Farm One Forty
600 acresBox 530, Vanscoy, SK, S0L 3J0Arlie and Brett Laroche
A form of agriculture that offers hope for a vibrant, diverse, and robust future. Agriculture that restores the land and the people.
Products
- Grass fed beef
- grass fed lamb
- pasture raised pork
- eggs
- honey
- vegetables
- fruits
- berries
- grains
- pulses
- lambskins
Regenerative Practices
- Minimize soil disturbance
- No-till (direct seeding, zero-tillage)
- Minimum-till
- Permanent grassland
- Keep the soil covered and maintain living roots year-round
- Cover crops
- Organic mulch
- Plastic mulch
- Intercropping
- Relay (or double) cropping
- Protect and enhance biodiversity
- Companion cropping
- Diverse crop rotations
- Pollinator buffers
- Habitat conservation/creation/restoration
- Optimize input use
- Compost
- Compost tea
- Manure
- Preserve and restore natural ecosystems
- Maintain living roots year-round (agroforestry and perennials)
- Perennial crops (grasslands)
- Windbreaks
- Riparian buffers
- Improve water cycles
- Rainwater harvesting
- Water conservation
- Wetland restoration
- Integrate animals on the lands and ensure their welfare
- Adaptive multi-paddock grazing
- Bale grazing
- Integrated crop and livestock
- Pastured pigs or poultry
- Multi-species grazing
Observations
- Increased biodiversity in flora and fauna,
- Increase in water infiltration rate
- Better soil aggregation and microbiology
- Increase in forage production
- Improved animal health
How to buy
- We sell our products on our website, www.farmoneforty.ca as well as at our farm store on the property which is open by appointment only. There are a handful of retailers in our local city that carry our products as well. We also own a restaurant in our city that uses our products on the menu extensively.
