17 www.SmallFarmCanada.ca TOP TO BOTTOM: AURORA FARM | DEER MEADOW FARMS | GREEN BEACH FARM & FOOD | MORNING SOUND FARM | 37 NORTH FARMS SMALL FARM MANITOBA, BIG IDEAS Here are a few examples of small farms that are also a force and voice of Manitoba agriculture. AURORA FARM Located in St. Norbert, Manitoba, the Aurora Farm operates a sustainable, solar-powered endeavour producing goat milk soap, compost, hay, produce, herbs, and honey. They offer a variety of workshops in herbs, soap and cheese making and raising backyard chickens. They also host school and group tours as well as goat and alpaca yoga. MORNING SOUND FARM Morning Sound Farm is a family- run farm in Sanford, Manitoba with a vision to give each visitor a face-to-face experience with animals and help them learn some thing new about where food comes from. The farmers are also educators that ensure visitors understand their environment i.e. that they are a farm and that they eat their animals. They also inform about their beliefs, that animals are on “Earth to be enjoyed, cared for and made use of in the most respectful way.” DEER MEADOW FARMS Deer Meadow Farms is a popular destination just outside the city of Winnipeg with a corn maze, petting zoo, and market garden. The farm provides the platform for safe interaction with farm animals and enforces a strict code of behaviour at all times to ensure the health and welfare of visitors, farm animals and farm employees. 37 NORTH FARMS 37 North Farms is a small vertical farm supplying local restaurants and community with fresh lettuce, herbs, and greens. Their love for fresh produce plus their commitment to sustainability inspired the farmers to start 37 North Farms. They believe in bringing locally grown, organic produce to our neighbors, ensuring high-quality and safe food for all. GREEN BEACH FARM & FOOD The Farmer, Zack Koscielny, B.Sc. Agroecology, University of Manitoba and full-time regenerative farmer in Strathclair, Manitoba – is a fierce advocate for ecological farming and improving soil. Zack has spent the last five years farming full-time, after graduating from the University of Manitoba. His education has continued on the farm. He continued to pursue and apply knowledge from other farmers and communities aspiring to regenerative ag. He currently raises grass fed livestock, organic grains and consciousness in regenerative agriculture. Koscielny also blogs about some common-sense regenerative so- lutions to problems in Manitoba agriculture (and beyond,) problems like soil salinity. It is projected that 600,000 acres are impacted by low or no production due to salinity in Manitoba. He suggests re-establishing perennial vegetation that can change to abundant and productive forage production. “While the profit potential of forages is often much less than annual grains such as canola, if the canola yield is somewhere between zero and say 25 per cent of potential, suddenly forage crops are a much more viable option,” says Koscielny. https://aurorafarm.ca/ AURORA FARM MORNING SOUND FARM DEER MEADOW FARMS 37 NORTH FARMS GREEN BEACH FARM & FOOD
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