LA FERME Ä L'ARBRE DE LIEGE

About LA FERME Ä L'ARBRE DE LIEGE

La Ferme à l'Arbre de Liège is a farm-based food retailer and producer in Lantin, Belgium, built around a short supply chain and a close link between farming, processing, and direct sales. Its website presents it as a convivial, specialized, and sustainable grocery destination with a 350 m² shop offering a broad range of organic products in a human-scale setting.

The company combines crop production, livestock, a butcher counter, a bakery, fresh produce, a cheese section, and a restaurant. It positions itself around everyday contact with nature, seasonal products, and a practical farm-to-table model that serves consumers looking for local, organic, and varied food.

Key Offerings

• Farm shop / grocery store: A 350 m² retail space offering a wide assortment of organic food products in a convenient, customer-friendly format.
• Fruit and vegetables: Seasonal produce grown on the farm, with more than sixty different vegetables leaving the fields each year.
• Butchery: Meat offerings supplied by the farm’s own livestock, integrated into the farm’s overall management.
• Bakery: Fresh baked goods sold through the farm’s food retail offer.
• Cheese and fresh food: A fresh-food selection that includes cheese and other refrigerated products.
• Restaurant: An on-site restaurant serving dishes made with organic ingredients and a changing weekly suggestion board based on seasonal availability.
• Non-food and grocery items: Additional non-food and pantry-style products complementing the core food assortment.

Core Values

• Sustainability: The company emphasizes building a durable relationship with nature and managing the farm in a way that links crops, livestock, and soil fertility.
• Local and short supply chains: It highlights direct production on site and a farm-to-bottle approach for its brewing activity, reflecting a strong circuit-court mindset.
• Seasonality: The restaurant and produce offer are explicitly adapted to seasonal products, encouraging variety throughout the year.
• Organic orientation: The site repeatedly presents the shop and restaurant as centered on organic products and organic cooking.

Unique Aspects

• Integrated farm ecosystem: Crops, livestock, composting, and retail are connected in one operating model, with animal effluents used as compost input and some crops used as feed.
• On-site microbrewery: The Brasserie Coopérative Liégeoise brews organic, local, participatory craft beers on the farm site in Lantin.
• Farm-grown brewing ingredients: The brewery grows part of its own raw materials, including wheat and hops, directly on the farm.
• Large organic assortment in a compact format: The shop combines a broad organic selection with a human-scale 350 m² retail space.
• Direct farm-to-consumer positioning: The company presents itself as a place where consumers can buy farm products, eat on site, and discover the producers behind the offer.