Glen Valley Organic Farm Co-operative began selling shares and purchased the land in 1997. The co-op leases land and facilities to individuals who wish to farm, and who endorse to their principles.
More Information: The farm slopes from south to north. In the southeast quarter of the property the land is thickly forested and steep. This is the stewarded area. Several springs originate there to provide abundant water for the farm. There are drainage channels and ponds offering habitat for frogs, salamanders and insects. Reflected in one of the Glen Valley Farm Cooperative’s goals – “to steward the entire farm for the mutual benefit of the land, wildlife and people” – is their commitment to education and long-term protection of natural areas for wildlife habitat and water. Raptors and songbirds are abundant. Killdeer nest in fields. A box have been constructed to support barn owls. Along the north boundary between the farm and the rail line is a lush grove of cottonwood trees. At the south boundary, there is a 10-12 meter wide hedgerow of elderberry, birch and cottonwood. Biodiversity is further supported throughout the farm by the large variety of crops grown, the nearly 30 varieties of heritage apple trees, hedges of blackberries, and wide mixture of cultivated fields and uncultivated grassland. |
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