About Little loaves farm:
Little Loaves Farm seeks to grow great food while caring for creation. We are a family farm, a collaboration of the talents, enthusiasm, and hard work of Jerremie, Rita, Emily, Joseph, Stephen, and Michael. We wouldn't get our crops in, or harvests off if also wasn't for a wonderful and loving group of friends, extended family, and other volunteers.
Jerremie and Rita have been growing for close to decade in Alberta and are happy to be developing this new farm, at last on their own land, just North of Sundre, Alberta. The farm is a mix of pasture, annual crops, and perennials; or at least it will be as they work to plant hundreds of perennials this year and expand the crop land. The knob and kettle site and mixed pasture and woodland with views to the Rockies in the West and over looking Sundre to the South is a perfect place to spend one's days.
We take a chemical free holistic approach to growing. We increase depth and breadth of life to increase our yields, utilizing long term rotations, companion planting, green mulch, and a good deal of physical labour to make this possible. Joining us for a harvest means hearing the rhythmic swish of scythes as we cut grains, and the enthusiastic thrum of bees as they move in to access newly available clover. We grow a mix of potatoes, grains, popcorn, sunflowers, beans, and peas. We will test other crops, like chickpeas, flint corn, and rice in the hopes of finding cultivars of these important staples that will, without too much help from us, thrive in our high altitude growing conditions.
We work with other local growers to bring our products to market, including YYC Growers and Distributors in Calgary, Alberta. It's a grower's co-op of mostly urban SPIN farmers, and a few of us rural growers in the Calgary area. Please check out their Community Supported Agriculture program, and if you can, sign up for a share.
We also partner with the Primates World Relief and Development Fund and the Canadian Food Grains Bank to support global food security. We have been blessed with beautiful land and ridiculous plenty, and we believe a little farm and a little faith can come together to feed the multitudes.
Jerremie and Rita have been growing for close to decade in Alberta and are happy to be developing this new farm, at last on their own land, just North of Sundre, Alberta. The farm is a mix of pasture, annual crops, and perennials; or at least it will be as they work to plant hundreds of perennials this year and expand the crop land. The knob and kettle site and mixed pasture and woodland with views to the Rockies in the West and over looking Sundre to the South is a perfect place to spend one's days.
We take a chemical free holistic approach to growing. We increase depth and breadth of life to increase our yields, utilizing long term rotations, companion planting, green mulch, and a good deal of physical labour to make this possible. Joining us for a harvest means hearing the rhythmic swish of scythes as we cut grains, and the enthusiastic thrum of bees as they move in to access newly available clover. We grow a mix of potatoes, grains, popcorn, sunflowers, beans, and peas. We will test other crops, like chickpeas, flint corn, and rice in the hopes of finding cultivars of these important staples that will, without too much help from us, thrive in our high altitude growing conditions.
We work with other local growers to bring our products to market, including YYC Growers and Distributors in Calgary, Alberta. It's a grower's co-op of mostly urban SPIN farmers, and a few of us rural growers in the Calgary area. Please check out their Community Supported Agriculture program, and if you can, sign up for a share.
We also partner with the Primates World Relief and Development Fund and the Canadian Food Grains Bank to support global food security. We have been blessed with beautiful land and ridiculous plenty, and we believe a little farm and a little faith can come together to feed the multitudes.