/fmt/taxonomy/term/388/all en /fmt/article/fmt-internships/prevention-and-planning-keys-healthy-herd Originally from a 90-cow Jersey herd, Janine Spichtig completed her Agricultural Internship at Mindy Farms, a dairy farm owned by the VanSleeuwen family in Lancaster, ON. The VanSleeuwens milk about 250 Holsteins, in a double 12 parlour. Tue, 29 Sep 2020 21:08:44 +0000 Caitlin MacDougall 332900 at /fmt /fmt/article/fmt-internships/learning-how-add-value-your-business Student Gabriel Vinet chose to work at Les Fermes Longprés Ltee, owned by the Dewavrin family in Les Cèdres, QC for his stage. Originally from an organic crop farm, Vinet was motivated to learn from the Dewavrins who farm over 600 ha organically, and who also own a mill that transforms their own flour for human consumption. Tue, 29 Sep 2020 17:10:30 +0000 Caitlin MacDougall 332859 at /fmt /fmt/article/fmt-internships/digging-organic-horticulture Fiona Kaiser was originally planning to work on a farm in Switzerland for her Agricultural Internship, but those plans changed as COVID-19 travel restrictions prevented her from leaving. Kaiser was able to begin work at Ferme aux Pleines Saveurs in Saint-André-Avellin, QC, in the Outaouais region. Ferme aux Pleines Saveurs is an organic vegetable and fruit farm on about 55 acres of land, and is owned by Chantale Vaillancourt and Martin Turcot (BSc.Agr’94), who met when they were studying at Macdonald Campus. Thu, 03 Sep 2020 15:13:20 +0000 Caitlin MacDougall 327718 at /fmt /fmt/article/fmt-internships/cows-cant-feed-themselves Justin Lauzon spent his summer working full-time at Ferme Val-Bisson in Saint-Polycarpe, QC in the Vaudreuil-Soulanges area. The owners are Jean Bissonnette and Elyse Gendron. They milk between 65 and 70 Holsteins with a milking robot in a tie-stall barn, with 100 kg of quota, and have some cash crop production. Wed, 02 Sep 2020 18:48:38 +0000 Caitlin MacDougall 327574 at /fmt /fmt/open-house Tue, 03 Nov 2015 20:43:36 +0000 caitlin.macdougall@mcgill.ca 5193 at /fmt