Norfolk County has the oldest continuously running ALUS program in Canada. Piloted in 2007, ALUS Norfolk has evolved into a permanent, county-wide program.
With over 190 farm families already engaged and more than 1,600 acres enrolled in the program, ALUS-Norfolk is helping to rebuild the natural environment via healthy and sustainable farmlands.
To date, approximately ten percent of all the farmers in Norfolk have enrolled acres in ALUS, to restore wetland habitat, plant tall-grass buffers along streams, and create pollinator habitat among other projects. The Long Point Region Conservation Authority provides technical advice and support to help implement a variety of habitat restoration projects throughout the County.
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See the difference 9 years makes: Vic Janulis’ ALUS Norfolk project
For their first-ever demonstration farm site in 2005, ALUS Norfolk established a 30-foot buffer strip along a dry creek drain that bisects Vic Janulis' farm. The purpose of this project was to help protect local water quality by preventing sediment and nutrients from...
ALUS Norfolk wetland project on Paul Mauthe’s Farm
ALUS Norfolk participant Paul Mauthe has devoted several acres at the rear of his property to habitat rehabilitation. Together, ALUS and Mauthe created a wetland on his ginseng farm and planted native prairie grasses, trees and shrubs on the spoil pile surrounding the...
ALUS Norfolk Project on Joe Csoff’s Farm
Joe Csoff has a number of ALUS projects on his demonstration farm in Norfolk County, Ontario. One of his most interesting projects is the rehabilitation of a washed-out gully that had eroded into the North Creek wooded ravine, which involved the stabilization of the...
ALUS Norfolk Team
Cabella’s/Bass Pro Shop
Hydro One
Long Point Region Conservation Authority
The McLean Foundation
Allan’s Excavating
Norfolk County
Norview Gardens Ltd.
Vandenbussche Irrigation
Bird Studies Canada
Long Point Biosphere
Environment and Climate Change Canada
The Long Point Basin Land Trust
Ron Niville
Chair
Chris Verhoeve
Treasurer
Tom McDonald
Vice Chair
Joe Csoff
Chris Van Paassen
Cynthia Tosswill
Morgan Van Laeken
Kyle Hiebert
Kristyn Richardson
Samantha Sommer
Alyssa Cousineau
Luke Verhoeve
Rebecca Pearce-Cameron
Rick Csoff
Steve Buehner
Anita Buehner
Chloe Cridland
Cynthia Brink
Jordan Kett