Rubber Boot Farm

20 acres209 Jaguar Drive, Timmins, Ontario, P4R 0G9Marcel Forget

Products

  • Pork
  • Broilers
  • Eggs
  • Honey
  • Garlic
  • Herbs
  • Goats

Regenerative Practices

  • 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
      • 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)
        • 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.
        • Pastured pigs or poultry 
          The managed integration of pigs or poultry on pasture.
      • 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.

      Observations

      • Pigs raised in our silvopasture woodlot consume +/-30% less feed than when we use to raise them in an outdoor pen. This translates into the pigs having a healthier fat content at a lower feed cost and a more even disbursement of manure and urine throughout the farm.

      How to buy

      • Farm Gate
      Contact
      facebook.com/RubberBootFarm[email protected]705-365-0770
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