Our Farm
Pest Management
We are conventional growers and use no till planting whenever possible to reduce the disturbance and loss of the soil. We use Integrated Pest Management strategies to reduce the use of pesticides. Renon have their Private Pesticide Applicators License which involves testing and continuing education for renewal. When a crop protectant is necessary Farmer will always use an organic approved product as his first line of defense. It's imperitive that we protect our pollinators!
Management
We use Best Management Practices which focus on the management of inputs to provide for economic, environmental and agronomic efficiency in production agriculture.
We raise the majority of our tape to speed production time, reduce herbicide use and conserve water.
Food Safety
The focus is food safety at all times and in all processes of the operation from harvest to packing. This is a costly inspection that demonstrates total commitment to food safety and brings us in to compliance with the administration's Food Safety and Modernization Act. We have maintained that certification every year.
We work closely with Soil Conservation Council of Canada (SCCC) to integrate and employ the most up to date soil conservation practices. Over the past decade we have built multiple grass waterways for collecting rainwater. Excess rainwater is directed through these waterways where it is filtered by the grass and flows into collection ponds where it can be used for irrigation. This helps greatly with water conservation as well as prevention of soil erosion.
