Ferme pédagogique "La Petite Ferme des Ifs"

La Petite Ferme des Ifs is a farm producing seasonal market garden produce and fruit (exclusively natural crops), as well as aromatic and medicinal products.
Animals include two ponies and a donkey, three ewes, around twenty chickens, a dog and two cats.
The market garden is enriched with horse manure and poultry droppings. The hens produce a daily output of eggs, and in addition to cereals, they are fed a large amount of vegetable waste from the market garden. The Ouessant ewes graze on rotational plots, and are ecological lawnmowers, as are the horses, which also play a part in leisure activities.
This description shows the circular logic on the farm between the animals and the cultivation activities.
In addition to agricultural activity and animal management, the farm has a third axis of agricultural activity: we replant trees or wooded hedges on plots that have been totally stripped of them, in order to create cool zones in the event of heatwaves, habitat zones for birds, means of consolidating land in the event of torrential rain and soil enrichment. We're right in the middle of fields of arable crops, so our plot stands out as an island of reborn biodiversity preservation.

The farm is open to visitors, and the tour is adapted to the public, following a discussion at the time of booking.
The tour focuses on respect for nature, animals, natural crops, the importance of trees, and natural ways of managing plots.

The educational activities on offer vary according to the season:
- Visits to the farm and its circular operation, the wooded area and the natural pond (all year round)
- Raising awareness of the role of insects (spring and summer)
- Identification and role of trees (spring, summer, early autumn)
- From seed to fruit (summer)
- The pond and its biodiversity (spring)
- Conventional and organic farming (spring, summer)
- From garden to plate (summer)
- The role of animals on the farm and animal care (year-round)
- making apple juice (autumn)