Bergsmyrene farm produces organic biodynamic vegetables and is a supplier to some of the country's most renowned restaurants. We have a farm shop with our own products open all year round. In the summer we have a flower garden with self-picking and a general store where we sell products from other farms and a small farm bakery with delicious sourdough bread.
At Bergsmyrene they grow 50-60 different varieties of vegetables. In addition, wild plants on and around the farm are used. Restaurant customers buy not only vegetables, but also plants such as cuckoo sorrel, beach roses, bluebells, pine cones and pansies. Some are used as ingredients in the food itself, some become edible decorations for desserts. Stop by and taste the wide selection of colorful food treasures for yourself.
Bergsmyrene farm near Holmsbu has become known for its biodynamic agriculture, and young people from all over the world come here to work and learn from the farm's manager, Severin Romer Iversen.
The cultivation methods at Bergsmyrene are based on anthroposophical philosophy. In 1924, the founder of Rudolf Steiner, was asked to help some farmers in Switzerland increase the fertility of their soil. Without having an agricultural background, Steiner developed some principles that build on the farm as a self-sustaining unit, where the soil, animals, people and insects live in coexistence and balance.
The cow is a central element for us, explains Severin. – The cow “meditates” on the food when it works with it four times, it eats 22 hours a day and rests for two. This way the cow manure is vitalized, and strengthens the micro-life in the soil.
Source: Visit Greater Oslo