Faspa Farm
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Tuesday - Friday: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM, Saturday: 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM, Sunday - Monday: Closed
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Address:
Rd 19 N, Manitou, MB R0G 1G0
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Faspa Farm is 960 acres found in southern Manitoba, Canada. It is managed by the Klassen family and has been in the family since our great-grandparents emigrated to Canada as Russian refugees in 1924. They purchased the current land we farm in 1939 for their two sons, Jacob and George.
Since 2018, we have diversified our crop rotation to include, wheat, rye, oats, barley, peas, faba beans, hemp and canola. We also grow cover crops or a green manure field every year to help manage weeds, build soil health and provide nutrients to the next year’s crops without using synthetic fertilizers. We also are avid hobby gardeners and grow most of the vegetables we need for the year and are still in the process of expanding our fruit orchard so we can have year-round fruit as well!
We take inspiration and learn from our Mennonite ancestors who lived self-sufficiently, reused, recycled and upcycled when they lived in Poland, Russia and when they moved to Canada.
We acknowledge that we are in Treaty 1 territory and that the land is the traditional territory of Anishinaabeg, Cree, Oji-Cree, Dakota, and Dene Peoples, and the homeland of the Métis Nation.