Events

Finally, spring has appeared! The frogs are singing, the redwing blackbirds have arrived, and we have lambs on the farm. It's taken a while - especially compared to last spring, which was practically midsummer by now. Constant rain has kept our fields cold and unworkable for a long time, but we are finally able to get into our yards and start digging rhizomes. We will be done digging in the next few days, and will start cutting, grading and packaging after that. We hope to be shipping within two weeks. We'll be letting everyone know when their rhizomes ship, with...

Change.org petition: https://www.change.org/p/minister-of-ag-update-the-alr-to-allow-hop-farming-breweries Please do sign!

Recent changes to the act governing the ALR have caused some issues with on-farm breweries - including us. We have been brewing on farmland for 17 years, with the initial approval of the ALC.

We feel strongly that since the new regulations were clearly not developed in consultation with either farmers or existing farm breweries, they should be amended to both support on-farm breweries and farmers.

With the season for making big decisions about hops upon us, here's some interesting resources which may help you figure out what to buy and how to determine your cost of production and capital costs. Persephone Brewing has done some good research - find it here. Ontario's Ministry of Ag has a whole section on hops production, we wonder why the BC Ministry hasn't caught up? OMAFRA's page links to lots of other information sources as well. We couldn't do this without mentioning our own manual.... shameless plug! Brewers Association (US) Cost of hops production (please note that this is...

Starting February 3, Left Fields will start hops pre-orders for the 2017 season. We will have both virus-free plugs (for pickup or bulk order only) and rhizomes for sale, with many of the newest varieties available in plugs only. Shipping for rhizomes is in April, with plugs available for pickup in late April or early May.