Ursa Farm

09/26/2025

These two handsome gents went to the local abattoir recently which means we now have very full freezers. Want to know more about your food?!

If you are looking for beef from an all-organic practicing small family farm; from cows that have been lovingly raised with hand-fed treats, scratches and kind words bestowed on them; who were all grassfed, although also had lots of apples from our orchard and carrots and beets from a local certified organic farm, stay tuned for our beef price list coming soon!

This is Francis and Pumkin, both steers that we have raised here. Pumkin was born here to Violet our jersey family milk cow. He was. Limousin/jersey and known for his antics of breaking fences, his model hairstyle, and enjoyed under neck scratches the best. He was raised on his moms milk until two years old when he had to be weaned for his moms udder health. Largest of the herd but always a loveable naughty child at heart.

Francis was a Highland steer, and somewhat the opposite of Pumkin. A steadfast rule follower, often to his disappointment and confusion, would be left behind during fence break outs. Unable to find his way out to follow Pumkin, he would bawl loudly letting his frustration be known to all. A helpful trait for us farmers who would leave the dinner table to run out to “the cows are on the road”.. Francis was the zen master of the herd, slow and gentle, inspiring awe in each child from farm school or farm visitor with his long elegant horns. We even had cars slow on the road often to see his long locks flowing in the breeze, graceful yet heavyset and shaggy.

We miss both these fellows. And yet we recognize the necessary nutrition that people need from quality beef. Animals cared for ethically and with love. We believe strongly in knowing the details of our food and where it comes from, how they are raised and fed, and cared for.

If you’re interested in this way of living, food, want to know more, or have a food request please let us know! We want to offer what is needed in the local community.

Price list of our current products coming soon!
Thank you for supporting local quality food sold direct from farmers!

09/24/2025

We have decided to offer a PD Day session!

The session will be all three days as listed in the poster, and is for ages 6-13. We will spend time with the farm animals and venture through the fields ad forests.

For more information or to register please contact Ursa.Farmstead@gmail.com

Ursa Farm

09/14/2025

Are you looking for a weekly outdoor experience for your little one?? If we receive enough interest we will run a program just for them! It would be Mondays, starting September 15th.

We are Waldorf-inspired and offer lots of stories, songs, games, crafting, all mostly done outdoors in nature. We will explore the fields and forests, play with the farm animals, dig in the gardens, and try to catch minnows in the creek. Lots of adventures to be had here at Ursa Farm!

Half day and full day options available. Message us here, or email at Ursa.farmstead@gmail.com for more details

Ursa Farm

08/28/2025

08/25/2025

A wonderful first day of Farm Camp this week!

(Only a few photos to share since my phone ran out of storage space. A blessing in disguise perhaps?!)

We played games led by our newly minted junior councillor, Gabe! Visited and fed animals (all were impressed by how much the babies had grown!), hiked to the creek where the minnows were easy to catch in the small pools and frogs and salamander friends were found too. Some of us built new forts, a store, and rested in hammocks beneath the old growth. The first fall leaves were lovingly collected and decorated our lunch table. We sang our usual meal blessing all holding hands, and afterwards Granma /Sharon read us a farm story with some good moral lessons about boasting and kindness “Emily and Daisy”.
We started a willow sun weaving and used hand drills, hammers and sandpaper to work on our outdoor benches that we are making from old barn boards.

I’m guessing we will all sleep well tonight! Please say some prayers for rain everyone, as we have a nearly dry well and have been bringing water to the farm for a few weeks now. The fields are brown and crisp, and we are having to feed hay very early, but are also deeply grateful that a beaver moved into our creek this spring and so the cows have something to drink from. What a wonderous keystone species they are!

08/17/2025

Summer abundance. Jams and freezing for later cobblers, pies, fermenting and cooking. Processing summers abundance is one of my favourite tasks in homesteading. Knowing we will have healthy delicious locally grown food stored for winter is a true labor of love, and a sort of meditative practice too.

I finally found a great farm for local organically grown peaches and plums (not ripe yet), and we got together a buying group. I have so missed being a part of the buying groups we had in Ontario, so I’m very excited to finally get one going here. I’m hoping this will be a yearly trip which will help support local farmers and local families put some food by for winter.

The blueberries we picked from a local farm and the black currants are from our patch by the forest edge. Black currants are one of the most underrated fruits in my opinion. A super fruit really that most modern pallets can’t handle the complexity of anymore (without added sugars). If you like black currants for fresh eating then you can be sure you have a strong healthy pallet. They have a complexity and depth of flavour that I think is pretty unmatched in the berry world. Sour, sweet, bitter and floral notes with a rich sort of molasses or espresso like depth, it’s not for the faint of heart (but could help your heart not feel faint!). We all could use more bitter in our modern diets, and black currants are my favourite way to achieve that.

