Welcome to Swallowtail Farm! 

Only 30 minutes from Ottawa and 15 minutes from Carleton Place, we raise organic beef (Simmental), goat and lamb in a very peaceful setting on close to 200 acres of pasture, off the grid. During the milder seasons, our animals live of our land. This farm has been organic since 1972.
We have a very unique farm operation where all the animals are roaming freely and are very tame, including Freddy, the pot bellied pig. We are creating an educational environment for schools and offer summer camps to teach young and old about a healthy life style and organic food sources.
A respect for animals and producing food naturally is what drives our farm. We practice organic farming because it is a philosophy and it's the way Robert was raised on his family's farm in Switzerland. Our farm is open to the public for visits and long walks.
You can purchase our products at the farm gate or the Carleton Place and Stittsville Farmers’ Market. Our meat and cheese are very popular.  We are long time members of the Canadian Organic Growers. Please call for more info about our products and cow shares.

Year Round Full Diet CSA
Organic, Fresh and Local

Are you looking for tasty local organic produce, beef, pork, chicken, turkey, eggs, bread and maple syrup? We offer you all of this in our weekly farm share basket program. We know that you need to eat year round, and so we have designed a program that meets those needs. Sign up now to become a CSA partner, and get our weekly basket of local goodness all year round! We are full for the 2013 CSA season! However now is the time to sign up for the 2014 season.

Our farm is recognized as being the only year Round Full Diet CSA in Ontario. 

Heritage Harvest Farm is located on 36 acres near Merrickville, Ontario. Our goal is to create a CSA model farm that provides a full and interesting diet. We have designed our farm around our desire to pasture raise animals the way nature intended. All of our animals are pasture raised and all are raised in a loving stress free environment. We are an Organic farm and are able to provide our own compost and all of our own hay. Any grains needed are purchased from Homestead Organics. On our farm we supply all of our own dairy, pork, beef, chicken, eggs, fruit, vegtables and maple syrup.

Vegetarian/vegan options available

Delivery Areas: We are opening a drop off location in Perth for the 2014 season. We do require a minimun number of people to make this happen. Please let us know if you are interested.

This little clip will give you a great visual as to what you can expect a basket to look like:

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Heritage Harvest Farms is offering a Year Round Full Diet CSA to local families. This will give our customers the opportunity to be able to enjoy the same Organic fresh food we do year round. 

Greenwood Organics is situated on 56 acres of rolling hills in Tay Valley Township.

Goats: We raise a herd of Saanen dairy goats and will, from time to time, have does, milking does, kids and goat meat for sale. This year's kids will be born in April. If you are interested in a milking doe, buckling or other goat, please contact us.

Eggs: Our chickens are allowed to roam freely during the day, returning to the safety of the indoors at night. The grass and insects they find result in nutritious, delicious eggs. Feed is strictly certified organic, ensuring that no GMOs or pesticides are included in their diet. Multicoloured, beautiful and nutritious eggs are available at the farm gate for $6 a dozen. Please call ahead for availability.

Vegetables: 

Each week, beginning in May, we harvest vegetables for the Perth Farmers' Market and have these available for sale at our farm gate store on Friday afternoons. Stop by or phone ahead to check on what might be available each week.

Organic certification: We are certified organic by Pro-Cert Organic Systems under their Local Organic Program.

Greenwood Organics is a member of Seeds of Diversity Canada, Canadian Organic Growers, Ecological Farmers of Ontario and the National Farmers' Union- Ontario.

Welcome to Funny Duck Farms! We are a small, diverse, certified organic farm that does not use any soybeans in our animal feeds. We are striving to create a sustainable system wherein we produce all our livestock feeds on farm, and traditionally grain fed animals (like pigs and chickens) are converted to forage eating instead. Out in our pastures and woodlands are where you will find our laying hens, ducks, broilers and heritage pigs, beef & dairy cows. Pasture raised animals provide excellent, nutritious food for people without harming the land, the environment, or resorting to the use of chemicals and medications. All of our certified organic feed rations used to supplement our animals are free of soybeans. We are pleased to be Canada's only year round certified organic Whole Farm CSA. Our CSA runs 50 weeks of the year. Shares include a bit of everything grown on the farm: certified organic beef, pork, chicken, duck, lamb, all you can eat eggs, honey, maple syrup, veggies, some fruits, and herbs both culinary and medicinal. We have limited spaces for the 2016 season, please contact us if you would like to be on our waiting list.

Funny Duck Farms is a family owned and operated 224 acre farm Certified Organic by ProCert-Organic Systems.

Kricklewood Farm is owned by Dale Horeczy and Brad Daily and had its beginnings in Atlanta Georgia with a backyard hen house, beehive and a goat cheese making workshop at a local goat farm.  It is now home to a small herd of Nubian goats and pot-bellied pigs, heritage chickens and Muscovy ducks on 90 acres southeast of Perth.

The latest addition to Kricklewood Farm is our own Cold Pressed Sunflower Oil  with the planting of 15 acres in 2012.   The high oleic oil is made from 100 % pure sunflower seed grown on our farm without  herbicides  or pesticides.  The seeds are processed with care in small batches using the traditional Cold Press method to preserve the unique flavour and freshness.  Pure, unrefined and additive free, it adds the delicious taste of sunflower to any dish.  It is available in 500 ml bottles at the farm gate and at several stores and markets in the area.

In addition to Cold Pressed Sunflower Oil, we offer Goat Milk Soap, Goat Milk Fudge, Free Range Eggs, Seasonal Produce and cut flowers.

We also offer on farm tours and workshops where participants can learn how to milk a goat the old fashioned way and to make goat milk soap, fudge and cheese. 

Elmark Farms is a 4th generation 230-acre family farm. It began as a conventional 40 cow dairy farm and now produces pastured poultry (chickens and turkeys) as well as pork, lamb, beef, and eggs. The rotational grazing system also includes custom grazing of cattle and horses from other farms.
Dan is passionate about intensive grazing and its benefits. Intensive grazing is a method of rotational pasturing that has a high animal-to-acreage ratio. When managed properly, the animals are moved every 12 to 24 hours to a new plot so as not to be detrimental to either the land or the animals. In addition, since most worms are species-specific (i.e. horse worms have no impact on cattle), by grazing different animals over the same ground, less harmful worms are ingested. Organic matter in the soil also increases which translates into increased water holding capacity. This is especially important in Elmark Farms' shallow soils. And finally, this method of husbandry allows the animals to be in their natural habitat while being protected from predators. As a result, Dan finds that the land is able to give the same production value without the inputs he used to need, and the nutrients stay—or increase--in the soil.
Modeling his methods after those of Joel Salatin, a pioneer in grass based farming and people friendly food, Dan believes strongly that in allowing animals to behave in the way nature intended produces healthier, more contented animals. For example, chickens love to scratch in the dirt to find bugs, horses like to continuously graze, and cows find comfort in lying down in a grassy pasture.
In the end, rotational grazing produces a better product and the animals, environment, and families benefit.

Teamwork Community Farm (CSA) provides a full season's worth of fresh, organic vegetables. Our mission is to nurture our farm and the people who we feed. Empowerment comes through participation, facing challenges and good eating. Teamwork CSA is operated out of Maplelane Farm, the new home of Nick and Hilary Moore. Maplelane Farm has been farmed organically for over 30 years. Our farm is a lovely balance of field and forest. We raise laying hens year round and Tamworth pigs during the summer. We also have Suffolk Punch work horses, Jazz and Winnie.
Hilary Moore started Teamwork CSA 10 years ago and have been farming organically for 13 years now. Though Maplelane Farm is not currently certified organic, it is operated in accordance with the certification guidelines.
Our veggies are sold through the CSA or at the Almonte Farmers Market on Saturday mornings between 9-12, May 19th through till Thanksgiving, or at the Union Hall Market on Friday evenings between 3:30-6:30pm, June through until October. Our eggs are sold year round at Dunbrae Farms in Almonte or at our farm in Lanark. Our pork is pre sold, by the half or whole animal and can be reserved by phone or e-mail.

Singing Nettle Farm is located 12 km west of Perth. Nestled on 70 acres backing onto the Tay River, the farm is operated by Josh Latour and Joanna Kowalczyk. They are in the process of building up their Christmas tree farm with 1000 trees planted anually. In addition to the trees Josh and Joanna raise 300 meat chickens in the growing season and will be incorporating pigs to the farm in 2012.

Joanna is a Niagara Parks trained horticulturist and a certified arborist. In addition to her love for trees she is a keen supporter of  small scale farming and believes in producing healthy food  for the local community through organinc methods.  Their farming methodology is  based on sustainable practices with permaculture and biodynamic elements in mind and where it all begins with healthy soil. They are members of the Canadian Organic Growers and the Lanark Organic Growers Guild.
They will be taking orders for organic chicken and pork in the spring. At the moment their products are available though farm gate only. Feel free to come visit the farm and see how it all comes together.

SINGING NETTLE HORTICULTURE....

Starting in January 2012 Joanna will be offering her horticulture services which include garden maintenance with a focus on pruning of fruit trees, vines and small ornamentals. Please contact for details and look for workshop postings..

James Haven Farms and Piggin’ Out are joint business ventures operated by Phyllis James and her son, Mark. Located outside of Perth, James Haven Farms is a former commercial pig farm that has evolved into an operation focused on local food production. Piggin’ Out is the name of the booth at the Perth Farmers’ Market—started by Mark and his brothers-- that the family has run since 1993.
The centerpiece of the booth is the barbecue where sausages, pork burgers and back bacon laden with homemade condiments are served up to hungry customers. Baked goods including pies, doughnuts, scones, breads, muffins and other delectable treats make this a must-stop spot for farmers’ market visitors. Frozen cuts of pork can also be purchased at the market or directly from the farm.
On the farm, Phyllis and Mark raise pastured turkeys and chickens. The birds are housed in huts and are moved daily. The feed comes from a local certified organic farm. In 2008, they introduced a mobile egg operation that provides free-range eggs for their farmers’ market booth.
James Haven Farms uses non-certified organic methods. Members of Canadian Organic Growers, Lanark County Slow Food, Lanark Organic Producers’ Guild, Perth Farmers’ Market.