The New Land / Soil Health
Although this will be our 3rd season growing in Mandan, we’re still getting to know our soil and landscape.
We believe that regenerative, organic farming is the best way to feed people. With that belief, we bring our long term attention to building healthy soil and the living community of microbes. It is our understanding that healthy soil makes for healthy plants which leads to healthy humans.
Regenerative agriculture is the way we need to be looking at our systems for the future. This approach to farming aims to look at the farm as a whole ecosystem where we mimic natural systems to deal with any imbalances we may encounter. We use techniques like cover cropping, crop rotations, soil amending etc., to create a farming system that works with nature to build soil and grow the best darn vegetables available.
Certified Organic
Our operation has been certified organic since 2020.
Management
Pests, diseases and weeds are best managed preventively. We strive to be proactive with and observe any issue that might come up with our production that involve these issues. We use row covers, crop rotations and preventative weed seed techniques to manage this aspect of our farm.
Food Safety
We take food safety seriously here at Forager Farm. We do everything in our ability to provide the cleanest safest food to our family and yours. Food safety begins in the field, maintaining clean fields and dealing with any potential contamination. We’ve built systems for washing, hydro-cooling and any other post-handling activities to reduce the risk of contamination. We require the same sanitation techniques as other food based businesses, examples include hand washing, not working sick and clean water tests.
In short:
We believe in transparent farming practices and being open and honest about all inputs used on our farm. We do not use synthetic fertilizers or pesticides, or any genetically modified seed. We do use composted and aged animal manures as fertilizers, physical barriers and crop rotations as pest and disease deterrents, and only if necessary, use organically-approved sprays. All soil block materials used to grow our seedlings and microgreens are OMRI approved. We welcome any inquires about our growing practices.