On this lovely fall day the family and I ventured out to Campbellville (ON) to Goodness me's new farm. In a major play in the real food movement, Canadian owned Goodness me has bought a farm. Not just any farm, almost 40 acres of organic awesomeness. I had the pleasure of touring around with David Beyers. David and his brother Meiring are the heart and soul of this farm. Ensuring every crop is grown and harvested with love and passion. It warmed my foodie heart to listen to David speak. How he started in conventionally grown crops, with pesticides and chemicals and then moved on to the organic movement. How he grounded himself into the earth and rooted his being into the soil. The farm sits among houses and gas stations. Seconds from a major highway and minutes from a major town. Once you get up the lane, it all vanishes. It's like you stepped into a different time. Its quiet and the breeze blows just so. The farm ensures that the crops grow as God intended. Surrounded by the natural forest, bordered by sunflowers and rocks. The weeds grow wild, but as David says 'it keeps the bees coming'. David let us know about some farm secrets and how sometimes you just have to let it all go and accept what comes.
It was a real treat to walk the grounds of a farm who truly gets what organic is about. To smell the dirt and the sweet crops growing. To see weeds growing among veggies. To talk to people who's very being is in making the earth just a little better for those around them. Well done Goodness Me. This is what food is about! If you get a chance book your tour around the farm today. It will inspire you!
It was a real treat to walk the grounds of a farm who truly gets what organic is about. To smell the dirt and the sweet crops growing. To see weeds growing among veggies. To talk to people who's very being is in making the earth just a little better for those around them. Well done Goodness Me. This is what food is about! If you get a chance book your tour around the farm today. It will inspire you!