Vincent’s Heritage Orchard

In total, 65 fruit trees of heritage varieties, grown without treatment, were planted on this livestock farm at the end of November 2021. Highly beneficial for biodiversity. The dairy cows will benefit from the shade, and the fruits will delight our taste buds!

A Family Farm Focused on Sustainable Agriculture

Viviane and Vincent Georges manage a diversified livestock farm in Serinchamps (Ciney municipality) that produces milk and meat.

In 2016, Vincent Georges expressed his choice to convert part of his farm to organic farming. Today, his dairy production and broiler chickens are organic. The family also strives to produce quality pork using conventional farming methods.

Vincent Georges is one of the cooperators of Coq des Prés, a premium Belgian organic chicken sector with whom PlantC collaborates.

A Standard-Stem Orchard. Not Just for its Fruits!

Today, the Georges family continues its momentum towards family-run, diversified, and environmentally friendly agriculture by planting standard-stem fruit tree orchards of heritage varieties. The objectives? To continue to diversify the farm’s products and income sources, provide shade for livestock, and commit to biodiversity.

The tree stores carbon in its wood and roots. Falling leaves provide organic matter to grazed soils and restore nutrients drawn from deep within.
PlantC supported this initiative in 2021 to co-finance an orchard of 65 trees located at the exit of the dairy cows’ barn.

“The goal of these plantings is to allow my animals, upon leaving the barn, to stay together and in beneficial conditions for them, especially during heatwaves.” Vincent Georges.

The fruit production will be primarily intended for the production of juice and compote, which will then be offered on the local market.

The orchard offers multiple benefits. PlantC elaborates in its article The Standard-Stem Orchard: Communion Between Man and Nature, providing useful information.