La Station (Ferme Pierre Bolduc enr)

1050 acres440, chemin de Hatley, Compton, QUÉBEC, J0B 1L0Vincent Bolduc

Regenerative agriculture takes into account soil protection and the role of animals in crop rotation and biodiversity.

STORIES OF REGENERATION:

SHORT FILM

The organic cheeses of La Station

PODCAST

Podcast: From Pastures to Cheese at La Station

WEBINAR

🎥 Regenerating the planet: Soil and agroecosystem management to mitigate climate change

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Quebec

REGENERATIVE PRINCIPLE

Integrate animals and ensure their well-being

2023-09-08 | Live Event

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Products

  • Milk
  • Cheese
  • Hay
  • Wheat
  • Barley
  • Soy
  • Corn
  • Maple syrup

Regenerative Practices

  • Minimize soil disturbance
    • Minimum-till 
      Minimum tillage is a soil cultivation practice that reduces the number, depth (0-10 cm), and intensity of tillage operations (no inversion of the soil) to minimize soil disturbance.
  • Keep the soil covered and maintain living roots year-round
    • Cover crops 
      Plants grown alongside, preceding, or following cash crops with the purpose of increasing soil fertility, reducing soil erosion, and suppressing weeds.
    • Intercropping 
      Simultaneously growing two or more crops adjacent to one another, on the same piece of land and within the same growing season. crops are paired based on their differing, yet complementary, space and resource requirements.
  • Protect and enhance biodiversity
    • Diverse crop rotations 
      Planting crops with different characteristics in sequence on the same field over time
  • Optimize input use
    • 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)
    • Windbreaks 
      A single row or multiple rows of trees and shrubs to break the force of winds.
    • Riparian buffers 
      Mixed woody and non-woody species planted along the edges of bodies of water (streams, rivers, lakes, or ponds).
  • Improve water cycles
    • Integrate animals on the lands and ensure their welfare
      • Integrated crop and livestock 
        A farm system that combines or alternates between crops and livestock use. crops and livestock may be used in different areas at the same time, or during different times in the same area (i.e., integrated spatially or temporally)

    Observations

    • Since the establishment of the windbreak hedges, there has been an increase in the number of birds at the farm.

    Certifications

    • Organic (All farm products are organic.)

    How to buy

    • Farm kiosk
    Contact
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