Maple Ridge Farm
93 acres acres3098 Alton Rd E, Sydenham, ON, K0H 2T0Becky Williams and Mark McCrady
A holistic approach to agriculture that works in step with nature to rebuild soil health, increase biodiversity, resulting in more resilient, flourishing ecosystems as well as sustainable food production.
Products
- Beekeeping workshops
- Seasonal flowers
- Onfarm experiences
- Strategy sessions for farmers
- Pastured Free Range Eggs
- Grass Finished Organic Beef
- Pastured Poultry
- Pastured Pork
- Gardening workshops
- Class Trips
- Raw Honey
- Floral workshops
Regenerative Practices
- Reduced tillage
- No-till
- Minimum-till
- Permanent grassland
- Soil cover
- Cover crops
- Organic mulch
- Biodiversity
- Intercropping
- Companion cropping
- Diverse crop rotations
- Pollinator buffers
- Habitat conservation/creation/restoration
- Agroforestry and perennials
- Silvopasture
- Tree crops
- Perennial crops
- Windbreaks
- Riparian buffers
- Native perennial vegetation conservation
- Integrating livestock
- Adaptive multi-paddock grazing
- Bale grazing
- Integrated crop and livestock
- Pastured pigs or poultry
- Mob grazing
- Water management
- Rainwater harvesting
- Water conservation
- Wetland restoration
- Organic inputs
- Compost
- Compost tea
- Manure
- Biostimulants
- No synthetic pesticides
- No synthetic fertilizers
Observations
- Pasture quality has improved significantly (weed reduction and perennial diversity has increased)
- Thriving diverse ecosystem of birds, insects and herbivores and predators
- Improved canopy growth of wooded areas
- Reduced brown space (ultimately decreasing soil erosion)
- Use of cover cropping has improved flower field fertility
How to buy
- Website and through our weekly farm update
