Explore, Learn, and Get Your Hands Dirty at Quedenbaum Farms!

Farming with heart, science, and sustainability.

Join us (just a short drive north of Edmonton in Barrhead County) for a day of hands-on fun, interactive displays, and down-to-earth farm life at Quedenbaum Farms during Open Farm Days! We grow wheat, barley, rye, canola, and peas—and raise pigs, sheep, and chickens—with a strong focus on sustainability, education, and family fun.

The Experience

This year's open farm days is packed with something for everyone:

• Test grain moisture and explore our grain displays
• Try grain milling by hand and press fresh canola oil
• Hold fluffy chicks and watch us candle eggs - we might see some chics moving inside the shell.
• Feed our American Blackbelly sheep and learn how they are different from other sheep
• Find out how our pigs stay cool during Alberta's hot summer days - hit: it's messier than you think!
• Explore native wildflower plots and learn why they matter
• Tour our machinery and sit on the driver's seat for the 'real' feel
• Check out our grid-tied solar panels and learn how we power the farm with sun
• Play in grain like a sandbox, complete with farm toys for little hands to explore different crops
• Climb and play on hay/straw bales just like real farm kids
• Learn how we farm sustainably, care for the environment and support biodiversity

Special Guests & Exhibits:

• Gateway Research Organization (GRO) will demonstrate soil testing and share the science behind better farming.
• The Athabasca Watershed Council will show how we can keep waterways clean - for safe, secure drinking water supplies, healthy aquatic ecosystems, and reliable, quality water supplies for a sustainable economy for future generations.
• ALUS (Alternative Land Use Service) will showcase how farmers and ranchers create nature-based solutions on their land to build climate resilience and henhance biodiversity for the benefit of communities and future generations. Including a bat detector so you can hear the bats chatting from our bat houses!
• Burtn Water Roaster will roast fresh coffee at our farm to smaple right here or take home. They are going to release a special Barrhead Open Farm Day flavour.

Bring the entire family for a farm-filled day of learning, exploring, and connecting with nature and agriculture.

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