FARMER FEATURE WALTER’S FALLS FARM
Kirk and Arlene Wannop of Walter’s Falls Farm have been involved in agriculture all of their married life doing market gardening, cash cropping, livestock and agricultural field research. Their latest venture is found on their farm between Walter’s Falls and Bognor. It is a year round commercial greenhouse producing leafy greens. They say they love the greenhouse and growing food, especially leafy greens because Arlene always taught her family that their plates should be at least 1/2 salad! The greenhouse was built by Kirk, Arlene and a friend in 2021 and it employs NFT (nutrient film technique) hydroponics technology. It has the capacity to grow 1000 heads of lettuce per week using sunshine and pure mineral water from their artesian well to produce beautiful, green, nutrient rich products.
trucks travel millions of miles to deliver us food that we can grow at home; and that when grown at home it would be fresher, safer, healthier and more delicious. They are ardent supporters of the ideal that small scale, locally grown food is better ecologically, better for the local economy and helps support strong communities. Walters Falls Farm lettuce is working to expand its market, but is currently available at Markdale Foodland and The Market Shoppe in Markdale. It can also be purchased at the farm. Call Arlene for directions at (519) 212-1949.
They were inspired to venture into the greenhouse business because it troubled them that hundreds of thousands of 18
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