Your Trusted Source for High Quality Natural Whole Grain Feed Ingredients
Our Story
ZS Farms is a fourth-generation grain farm located near Daysland, Alberta. Our focus for many years was on Pedigree Seed production. Today our focus is on biologically grown Natural Whole Grains. We strive to provide consistent, clean, simple, single whole grain ingredients grown with integrity.
Whole Grain Feed
ZS Farms began providing clean whole brown flax as a high-quality feed supplement in 2014 under our brand FLAX 4 ALL. Our product line, now all under our brand ZS Farms, has expanded to include milled green peas, clean whole peas, clean whole oats and rolled heavy oats. Our feed is free of soy and grain by-products like screenings, hulls and “meals”. There is no risk of contamination from additives or the production of other livestock feeds. All of our feed is non-GMO, soy, fungicide, insecticide and glyphosate residual free.
We have a hands-on approach to our feed production, from field to bag. All ZS Farms feed is grown on our farm. We control cropping practices, seed cleaning, processing, and bagging. We continually strive to include more sustainable approaches in our farming practices, which help reduce our footprint on the land. Explore our ZS Farms Facebook page for CUSTOMER REVIEWS and our LATEST NEWS. #zsfarms #whatsinyourbucket
Examining products applied to crops and how they affect the soil microbiome, we determined that true health starts in the soil. We started composting using a unique approach using pigs. Our pigs provide a high fungal multiplication ruminant aspect of transforming our feed and straw into compost. They are raised outdoors where they have full access to fresh air, sunlight and space to move around. They are fed only feed and forage produced here on farm to complete the cycle. In turn, every new generation of pigs produces higher quality food and fungi.
Check out OurPorkOnYourForkto learn how you can enjoy our superior quality marbled pork.
Compost
Our compost is the most important aspect of rebuilding what years of synthetic inputs have done to our soil. Every year produces increased nutritional density and healthier ingredients. We now provide our high-quality fungal compost to help with your own soil transformation.
Contact Us to learn how our compost can help your plants thrive, not just survive. Our compost is sold under our brand The Fungal Farm. [UNDER CONSTRUCTION]
Our Future
Our approach to farming is now full circle: from fungi to field to feed. Creating high fungal compost, to rebuild the soil microbiome in which we grow our crops, creates truly clean feed ingredients. We do it all without the use of any synthetic chemicals; no fertilizers, no herbicides, no insecticides, no fungicides. We are the first full-scale farm in Canada to successfully implement this specific approach which was pioneered in Austria. This is one more step in providing transparency and traceability while producing the healthiest whole grain ingredients possible.
We also have ZS Farms swag: hats, toques, T-shirts and hoodies. We accept pre-orders a few times a year.