Ted and Heloise are available to provide consultation on wide range of topics. On a day- to-day basis, we actually practice what we are able to present on. Topics include, but not limited to, the following:

We assist, and educate, based upon our own experiences.
Our knowledge which we are able to share comes from real-life experiences!

Bios
Heloise Dixon-Warren and Ted Traer own and operate Moose Meadows Farm with their two school aged daughters. Located west of Quesnel, the farm was established as a bonafide farm in 2002 and is currently the only accredited agritourism farm in the Cariboo – Chilcotin. Heloise and Ted are both RPF’s / Registered Professional Foresters in addition to the other hats they wear. Heloise is President of FARMED (North Cariboo Agricultural Marketing Association / www.farmed.ca), a Director with BC Agritourism Alliance (www.agritourismbc.org) and the Quesnel Agricultural & Exhibition Association (QAEA). Ted works off the farm as the Woodlot Forester with the Quesnel Forest District and is an active member of Quesnel Rotary. He is the Past - President of the QAEA. In 2008, Heloise was appointed to the BC Assessment Farm Assessment Review Panel to review how farm land is classified in British Columbia. The panel met regularly and attended consultation meetings throughout British Columbia and made recommendations to the Province of British Columbia as to how the farm land classification system could be changed.

Heloise and Ted believe in diversification and accomplish through “Farming with the season”. The farm offers a variety of products and incorporates both conventional and non-conventional agricultural practices. This includes agroforestry, agritourism, and non-timber forest products (evergreen products, birch syrup, jellies / syrups). Marketing of its products are done at the farm gate, through farmers markets and via the internet. In November, 2007 the onsite gift store “The Antler Shed Gift Shop” opened which has been a successful addition.

Both Ted and Heloise are available to speak about agricultural diversification, non-timber forest products and what has worked for Moose Meadows Farm. They are proud of the following awards the farm has won: 2008 Award of Excellence for Innovation in Agriculture & Agri-Foods, 2007 Quesnel Home Based Business Excellence Awards, and 2007 Innovator of the Year Award for Northern BC, Today’s Women’s Awards. Heloise is profiled in the Women's Enterprise Book titled "New Pioneers: Stories of 100 BC Women Entrepreneurs" which was launched in October, 2008 and authored “The Birch Syrup Production Manual – Tapping into Syrup Boreal Forest Style” the first manual of its kind in Canada. The farm operates as per an Environmental Farm Plan through the Canada – BC EFP Programme.

Ted and Heloise have presented at the following conferences / seminars:

HELOISE DIXON-WARREN

ALTERNATE CROPS & AGRI-TOURISM - A Year Round Experience, Horticulture Grower's Short Course (Alternate Crops - Enhancing your Crop Diversity), Lower Mainland Horticulture Improvement Association, Pacific Agriculture Show, Abbotsford, BC, January 30, 2010

AGROFORESTRY - Diversification Options for Communities Impacted by the Mountain Pine Beetle, UNBC, Prince George, December 3-4, 2009
Day 1: Adding Value to Sustainable Harvest Practices; Day 2: Ideas into Action: Creating & Enhancing a Value Added Business
Heloise presented on the following topics: " Adding Value & Product Diversification", "Identifying & Developing Potential Markets", "The Start Up Phase - Panel Discussion", "Product Development - Panel Discussion"

Introduction to Tapping Big Leaf Maple Trees and other BC Hardwoods, Saturna Island Rec. and Saturna Eats / 31 Squared, October, 2009

Agritourism – Sustainability in Action (Industry Snapshot), Building Sustainable Communities Conference, Kelowna, February, 2009

What’s Working in the North Cariboo, BC Farm Women’s Network Conference, Quesnel, September, 2008

Agritourism – Endless Opportunities, Quesnel Fall Fair, August, 2008

Birch Syrup Production Workshops, Quesnel, April 2007-2008

Farm Diversification, BC Farm Women’s Conference, 108 Mile House, October, 2007

Introduction to FARMED, CFBMC Marketing Caravan, Quesnel, March, 2007

TED TRAER

ALTERNATE CROPS & AGRI-TOURISM - A Year Round Experience, Horticulture Grower's Short Course (Alternate Crops - Enhancing your Crop Diversity), Lower Mainland Horticulture Improvement Association, Pacific Agriculture Show, Abbotsford, BC, January 30, 2010

Introduction to Tapping Big Leaf Maple Trees and other BC Hardwoods, Saturna Island Rec. and Saturna Eats / 31 Squared, October, 2009

Christmas Tree Management Workshop, Quesnel Fall Fair, August 2008

Birch Syrup Production Workshops, Quesnel, April 2007-2008

Taking Non-Timber Forest Products to the Next Level, Diversifying Opportunities for Community Forests, BC Community Forest Association June, 2007

Birch Syrup and Other Goods from the Peace Country Woods, Agroforestry Potential for the Peace Region Conference, August, 2007

Agricultural Diversification and Marketing, Quesnel Farmers Market Workshop, March, 2006

For additional information on these services, please contact Heloise and Ted at 250.249.5329 or email to mmfarm@goldcity.net

"Where we farm with the seasons"