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
Regenerative Practices
- Minimize soil disturbance
- No-till (direct seeding, zero-tillage)
- Permanent grassland
- Keep the soil covered and maintain living roots year-round
- Cover crops
- Intercropping
- Protect and enhance biodiversity
- Companion cropping
- Diverse crop rotations
- Habitat conservation/creation/restoration
- Optimize input use
- Compost
- Manure
- Biostimulants
- Preserve and restore natural ecosystems
- Maintain living roots year-round (agroforestry and perennials)
- Perennial crops (grasslands)
- Windbreaks
- Integrate animals on the lands and ensure their welfare
- Adaptive multi-paddock grazing
- Bale grazing
- Integrated crop and livestock
- Pastured pigs or poultry
- Multi-species grazing
- Improve water cycles
- 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
