Forrest Farm Sheep & Goat Cheese Creamery

5 acres acres1244 Airport Rd, Salmo, BC, V0G 1Z0Amanda Forrest

back to basic farming for the land, for the animals, for the environment

Products

  • Sheep cheese
  • goat cheese
  • lamb meat
  • Goat meat
  • pork
  • flowers
  • vegetables
  • eggs
  • wool yarn

Regenerative Practices

  • Minimize soil disturbance
    • No-till (direct seeding, zero-tillage) 
      The soil is not worked at any point throughout the season. residue from the previous crop is left on the soil surface, and its root system is left intact. the following crop is seeded directly into the soil without tillage.
    • Permanent grassland 
      A parcel of land composed primarily of herbaceous grasses, including perennials and native plant species, which can be used for grazing, forage, or biomass production.
  • Keep the soil covered and maintain living roots year-round
    • Plastic mulch 
      Non-living, non-organic sheets of polyethylene terephthalate (pet) plastic applied alongside, or following, cash crops to protect the soil.
  • Protect and enhance biodiversity
    • Companion cropping 
      Simultaneously growing two or more crops together in the same field so they complement one another by improving nutrient cycling, suppressing pests and weeds, and enhancing biodiversity.
    • Diverse crop rotations 
      Planting crops with different characteristics in sequence on the same field over time
    • Pollinator buffers 
      Patches or rows of diverse flowering vegetation that provide pollinators with permanent habitats and food sources. they can be planted as intercrops or at the edge of fields.
  • Optimize input use
    • Compost 
      Organic matter that has been recycled through a composting process into a form that can be used as a soil amendment.\r\ncompost is the stable, nutrient-rich product of decomposed organic matter—such as plant residues, manure, or food scraps—that has been biologically processed under controlled aerobic conditions.
    • Manure 
      Manure (also known as livestock manure) is a type of soil amendment rich in nitrogen that integrates soil organic matter back into the soil and feeds the soil food web.
    • Minimal to no use of synthetic pesticides 
      Any product, device, organism, substance or thing that is manufactured, represented, sold or used as a means for directly or indirectly controlling, preventing, destroying, mitigating, attracting or repelling any pest (health canada, 2024).\r\nin canada, the most used pesticide active ingredient types are glyphosate, 2,4-d, glufosinate ammonium, and mcpa (all herbicides). then, there are also insecticides and fungicides such as chlorpyrifos, clothianidin, or chlorothalonil.
    • Minimal to no use of synthetic fertilizers 
      Fertilizers that are derived from synthetic sources. \r\nas plants extract nutrients (nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, and sulfur are the four most important nutrients) from the soil during every growing season, they must be replenished through fertilizers, manure, legume cover crops (through nitrogen fixing), and compost added to fields annually.
  • Maintain living roots year-round (agroforestry and perennials)
    • Silvopasture 
      The planned and managed integration of livestock, trees, and forage in a farm system.
  • Integrate animals on the lands and ensure their welfare
    • Adaptive multi-paddock grazing 
      Adaptive multi-paddock (amp) grazing is a regenerative grazing system in which livestock are grazed in small paddocks and are moved frequently, resulting in short but intense grazing intervals. the system of multiple small paddocks means that cattle do not circle back to a pasture for a long period of time, allowing for long pasture recovery periods. the word “adaptive” in amp means adapting the duration of livestock on a pasture according to forage availability and the weather, all in the goal of avoiding overgrazing and overstocking.
    • Bale grazing 
      Feeding livestock by placing hay bales directly on pasture during fall or winter, allowing animals to graze in place while naturally distributing manure and nutrients.
  • Improve water cycles
    • Water conservation 
      The optimized use of water for crops and trees, or strict water use during critical periods of crop stages.

Observations

  • the soil in our market garden has gone from being mostly sand and rocks to lush soil with loads of organic matter and tons of earthworms.
  • I have noticed a healthy population of snakes that are great for mouse control

How to buy

  • You can purchase our wool and goat milk soap products on the website. www.forrestfarmsalmo.com or you can sign up for our 18 week Full farm CSA that has our Cheese, Meat, Vegetables & eggs that can be picked up at our farm stand. Or you can come to our self serve farms stand any day from 8am-4pm
Contact
forrestfarmsalmo.com250-777-1186
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