07/30/2025

07/21/2025

We are very excited to announce that Fall Registration is now OPEN for Ursa Farm School!

We have made some exciting changes to the program so we can better adapt to the abilities of various ages and include a half day option for younger children.

TWO AGE GROUPS:

Ages 4-6 Mondays 9-3 OR 9-12 (half day option)

Ages 7-13 Thursdays 9-3

The first session begins Monday September 8th / Thursday September 11 and runs for 5 weeks.

Each five week session costs $250 for full days and $125 for half days (option for ages 4-6).

This is a Waldorf-inspired program which means we aim to create a rhythm to the day that has a quality of breathing in and out. A balanced mixture of activities where there are periods of concentration (quiet, focused, or teacher-led activities) with periods of expansion (active, child-led play and movement). It's like the natural inhale and exhale of breathing which brings about harmony.

We combine this with the needs of the natural world around, and within, us. What the farm may need at any given moment can change, as well as, the needs of the group and leaders. In this way we also model a deeper connection to ourselves, each other and nature. This fosters a flexible yet also structured approach to learning that encompasses the whole being and the surrounding environment.

If you are interested in hearing more about what we do day-to-day, or wish to register your child, please reach out to us via email at Ursa.Farmstead@gmail.com

06/08/2025

🌏🌍🌎 On World Biodynamic Day, we celebrate together with others all around the world. Rooted in philosopher and scientist Dr. Rudolf Steiner's 1924 lectures to farmers, biodynamics is a holistic, ecological, and ethical approach to farming, gardening, food, and nutrition. Biodynamics has continued to develop and evolve since the 1920s through the collaboration of many farmers and researchers. Around the world, biodynamics is alive in thousands of thriving gardens, farms, vineyards, ranches, and orchards. The principles and practices of biodynamics can be applied anywhere food is grown, with thoughtful adaptation to scale, landscape, climate, and culture.

Find out more at https://www.biodynamics.com/biodynamic-principles-and-practices

05/31/2025

It was such a great day yesterday with Peter Kozier! Thanks again!

05/24/2025

I haven’t posted about baking in quite a while… and yet it’s still a big part of our homesteading life. All our grains and flours are always organic, usually local and soaked or fermented (not only sourdough), for best health results.

Here is the birthday cake I just made my youngest who turned 9! Castle cakes are a bit of a tradition in my family, with a treasure hidden deep in the castles keep.. only found once a piece is cut out (usually “gold” coins and a trinket or two.. this year a rose quartz angel and a fancy marble).

It’s a sourdough carrot cake with a from-scratch ricotta, raw honey, vanilla icing. We always thank Violet (our milk cow) for her generous offerings which are turned into so many delicious foods for our daily nourishment.

This cake is not perfect to be sure. I’m no professional and it’s definitely wonky in places.. but it’s filled with my love for my daughter. My son helped make the flags and with decorating. He loves his sister. Love is in what we do for each other. No matter the hurt we sometimes may cause, the tiffs, we all have them as we are human after all, we always try over and over again to love more deeply than before. They inspire me daily, my dear children. I am in awe of them and the wisdom they bring this world, an old wisdom carried from beyond their current earthly years. They fill me with hope for the future, and it brings me ease in the present. Love is powerful… and it can be delicious too.

Put love into everything you do… the world needs it now more than ever.

05/22/2025

🌍 How Can Biodynamics Respond to a Fractured World? — Jean-Michel Florin

In this powerful and contemplative piece, Jean-Michel Florin explores how the crises of our time — ecological, spiritual, and social — are deeply interconnected.

He writes of landscapes stripped of biodiversity, cities divided into sterile zones, and a culture where seasonal rhythms — and inner rhythms — have been lost. Our world, he argues, is fragmented.

But what if farming could be a form of healing?
What if tending the land was also a way to reweave the threads between soil, soul, and society?

Florin calls for the recreation of living unities — integrated farms, seasonal consciousness, and inner awareness — and shows how biodynamics offers a practical and spiritual path toward wholeness.

💫 “To find a way forward, we must work simultaneously on the inner and outer aspects.”

📖 Read the full essay in the Spring edition of Star & Furrow
🔗 Follow link to purchase: https://bit.ly/starandfurrowspring2025
💚 Every copy supports the future of regenerative, soul-aligned agriculture in the UK

🌿 What role do you think farming should play in healing our relationship with the Earth — and with each other?

Let us know in the comments.👇