BIC- Educational, organic farm „Ekostyl”

Comenius project

eco- trip 10.10.1012

Location of BIC „Ekostyl”

„EKOSTYL”Biadacz-

Kamienisko 646-233 Bąków

Poland

Ekostyl is a family farm, and has no employees at

the moment. Since 1987 the farm has

been run without any chemical inputs.

Starting from 1993 it is a certified organic farm.

These are the things about ecological farming that we’ve learned there:

6 year crop rotation is practiced on the farm.The rotation is based on cereals andleguminouswell balanced amount of fodder crops allows tomaintain self-sufficiency in fodder appropriate amount of livestock guarantiesfertilizationthe farm doesn’t buy any fodder or manure

Farm production

The farm consists of arable land and permanent grassland. The whole farm is

organically managed.Total area – 10,51 ha•Permanent grasslands 0,92 ha•Arable land 8,01 haLivestock• 1 dairy cow• 1 heifer• 1 horse• 5 pigs• 40 layersType of farmingMixed Farm based on crop and animal production

Farm Description

Grain produced on the farm is also processed on the farm (flour and cereal are made)Organic products are sold directly to the customers who are visiting the farmSome products are delivered to customer’s homes

Cereal Processing Plant

We have learned how to make eco-

rolls

We had an exciting ride to the forest and learned about ecology of that place

ECO- GRANDFATHER

Learning about ecological farming was not the only thing that we did: