Farms

Thompson Small Farm (TSF)

Good Food with Horsepower

The Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) model and its importance to an agricultural renaissance
TSF vegetable plots and harsh-climate veggie gardening system
Prairie-hardy orchard project
Optimizing grazing
Pigs as a working animal as well as a source of meat
The Yak as an excellent alternative beef for the Canadian climate
Chickens – breeds and approaches
Benefits of the farm pond – why you need one and how to create one
Problems and challenges TSF deals with on their specific farm
The goal of creating a self enclosed ecosystem of the small, mixed farm
The family farm as an agent of social change
Small farm cow and low-tech milking demonstration
The role of the draft horse in modern agriculture along with handling and harnessing demonstration
Why producing and eating local food is critical to our health and our planet