Three generations of growing
Stonebrook Family Farm started in 1987 when Ian and Margaret MacLeod bought 20 acres of tired pastureland on Vaughan Road. They had no farming experience — just a stubborn belief that good food should come from the ground under your feet, not a truck from across the continent.
That first summer, they grew more zucchini than they knew what to do with. The neighbours got a lot of free vegetables.
Today, the farm has grown to 45 acres, and Ian and Margaret's daughter, Jess, runs the day-to-day operations with her partner, Sam. Their two kids — ages 6 and 9 — are the third generation to get their hands dirty in these fields.
We still grow more zucchini than we need, but now we also grow strawberries, blueberries, apples, pumpkins, and over 30 varieties of vegetables for our CSA families and farm store customers.
We're not certified organic — the paperwork doesn't make sense for a farm our size — but we follow organic principles. No synthetic pesticides, no chemical fertilizers, no shortcuts. We use cover crops, crop rotation, and companion planting to keep the soil healthy.
Our chickens are truly free-range (they go wherever they want, including places we'd rather they didn't). Our bees pollinate the fields and give us incredible wildflower honey. Everything we sell, we grow, raise, or make ourselves — or it comes from a neighbour we trust.
We build soil, not deplete it. Every season leaves this land better than we found it.
We sell to our neighbours, hire local kids in summer, and donate surplus to the Windsor food bank.
No buzzwords, no greenwashing. We'll tell you exactly how we grow your food.