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The Schneider Family

Kornel was born and raised on a dairy farm in Switzerland. His agricultural studies and training took him around Denmark, Canada, and the French part of Switzerland. This spurred his desire to farm abroad, and at the age of 23, Kornel purchased 330 acres of farmland in Curran, ON and established Ferme Rêveuse.

In 1999, Kornel met Olga on a trip to Ukraine. A year later and despite not having a farming background, Olga moved to Canada to work on and manage the farm together with Kornel.


They now have four children; Sabrina, Marlena, and twins Katrina and Rupert. Kornel and Olga are grateful to raise their young family on the farm, where their children can be involved in age-appropriate work and small duties to learn responsibilities. 



Kornel's Ukrainian project

In 2016, Kornel started consulting with Ukrainian farmers on pasture management, dairy farming, and cold barns through SOCODEVI and the Lviv Agrarian Advisory Service*. 


To continue this work while the war carries on in Ukraine, we brought farmers (along with an official and a translator) to Canada in April 2023. Over two weeks, they gained knowledge, training and field experience - and were hopefully able to take a break from the mental and physical toll of the war.**


We hope these farmers’ experience and training here will be shared with those back home. 


To offset some of the costs of travel, accommodations, and fees to bring the farmers here, we set up a fundraiser for folks who wish to contribute to this project. In addition, $1 from each package of pelmeni (dumplings) sold was redirected to this program. Our pelmeni are produced at our on-farm production kitchen by Ukrainian refugees. With the help of our community, we were able to raise about $2000CAD. Thank you! 


* To learn more about this project, watch this video which talks about the Ukraine Dairy Business Development's (UDBD) achievements in 2021. 

** Check out the Co-op Union Rivnopravnist Facebook page to see what we accomplished during their visit in April 2023. 

in the media

Ottawa-area farmer brings pasture raised chicken to market

Ottawa-area farmer brings pasture raised chicken to market

Ottawa-area farmer brings pasture raised chicken to market

Robyn Miller, CBC News Ottawa

July 18, 2016

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New chickens raised in an old-world way

Ottawa-area farmer brings pasture raised chicken to market

Ottawa-area farmer brings pasture raised chicken to market

Laura Robin, Ottawa Citizen

August 09, 2016

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Ferme Rêveuse: L’ambition canadienne d’un Suisse

Ottawa-area farmer brings pasture raised chicken to market

Ferme Rêveuse: L’ambition canadienne d’un Suisse

Isabelle Brisbois, Le Droit

22 mars 2022

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Les quatre coins de l'assiette

War in Ukraine leads to new life on a Canadian farm

Ferme Rêveuse: L’ambition canadienne d’un Suisse

Saison 1 | Épisode 1 (Français), tou.tv

27 juin 2022

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War in Ukraine leads to new life on a Canadian farm

War in Ukraine leads to new life on a Canadian farm

War in Ukraine leads to new life on a Canadian farm

Andrew McClelland, QCNA

June 29, 2022

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The farm

Established in 1993, Ferme Rêveuse was named after Rêveuse–the offspring of Kornel’s favourite cow, Gibrouille, while in the first year of his apprenticeship; gifted to him when he finished his training. 

Producing mainly grass-fed milk for many years, Kornel and Olga were able to add pasture-raised chickens to the operation in 2016, under a new artisanal chicken program. Eventually expanding to pastured/free-run eggs and building their own grading station in 2019. In 2020, Ferme Rêveuse started producing grass-fed beef and real veal. 


In 2019, Olga created Wild Ferment to share her passion for all things fermented, featuring small-batch kombucha as her flagship product, as well as sauerkraut. 


Our Guiding Principles

  • To allow our animals to live and grow as nature intended
  • To provide the highest quality products to our community
  • To improve the land we farm with our intensive pasture management
  • To share our skills and resources through educational programs and community events
  • To operate our business with openness and transparency

Our core values are based on trust, respect, and integrity.

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