Description
We're a small family farm 25km south of Calgary. Local and certified organic. We have a variety of seasonal fruits & veg as well as frozen saskatoons. We're a small organic family farm about 25km from Calgary and 4km out of Okotoks.
We love the land! We leave about 70% of the land untouched for the natural flora and fauna (deer, coyotes, hawks, eagles, muskrats, beavers, and sometimes even bear) that it share it with us. While dad's family has been in the area for over a century and he grew up on a nearby farm, he bought the land in the early 80s and left it fallow so that it could heal, which it has! It is now a beautiful system of countless wild flowers, herbs, grasses, trees, animals, and so on.
We love food! We don't use any herbicides or pesticides on our food. We are certified organic and believe that considering and respecting the biosphere goes a lot deeper than that; we are continuously working towards greater sustainability - we are stoked on permaculture.
Our primary food adventures are a variety of Saskatoon berries (Northline, Smoky, Thiessen and Honeywood), strawberries, and market gardens. We sell berries fresh in season, but most are frozen as soon as possible after picking to preserve their nutritional benefits. This makes them perfect for everything from smoothies to baking and wine-making. Our produce garden has a variety of carrots, beets, lettuces, amazing arugula, garlic, onions, potatoes, rainbow chard, spinach, zucchini, asparagus, dill, peas, beans, and we're always playing around with new ideas. Most of these delicious veggies are only available in season; however, we’ve found that carrots, beets, and potatoes keep great in our root cellar, so they’re usually available all year.
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facebook.comThe farm is nicely tucked in for the season but we still have organic frozen saskatoons available for pickup in Calgary or delivery of larger amounts!
We did our first harvest of raspberries yesterday and they are AMAZING! You can find them in your YYC Growers CSA or at Okotoks Farmer's Market this Friday afternoon! Get them before they're gone!
We're happy to finally get some rain out here!
The strawberry harvest this year has been fantastic! If you'd like to get your hands on these organic treats, we're at Okotoks Farmers Market (Friday afternoons) and sell to Okotoks Sobeys.
Check out Our Family Farm's article by Emily Jones in the YYC Farm Series that covers all the members of the YYC Growers and Distributors cooperative. Thanks for coming to visit Emily! https://www.yycgrowers.com/2017/05/yyc-farm-series-family-farm/
The windmill is "well" underway to pumping water again - we'll be showered and hydrated for deliveries to the YYC Growers and Distributors cooperative warehouse this year!
Aspen's first day farming - The newest member to the YYC Growers and Distributors team!
Solidarity with those fighting for our kid's shared future! https://fundrazr.com/01EWJc?fb_ref=share__f6Azf5
The crew. The ones with the white tails are unpaid interns. YYC Growers and Distributors
This weather has had us playing! Coppicing and mulch-making is done for the preseason and its early crop planting time! We clear cut saskatoons in sequence to get rid of old wood/disease and make room for a huge hit of new trees - by cutting while all the energy is in their roots, they come back fast and strong. As a bonus, we get a bunch of saskatoon wood and mulch out of the deal too! We start planting some crops early, like carrots and kale, to get local food on our table sooner and to stagger harvest times - we cover these crops with a thin material that lets light through, gives them a better shot in the cold and helps them germinate quicker while giving organic protection against various insects that are as hungry as we are. We also installed more solar panels (!) and took care of black knot fungus (BKF). And Aspen got a sweet new shirt! What fun!
Some farming technique to keep you warm!
A bunch of us are sending cash to a Secwepemc Nation (near Chase, BC) farm on Sunday. The food produced goes to elders in autonomous communities, single families, and to courageous camps of individuals defending their traditional territories against the onslaught of devastating extraction projects - this directly affects the world we all share. Sending money isn't meant as a substitute for physical action, but rather as a step towards mutual aid and solidarity - allies in cities sometimes can't physically support these projects because of work commitments, reduced mobility, family responsibilities, and so on. If you're stoked to hand over some of your hard earned loot, I'll make sure it gets there! Message or call to make it happen. Thanks! ♥♥♥ Jonny http://www.nourishthenation.ca https://www.facebook.com/wagesolidaritycalgarytreaty7/
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