Meeting Place Organic Farm
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Meeting Place Organic Farm is a 100 acre mixed farm mostly powered by Belgian work horses and human muscle power. We are excited to have our daughter and her partner joining us again for another year. We raise beef cattle, pork, and chickens for retail direct to the consumer along with our 4 Belgian horses. We have a 2 acre market garden and sell vegetables at farmers’ markets and possibly a small CSA this year. We have a small apple orchard. We’ve been concerned about sustainability and renewable energy since the mid 1970’s and have a passive solar home with a wind generator interfaced with the grid. We also use photovoltaic panels to run our garden irrigation and livestock watering systems. Interns will have the chance to be involved in all aspects of running a self reliant farmstead, raising cattle and pigs, learning about using work horses, commercial market gardening and growing your own food, including food preservation. We use and teach Holistic Management courses and use planned grazing and portable fencing in our operation. We have housing on the farm and eat most meals together. If you are interested in learning a wide spectrum of small farming skills we would be pleased to share our 35 years of experience with you!
Contact: Tony or Fran McQuail, Meeting Place Organic Farm, 86016 Creek Line – RR # 1, Lucknow, ON, N0G 2H0,
tel: 519-528-2493
e-mail: mcqufarm at hurontel.on.ca
website: www.meetingplaceorganicfarm.ca
