Sunflo Dairy

550 acresBox 278, Holland, Manitoba, R0G 0X0Jeremy Sundell

Regenerative Agriculture means overall health. Healthy soils, healthy animals and healthy people.

Products

  • Milk (through milk board)
  • Lamb
  • Chicken
  • Beef
  • Organic Seeds
  • Organic Wheat
  • Organic Peas
  • Organic Oats
  • Organic Rye
  • Organic Hairy Vetch

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.
    • Roller crimping 
      Roller-crimping is the practice of flattening and crimping cover crops using a roller-crimper to terminate their growth without herbicides. the resulting mulch remains on the soil surface, providing weed suppression and soil protection.
  • 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.
    • Relay (or double) cropping 
      Growing two or more crops one after another on the same field and within the same growing season. crops are combined in a relay to maximize the season according to the maturation or harvest stage of the crops.
  • 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
    • 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.
  • 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.
    • 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)
    • Alley cropping 
      The planting of crops between widely spaced rows of trees.
    • 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).
    • 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.
    • Silvopasture 
      The planned and managed integration of livestock, trees, and forage in a farm system.
  • Improve water cycles
    • Preserve and restore natural ecosystems
      • 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.
        • 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)
        • Pastured pigs or poultry 
          The managed integration of pigs or poultry on pasture.
        • 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.

      Observations

      • The return of wildlife
      • More spider webs and insects. More worms
      • Less standing water in spots (thinking there is a higher water infiltration).
      • Seeing some native plants coming back in the tame pastures.

      Certifications

      • Organic

      How to buy

      • Contact the farm directly
      Contact
      204-526-0051[email protected]
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