It is between Val-de-Ruz and the Neuchâtel coast that we find the Vallon de Serroue. A corner of greenery where we discover Ferme La Perrière, the family estate that Philippe Leuba operates with Geneviève Robert and their son Killian.
Quinoa, buckwheat, millet, oats, chickpeas, flax, split peas: some of the farm’s products, marketed under the brand “Les Graines de l’ami Luron”, are atypical. Philippe Leuba’s approach to the agricultural profession is also the same. Here, we practice regeneration agriculture, or direct sowing.
The soil, an ally
The idea is to let the soil do its work, to work it less with machines than in other farms. And to allow it to develop as much organic matter as possible. We start from the idea that the soil is a precious colleague and that the life it contains is billions of years ahead of humanity in terms of the balanced management of the resources it contains.
We have been practicing this approach at Ferme La Perrière for ten years. Philippe Leuba does not claim to have understood everything about agriculture and refuses to denigrate his colleagues who cultivate the land in a different way. He remembers: if he adopted this vision of agriculture, it is for practical reasons: the Vallon de Serroue is perched at an altitude of 800 meters, and the layer of earth is not very thick .
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