About us

At Grovenland Farm, we offer you something you won’t find at any grocery store. Our Pastured Chickens, Pastured Pigs and Grass-Finished Cattle enjoy a diet full of fresh forage, while the Vegetables in our market garden are free from chemical inputs and pesticides.

Every one of our vegetables and meat products has its own story to tell. It’s a rich and unique story of how that food was raised, grown and harvested in sustainable conditions that benefit the health of both the land and humans.

It’s a story about our family farm and how your support enables us to grow this nutritious food. It’s also a story about your own journey with food and getting to know your farmer.

Want to immerse yourself in farm life with us? We hire summer staff each season, from May to October, partner with Young Agrarians to offer farm internships, and accept volunteers from around the world through the WWOOF program. All guests fully participate in the farming and the family living when they stay here with us. We are happy to share our farm with all, and are LGTBQ2S+ affirming and welcoming.

Our story

From our family farm to your kitchen table, we are proud to supply you with delicious local food. We’ll share a little of our story here and we welcome you out to the farm to learn even more about your food’s journey from pasture or field to plate. 

 Three generations farm together at Grovenland Farm. In 2011, Lisa and Ben Martens Bartel, and their kids Jacob, Felix and Kaleb, moved from Winnipeg to rural Saskatchewan to begin a new farming story with Ben’s parents, John and Denise Bartel.

 After 20 years of conventional farming, John and Denise had grown weary of the increasing dependence on chemical inputs and capital required to produce grains and meat for the mainstream global food production system. They stepped back and pursued off-farm employment, renting their grain land to neighbours and reducing their cattle herd. Their goal was to research and gradually implement more sustainable methods for growing plants and raising animals on their land. 

Lisa and Ben were also ready for a change from city life. Moving to Saskatchewan proved to be the perfect solution! At the time, Lisa was pregnant with their second child and looking for healthy, nutritious food from local farms. The lack of locally produced food was frustrating. The couple had ample experience and resources up their sleeves to become the good food source for which they had been searching.

Partnering in a new farming venture with John and Denise was the perfect fit, thanks to their shared goals to supply the community with pastured meats and chemical-free produce. Grovenland Farm was re-imagined in 2011, as it welcomed the dreams, ideas and energy of the fourth generation of farmers from the family on to the land.

Grovenland Farm products include Grass-Finished Beef, Pastured Pork from heritage breed pigs, Pastured Chickens (both meat birds and egg layers) and a full complement of Vegetables. Chemicals are not used on the farm and we follow holistic growing and animal husbandry techniques. We caught a swarm of honey bees in 2023, and hope to add honey to our list of offerings soon.

We sell vegetables seasonally at the Lanigan Farmers Market, and through Community Shared Agriculture (CSA) subscriptions. The CSA program is the best way for your family to access delicious, nutritious local vegetables throughout the growing season. It’s available for customers in Lanigan, Watrous and Saskatoon.   We also sell meat and eggs year round off the farm, or monthly through our farmer co-op - The Farmers Table into Saskatoon and Regina

Our farm continues to grow and evolve as we each follow our skills, passions and dreams to produce sustainable food in a way that’s just for all of creation.

To follow along on our local food journey on Instagram @grovenland_farm and Facebook.

Contact Us

We would love to hear from you!

If you have questions about our products, or anything else just let us know. 

Lanigan, Saskatchewan
John & Denise Bartel
Lisa & Ben Martens Bartel
Lisa (306) 360-7867 Ben (306) 360-7857
grovenlandfarm@gmail.com

To find us from Saskatoon or Lanigan: We are just 5.5 miles off the #16 highway between the Guernsey mine and Lanigan, directly south/opposite the junction of #20 (that leads to Humboldt). Our farm is half mile past the yield sign, with a long driveway on the east/left side. We are 130 km Southeast of Saskatoon.

To find us from from Watrous: Take the #668 east out of Watrous and continue on gravel towards Drake. Turn north/left onto Range Road 2231 (six miles after pavement ends). Go 3.5 miles. Long driveway on the east/right side. (South of intersection of 2231 & 330).

To find us from Regina/Drake: Take Kansas Road (or Twp 323) on the north side of Drake 6 miles south of #20 highway (2 miles past graveyard). Turn north/right on Rge Rd 2231. Go 2.5 miles. Long driveway on the east/right side. (South of intersection of 2231 & 330). We are 175km North of Regina.