CIPM farm is a certified organic cash crop operation, growing about 350 acres of cereals and other grains each year. The farm is located in the Spry Settlement, north of Stirling, and consists of 56 rolling fields surrounded by forest. The sandy soils are quick to warm up in the spring and are ideally suited to cereal production. Organic farming procedure requires rotation of crops and the CIPM rotation includes spelt, spring wheat, buckwheat, soybeans, rye, flax, hemp and oats. All cereals are underseeded with red clover to fix nitrogen for the following crop.
The Cooney family, Mav and Linda, Rodney and Lisa run The Apple Store, on their farm five miles north of Stirling.The Apple Store is open from the May long weekend everyday until December 31.
Dale, Fay and Mark Grant of Gran-Jou Farms breed Black Angus beef cattle. “They are bred, born and raised on our farm, from free-range contented cows," said Dale.
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