Virtual Tour Of Legend Organic Farms

I am hoping that I can offer you a glimpse of life on the farm in Saskatchewan, by giving you a video guided tour of some of the land that we are farming for Nature’s Path. As you may be aware, Nature’s Path purchased two farms (each seven quarter sections - 1120 acres) in south western Saskatchewan in the spring of 2008. One of these farms is located adjacent to some of our farm land, and we are farming this land for Nature’s Path.

We feel fortunate and grateful to be partnering with Nature’s Path in this way. It certainly increases the efficiency and sustainability of our farm, and has truly made this even more of a ‘family farm’ in that both of our sons have been able to spend more time on the farm working with us, and one of our sons has committed to eventually taking over the farm.

I’ve taken videos of this farmland from various corners or locations on the farm and tried to describe the area. More importantly though, I hope that seeing the video will give you a feel for the land, and the area, and our commitment to growing high quality organic grains.

The crops are progressing quickly, and some of our neighbors are in the beginning stages of harvest. By seeding later, we usually get better control of weeds, and with the weather we’ve had this summer (much cooler than normal, very dry to start, but regular moisture since June 6), most of our crops are later.

You’ll notice that some of our land is in summer fallow (dormant for this year). This was a common practice in the past, and in our area it is necessary at least some of the time to reserve and accumulate sufficient moisture and fertility for a good crop the following year. Most of Nature’s Path’s land that we have crop growing on is certified organic this year… although there are several fields that are in their last year of transition - on these we’ve grown oats (for baling) and camelina (for making bio-diesel).

We frequently see deer, antelope or other wildlife on this land - a number of deer have been hanging around this slough.

A view of Nature’ Path’s yard, house, grain storage bins and Quonset from a hill 1/4 mile northeast of the yard (swather moving out to the field at right).

Kent, our son, swathing an oat field beside the yard. The oats are transitional, and have since been baled.