Domaine de Graux

About Domaine de Graux

Domaine de Graux is a historic farm and estate in Tournai, Belgium, founded in 1492 and now run as an agroecological project focused on regenerative farming, biodiversity, and sustainable hospitality. The estate combines farming, food production, events, and educational activities, with a clear mission to prove that agroecology can work at scale while supporting both environmental resilience and farm viability.

The company serves private and professional visitors, local consumers, wholesalers, schools, and organizations looking for events, learning experiences, or locally produced food. Its positioning is rooted in respect for nature, short supply chains, and a strong link between land stewardship and guest experience, with the estate also being certified B Corp since 2025 and organic since 2011.

Core Values

• Respect for land and people: The estate emphasizes farming in a way that regenerates soils, protects natural resources, and treats animals and people with care. Respect is presented as a foundational principle across farming, hospitality, and community work.
• Sharing knowledge: Domaine de Graux sees itself as a place to exchange ideas, learn from research and experimentation, and support other farmers in their transition to more sustainable practices.
• Optimism and collective action: The company believes ecological transition is possible through collaboration and continuous improvement. It presents change as something that can be built step by step, with each person contributing at their own level.
• Biodiversity and regeneration: Protecting and restoring biodiversity is central to the project, from soil health and hedgerows to ponds, orchards, nesting boxes, and wildlife-friendly management.

Unique Aspects

• Historic estate with a long agricultural legacy: The Domaine dates back to 1492 and has preserved a strong ecological network across its 120 hectares, giving the project a rare combination of heritage and living landscape.
• Large-scale agroecology in practice: The farm explicitly aims to demonstrate that agroecology can work at scale, combining crops, market gardening, orchards, livestock, and ecological infrastructure in one integrated system.
• B Corp certification and organic status: The estate became a Certified B Corporation in July 2025 and has been certified organic since 2011, formalizing its sustainability commitments across operations and partnerships.
• The Nest ownership: The Domaine is backed by The Nest Family Office, which supports projects intended to transform the food system and strengthen regenerative approaches.
• Agroecology Europe was founded on site: The association Agroecology Europe was created at the Domaine in 2016, underlining the estate’s role as a convening place for agroecological thinking and collaboration.
• Strong biodiversity partnerships: The estate works with partners such as BeeOdiversity and Biotope Environnement to monitor biodiversity, soil health, and habitat quality, and has installed bee hotels and nesting boxes to support wildlife.