Sweetwood Farm

A Little On Our Approach To Farming:

• We are raising livestock with a focus on animal welfare and pasture-based nutrition.
• We avoid chemicals and non-natural additives whenever possible. Our animals all have access to pasture – our chickens free range and we take a rotational grazing approach to raising both pigs and goats.
• This helps the land, the animals, and ultimately ourselves. Rotational grazing is a lot of work (and we’re not there yet) but we believe this translates into healthier animals and healthier food.
  If you have experience in this approach we’d love to share experiences.
• We are not certified organic but we believe we are at least as good as organic in many of the principles we follow.
• We are concerned about the industrial-scale production of animal protein and the animal welfare protocols associated with it (not to mention the issues of compromised food safety and environmental degradation).
• We support the conservation of heritage breeds, which are almost always best suited to small-scale farming systems and produce healthy and delicious food and we maintain memberships in relevant associations, such as Rare Breeds Canada, Rare Breeds Survival Trust (U. K), Slow Food, and A.C.O.R.N (Atlantic Canada Organic Network).