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InformationWelcome to Four Horses Farm
PLEASE NOTE:
Our whole hops come straight from vines rooted deep in a traditional hop-growing area of Prince Edward County, Ontario. Our hops are packaged in vacuum-sealed, opaque mylar bags with zip-locks directly to our cutomers, who pay only the exact cost of shipping.
Our Rhizomes ship in April, so that you can grow your own hops!
Our varieties include Canadian Redvine, Hallertau, Golding, Cascade, Fuggle, Saaz, Nugget, Willamette, Mount Hood, Crystal, Galena, Magnum, Stirling, Centennial, Chinook, Northern Brewer, Brewer's Gold, Liberty, Newport, Zeus, Santiam, and Perle.
Our brand is a tongue-in-cheek reference to those familiar symbols of the Biblical apocalypse. But more than divine judgement, we're concerned about immanent threats to a civilization whose way of life can undermine the resources and ecosystems that will sustain future life.
Our mission, therefore, is to be part of an increasingly sustainable way of life, including food and drink production. As far as it depends on us, our longterm goal is to be a little more "apocalypse-proof": to belong to a community that belongs within the land that sustains it, creating a human niche that we can pass on to future generations.
Our agricultural practises rely on biodiversity and integrated pest management instead of fungicides and herbicides. Compost, mulch, and cover crops feed our hungry hops. Our strings and poles have no preservatives on them, letting wind and weather sometimes have their way. We see birds, frogs and snakes, and numerous insects in the hopyard every day. We seek to work by hand wherever possible, although we do some mowing.
