Off Grid YEG

Farm / Off Grid YEG

Farm Type: Vegetable

Tour our first-generation homestead where we live fully off the grid, growing food the way our grandparents did – by hand, with patience and with deep respect for the land. Learn how solar panels and batteries supply our energy and the compromises we make to minimize our electricity needs. See the work-in-progress rain capture system as we expand to supply all of our gardens. Explore our cover cropping experiments that build soil rather than deplete it, minimizing chemical inputs like fertilizer. Learn how we rotate and protect our crops from pests both big and small. View our hard-working farm animals (from a distance!) like the dog who protects and entertains us as we work, the bees who pollinate our gardens, the cat who keeps small pests away and the chickens who produce our eggs. Try some tasty treats from our farm stand to sample the incredible food this land provides and ask how we preserve and store it to minimize waste. The resources on our land have been purposefully cultivated to support not only sustainable farming but a sustainable business model, balancing a modest living for ourselves and reasonable prices for our customers, so bring your curiosity. We love to share how this land feeds us, challenges us and connects us to our community!

As we are a working farm we ask that you please leave your own pets at home to support bio-security and minimize disruption to our animals.