The Homestead
2500 acres713082 Range Road 131, Goodfare, Alberta, T0H 1T0Donovan and Lisa Kitt
Consciously working with natural cycles to produce nourishing food.
Products
- 100% Grass-fed beef
- Organic pork
- organic chicken
- organic eggs
- organic vegetables
- organic micro-greens
Regenerative Practices
- Minimize soil disturbance
- Minimum-till
- Permanent grassland
- Keep the soil covered and maintain living roots year-round
- Cover crops
- Organic mulch
- Protect and enhance biodiversity
- Diverse crop rotations
- Pollinator buffers
- Habitat conservation/creation/restoration
- Optimize input use
- Compost
- Manure
- Minimal to no use of synthetic pesticides
- Minimal to no use of synthetic fertilizers
- Preserve and restore natural ecosystems
- Maintain living roots year-round (agroforestry and perennials)
- Perennial crops (grasslands)
- Windbreaks
- Riparian buffers
- Native perennial vegetation conservation
- Silvopasture
- Improve water cycles
- Water conservation
- Wetland restoration
- Integrate animals on the lands and ensure their welfare
- Adaptive multi-paddock grazing
- Bale grazing
- Pastured pigs or poultry
- Multi-species grazing
Observations
- Drought Resilience
- Fantastic tasting products
- Reduced insect pressure
- Enhanced biodiversity
Certifications
- Organic (EcoCert)
- Grass-fed (AGW)
- Regenerative organic certified (roc)
- Certified humane
How to buy
- Online sales, pop-up market (Grain Bin Brewing), restaurants (Grande Prairie), Homesteader Health, farm sales.
