Organic Farming is more then a job.
It is a live style in which we, the Laepple family have grown
into many years before emigrating from Germany to Canada in
1998. Fritz and Linda with Frieder, Florian, Gerdi, Freddy,
Elisabeth and Roselinde are all involved in one way or another.
“The way we farm and produce food has developed out of the
need to provide our (large) family with healthy food in an
economical way. The products that have grown out of this, we
share with a growing number of customers concerned with health,
quality and the environment… and we share the same concerns as
our customers.”
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This is our fourth year of certification with OCPP and the
general principles are to protect the environment, minimize soil
degradation and erosion, optimize conditions for biological
productivity and promote a sound state of health. No chemical
fertilizer, pesticides or herbicides are applied to the crops.
Our animals are raised drug free without hormone implants and
are fed grass, hay, grain and hay all grown on the farm.
When you drive in our laneway you might have noticed the compost
piles. They are the essential factor to improve the fertility of
our mostly sandy soil.
The old bank barn has been the home of many farm animals since
it was build 150 years ago for J. Jutzi. It has seen some
renovations and additions but the giant hand-hewn, white pine
logs still hold the original design together. There are also
still the ropes and wooden wheals inside with witch the horses
used to pull wagons two stories up for unloading.
Buy Local! Buy Fresh! is more then a slogan. It is a fact that
this region provided healthy food in abundance to settlers and
natives hundreds of years before trucks made it possible that
every bite of food in average travels more then 800 km before it
reaches the consumer. Our local customers help us move away from
a food system that is heavily dependent on fuel consumption.
Eating local foods in season fosters environmental health,
enhances economic well-being and strengthens our social fabric.
Our goal is to grow what we eat and we would like to share it
with you. From field and stable to the table. |
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