Peony Farms

2400 acres421020 Range Road 280, Ponoka County, Alberta, T4L 2N3Craig Cameron and Peter DenOudsten

Regenerative agriculture is the answer to producing food that is good for people and the planet.

STORIES OF REGENERATION:

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Ranching for nutrition at Peony Farms

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Podcast: Healthy Food, Healthy Environment at Peony Farms

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🎥 Regenerating nutrition: Healthy soils for nutritious food

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Alberta

REGENERATIVE PRINCIPLE

Safeguarding water cycles

2023-09-23 | Live Event

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Products

  • Bulk beef products

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
    • 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
    • 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
  • 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.
  • Maintain living roots year-round (agroforestry and perennials)
    • 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.
  • 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.
    • 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)
    • Multi-species grazing 
      A grazing system in which multiple species of livestock (cattle, sheep, chickens, etc.) are grazed on the same area of land, either at the same time or following one another in the rotation.
  • 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

  • Healthier animals
  • Reduced inputs

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