Central Alberta · Since approximately 1910
Berkholder is a family farm shaped by the belief that land is not simply owned—it is cared for, worked with, and passed forward.
The farm today
Parkland / central Alberta
Four generations
Founded around 1910, the farm has grown across four generations. Its technology, scale, and mix of work have evolved—but the central obligation remains: leave the land capable of sustaining those who follow.
Farming is an act of stewardship: a productive relationship between people, technology, and the land.
A passage through time
A record of what is known, what has changed, and what remains intentionally open.
c. 1910
The beginning of a family farm in central Alberta.
Four generations
Knowledge, work, and responsibility carried forward.
Today
Crops, Angus cattle, and gravel across approximately 2,000 acres.
Next
Regenerative practices and renewable energy are being considered for the chapter ahead.
The people behind Berkholder
Succession planning is still taking shape. Rather than fixing people into permanent titles, this working chart captures a family thinking carefully about ownership, responsibility, and continuity.
Ownership · direction · continuity
Crops and resources
Angus cattle
Investment and energy exploration
The land
Before crops, cattle, or technology, there is the land. Berkholder’s story is about how each generation works with it—and what they leave for the next.
01 / Ground
Soil, water, and seasons set the terms. Every part of the farm begins with what this place can support.
02 / Work
Crops, cattle, and daily decisions turn care for the land into a living relationship.
03 / Change
Tools, technology, and practices evolve as the family learns what the farm asks of them.
04 / Legacy
Stewardship means leaving the land capable of supporting the generations who follow.
Notes from the field
A place for observations, photographs, and plans as the seasons—and the farm—continue to change.
Seasonal note
Observations from each growing season can live here—what changed, what endured, and what the fields revealed.
Stewardship note
How can productivity and long-term care reinforce one another? This journal is a place to follow that inquiry.
Future note
Updates on research, planning, and the careful evaluation of new approaches can be recorded here over time.
The next chapter
The direction is emerging, not finished. Berkholder is exploring how regenerative crop and livestock practices, responsible resource use, and renewable energy could contribute to a more resilient operation.
Regenerative crops
Regenerative livestock
Solar energy
Wind energy
Resource resilience
Future direction · initiatives shown are under exploration
Farm archive
Photographs from the farm, added to as the seasons turn. Select any image to view it in full.
Berkholder / Alberta
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“Care for the land we inherit, so it can support the generations that follow.”