility:

• The event must spend at least 30 minutes on at least one of the OFCAF BMPs of nitrogen management, cover cropping, or rotational grazing
• The event must allow the participants to ask questions about the BMPs
• Eligible events can be organized as a:
  • virtual webinar
  • in-person or virtual workshop
  • seminar
  • on-farm demonstration