Wholesome Pastures
800 acres69709 Parr Line, Crediton, ON, N0M 1M0Michael & Lindsay Groot
Regenerative agriculture means functioning alongside the natural environment while supporting our local food needs using practices that improve the ecology and balance for all species to thrive, in the soil and above.
Products
- grass fed and finished beef
- grass fed and finished lamb
- pastured chicken
- pastured duck
- free range pastured eggs
- sheepskins
- skin care
- zero waste
- lip balm
- small batch hand poured soap
- natural
- no preservative
- leather earrings
- leather bags
- leather
Services
- Farm tour (for general public)
Regenerative Practices
- Reduced tillage
- No-till
- Permanent grassland
- Soil cover
- Cover crops
- Biodiversity
- Intercropping
- Companion cropping
- Diverse crop rotations
- Habitat conservation/creation/restoration
- Agroforestry and perennials
- Perennial crops
- Windbreaks
- Organic inputs
- Compost
- Manure
- Biostimulants
- Integrating livestock
- Adaptive multi-paddock grazing
- Bale grazing
- Integrated crop and livestock
- Pastured pigs or poultry
- Mob grazing
- Water management
- Rainwater harvesting
- Water conservation
Observations
- increased wildlife
- improved water infiltration
- Reduced synthetic inputs
- Increased economic return
- Improved natural animal health (born and raised on pasture)
- Reduced erosion
- Dynmaic soil life
How to buy
- On-Farm Store, Website, Farmer's Markets