Oneka

150 acres23 rue Principale, Frelighsburg, Québec, J0J 1C0Stacey Lecuyer and Philippe Choiniere

Regenerative agriculture represents biodiversity, wild foraging, as well as working with native plant species and plants that grow naturally without having to alter natural environments

Products

  • Body care products

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.
    • 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
    • Protect and enhance biodiversity
      • 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.
      • Habitat conservation/creation/restoration 
        The conservation, creation, and restoration of ecosystems to improve habitat value for wildlife. forests, prairies, riparian areas, or wetlands can be restored along farmland.
    • Preserve and restore natural ecosystems
      • Maintain living roots year-round (agroforestry and perennials)
        • Tree crops 
          Tree crops
        • Perennial crops (grasslands) 
          Crops that regrow each year in a specific climate without needing to be reseeded.
        • Windbreaks 
          A single row or multiple rows of trees and shrubs to break the force of winds.
        • Native perennial vegetation conservation 
          The conservation of existing—or reintroduction of—native perennial vegetation, those that occur naturally in a region in which it evolved. it includes grasslands, woodlands, wetlands, and coastal habitats.
      • 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.
        • Compost tea 
          A water-based compost that undergoes a fermentation process (with or without oxygen).
        • 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.
        • Biostimulants 
          Any substance or microorganism applied to plants or soil to stimulate the plant’s ability to assimilate applied nutrients or provide benefits to plant development. biostimulants include amino acids, chitosan (biopolymers), seaweed extracts, and humic substances.
        • 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.
      • Improve water cycles
        • Rainwater harvesting 
          The practice of collecting and storing rainwater from roofs, surfaces, or landscapes for later use in irrigation, livestock watering, or other on-farm needs.
        • Water conservation 
          The optimized use of water for crops and trees, or strict water use during critical periods of crop stages.

      Observations

      • Increased insect presence
      • Increased diversity of native plant species

      Certifications

      • Organic (EcoCert)

      How to buy

      • On our website, at the Oneka boutique in Frelighsburg, and in health-foods and zero-waste stores
      Contact
      www.onekaelements.comcontact@onekaelements.com450-298-5352
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