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Aug 10, 2025: Dunrea, MB – Farm Tour and Potluck at Dunrea Farming Company

You’re invited to a Farm Tour and Potluck at Dunrea Farming Company in Margaret, Manitoba! Come out to connect with other farmers and local food enthusiasts, share a delicious potluck meal, and learn about regenerative agriculture.

Experience the growing world of Dunrea Farming Company, an ecological farm led by Kara Burrell with support from her partner Brian Meaud. This family-run operation grows vegetables and garlic, and will soon be opening an on-farm bed and breakfast. With their two children, Kara and Brian are reimagining what rural living and regenerative farming mean to them.

On this tour, we’ll walk through their evolving three-acre market garden filled with perennials and annual vegetables. Learn how they’re cultivating abundance using natural farming practices, permanent raised beds, composting, cover cropping and preserving ecosystems around the farm.

You’ll also get a first look at their newly built farm store and bed and breakfast accommodation, a beautiful addition to their agri-tourism vision. We’ll finish the day with a community potluck and pizza night!

Whether you’re dreaming of your own farm or just curious about growing good food and community, this is the perfect place to get inspired.

WHEN: August 10, 2025 | 3-8pm

LOCATION: Treaty 1 Territory | Dunrea Farming Company | 30085 Provincial Road 346, Margaret, Manitoba | Google coordinates here

DIRECTIONS: From highway 23, take Provincial  Road 346 north (signs to Margaret). It’s about 4.5 mile to lane/property #30085. Turn East into the lane, where you will see gardens on the north side. We will meet at the house that you see closest to the gardens.

REGISTER: This event is free to attend. Please register on Eventbrite as space for this event is limited.

SCHEDULE: (times are approximate):
3pm Arrival
3:15 Intro circle
3:45 Tour of the market garden, farm store and bed & breakfast
5pm Potluck social
8pm Depart

BRING: You are invited to bring a food item to contribute to the potluck. The host farmers are prepping for wood-fired oven pizza! They will provide the dough and toppings that can be grown in the garden, for example, pepper, onions, etc. They are asking to bring your favourite toppings (think cheese, olives, or your go-to surprise ingredient!) and/or a dessert to share.

For any other dish you opt to bring, please include a card with ingredients, for folks with food sensitivities. Please bring fully prepared dishes only. Cold storage is available at the farm. 

To enjoy the meal, please bring your plate, cutlery and cup. There will be a place to clean dishes if you need to. Bring along a folding chair, a water bottle, and any sunscreen and insect repellant you might need. Make sure to wear weather and farm-suitable clothing and footwear. 

SHARE: Planning on joining us? Invite your friends and share the Facebook event.

ACCESSIBILITY: If you have any accessibility needs, please get in touch with us at saray@youngagrarians.org.

About Dunrea Farming Company

Dunrea Farming Company is spearheaded by Kara Burrell with support from her spouse Brian Meaud (who owns and operates a 4th generation grain farm). They live and farm with their 2 school age children, near the Souris River, north of Margaret Manitoba and just a few miles north west of the Grain Farm near Dunrea, Manitoba.

The growing season on their farm is busy and filled with the bounty and beauty of the garden and the land they live on.  They grow a variety of vegetables, garlic and fibre plants. They also keep a small herd of goats, sheep and chickens. On Friday nights they operate and attend a summer farmers’ market in Ninette, Manitoba.

They are still developing the property, gardens and growing infrastructure and it is exciting and fulfilling work. The market garden and home quarter section use organic practices, maintaining natural land and re-wilding land around farmland when possible. They use compost, cover crops, human powered labour, and are mindful of their impact on the world. They are working towards using permanent raised bed to minimize tillage with the vegetables and are using straw mulch to minimize bare soil. They are also planting trees and other perennials.

They believe that it takes community and many hands to farm sustainably and in a way that is healthy for people and the environment – therefore, they would love to attract more people into rural farming life as a part of regenerative farming.

Website: dunrea-farming-co.myshopify.com/
Instagram: @karaonthefarm
Facebook: facebook.com/dunreafarmingco

This public event is part of the Young Agrarians Apprenticeship Program (YAAP). The program matches energetic new entrants with paid opportunities on farms. These farms are committed to helping train the next generation of farmers and ranchers. Farmers and apprentices participating in the program are invited to learn more about agriculture through networking and community building events like this one.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

  • This event is free and open to everyone! Supervised children are welcome
  • Please leave furry friends at home
  • Please stay home if you have cold or flu symptoms
  • Please wash your shoes before visiting the farm, especially if you work on or have visited a farm recently
  • Please do not bring alcohol/recreational substances to this event
  • Please share this event with anyone who may be interested!

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