Highland Gem Farm in Kingston, Ontario

Highland Gem Farm is located in Lanark Highlands specializing in high-quality non-certified organic seasonal produce and flowers. They serve the local community through farmers markets, restaurants, a CSA program, and farm-gate sales.

Production practices focus on traditional farming methods; without the use of Genetically Modified Organisms, hormones, or non-emergency antibiotics, chemical fertilizers and pesticides, while maintaining land integrity using environmentally sensitive and soil generating farming practices.

Farmer Erin Richan is a first generation farmer who started Highland Gem Farm in 2017 and today collaborates with a power-house co-farmer Ayla Fenton of Kingston’s Loving Spoonful. They are committed to growing and enjoying high quality food by learning from traditional animal-vegetable-mixed farming practices, focused on small-scale regenerative farm management, while un-learning damaging rural colonization practices. Erin studied at the University of Guelph and apprenticed on farms and gardens around Ontario before settling down on rented land in Lanark Highlands. Highland Gem Farm is a proud member of the National Farmer Union and Ecological Farmers of Ontario.