Author: Fresh Valley
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Long Table Dinner 2019
Dirt to Mouth: a night we won’t forget Thank you. To everyone who joined us for our first Dirt to Mouth farm-to-table dinner, thank you for saying yes to something a little different. What unfolded that evening was more than a meal. It was a shared experience, rooted in land, food, and community. As the light softened over the fields and the long table filled, the farm felt alive in a new way. Plates moved down the line. Conversations stretched. Laughter carried across the pasture. Every dish told a story, from familiar favourites to nose-to-tail cuts that invited curiosity and…
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Dirt to mouth: A long table dinner at Fresh Valley Farms
Some meals are about more than what is on the plate. They are about place, season, and the people gathered around the table. On Sunday, July 21, 2019 we are hosting Dirt to Mouth, a long table dinner at Fresh Valley Farms in Armstrong, British Columbia. This evening is a celebration of farm food, cooked with care, and shared in the landscape where it was grown. See event post on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/freshvalleyfarms/p/BzlXVyhBmXs/ A meal that starts on the farm Dirt to Mouth is a nose-to-tail dinner built around the pasture-raised meats grown right here on our farm. The menu will…
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Its Homesteader box week!
Box week! Vernon pick up is this afternoon, but it’s not too late to order for order pickup on the farm in Armstrong on Friday or in Kelowna for Saturday morning. We’re sold out of chickens, but still have chicken backs (and pork bones and beef bones) for those who make their own bone broth. As well as a whole selection of pork and beef cuts. See you on Friday or Saturday.
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An electric fence, an electric bike, and everyday farm progress
Some days on the farm look big and ceremonial. Others look like this. Fence posts stacked over one shoulder and an electric bike underfoot, we headed out to set fence using our trusty farm vehicle replacement. It might not look revolutionary at first glance, but moments like this are where real change actually happens. We use temporary electric fencing every day to manage pasture-raised beef. Moving animals frequently allows grass time to recover, protects soil structure, and spreads fertility naturally across the land. Fence setting is constant work, and how we do that work matters. Instead of relying on a…
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What makes regenerative farms different
Regenerative farming is not just a style of agriculture. It is a systems-based approach focused on improving the land over time rather than simply maintaining it. While organic farming sets important rules about what cannot be used, regenerative farming goes further by asking what practices actively rebuild soil, ecosystems, and farm resilience. Regenerative farming focuses on soil health first At the core of regenerative farming is soil. Healthy soil is alive. It contains bacteria, fungi, insects, and organic matter that work together to cycle nutrients, hold water, and support plant growth. Regenerative farms design their practices to feed this living…
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Our Farm Store is Open!
We’ve got the start of our farm store complete, so come on by. We’re officially open Fridays 2pm – 6:30pm, and by appointment any other time.
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Baby piglets on the farm
Thirteen new baby piglets on the farm this spring! See on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/freshvalleyfarms/p/ldQ-vqj42Q/
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Baby calf on the farm
Baby calf on the farm See on our Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/freshvalleyfarms/p/lU-torD4xo/
