Ferme Pleine Lune
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94 Chem. Mccrank, Low, QC J0X 2C0
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Co-owned by Farmers Jon Smiley & Randi Townsend, ​Ferme Pleine Lune is located in Low, Quebec-20 minutes North of Wakefield, QC and 40 minutes from Ottawa, Ontario. We are a certified organic, mixed vegetable and herb farm selling through CSA and farmers' markets. Our main focus is our community supported agriculture program, which runs from June to October and from November to February.
The property is 180 acres, of which we cultivate 9 of them! The majority of the land is forest or fallow, and of our 9 cultivated acres, we always keep half of them in cover crops and green manures. On our farm we refrain from using any synthetic or chemical fertilizers of any kind. Instead, we rely on organic compost, natural fertilizers (such as composted fish and seaweed), minerals, and green manures. Cover cropping is our best tool to add organic matter and nutrients to our soil, protect against soil erosion, feed soil microbiology and build soil that holds valuable water (especially during drought times). We operate on a three year field rotation, which means that our garden beds are in veggie production less than 30 percent of the time. The rest of the time, the gardens are in a continual rotation of cover crops, intended to feed and build life in their soils, protect against pests and break disease cycles. During the growing season we try to work the soils as little as possible, and do much of our planting and cultivating by hand, in order to minimize soil compaction.