Every day, three times a day we sit around the table. Primary need number one is and remains our food! From time to time it is important to consider how this food is grown. Organic farm Lincelam would like to take this responsibility and be part of the exciting search for a new agriculture for the future.

New agriculture for the future

Firstly, we think small-scale is important. Our farm has 2.7 hectares. About half of this surface is used for vegetable cultivation. The other half offers space for different pieces of edible forest gardens that are being planted step by step. But there are also ponds and wild hedges all around the field, all this to maximize biodiversity.

To make and keep this small-scale agriculture viable, direct sales are essential. With our produce and that of fellow organic farmers, I go to the weekly Tuesday market in Roeselare and the Friday market in Nieuwpoort. People from the immediate area can also visit our farm shop. This way we make the distance between farmer and plate as short as possible. Final result: a super fresh product on your plate!

As a certified organic farm, we do not use chemical fertilizers and sprayed substances, but we go one step further. Our farm has been a member of "The Vegan Organic Network" (VON) since 2018 and we support the principles of "Stockfree Farming". Since 2019 we have also joined the "Network for biocyclic-vegan agriculture in the Netherlands and Flanders". This makes us the first vegan organic farm in Flanders! The most important difference with conventional organic vegetable cultivation is the avoidance of all animal fertilizers or other by-products from animal husbandry (blood meal, bone meal, fish meal, etc.). We prefer to build a fertile soil with the help of vegetable compost, green manure, crop rotation, etc.

Who is farmer Bert ?

After a carefree childhood in the small village of Leisele, I ended up in Ghent for my further studies. However, because the big city of Ghent was not far enough to satisfy my desire for the exotic, I traveled through Western Africa for a year. It was in Senegal finally, that I got to know organic farming. There I stayed and helped for a couple of weeks on a small organic farm, just long enough to experience the satisfaction of harvesting and just short enough not to be confronted with the countless trials that come with farming.

The germ had settled and when I got home I soon found the 'Landwijzer'-course for organic farming. And thus I returned to Leisele with a head full of ideas. With my girlfriend Véro, we first built an unusual eco-house and now an equally unusual farm project. In the meantime, in addition to being a full-time organic farmer, I am also a full-time proud dad of two perfect daughters.

A few years ago Alexia walked into the farm looking for an internship. She soon became an indispensable link on the farm and is now a permanent co-farmer at Lincelam!

Nursery greenhouse for Lincelam organic farm

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