While you are in the region of Mezdra, be sure to visit the village of Lik. What makes it special are people like Miroslav Peshovski, founder of organic farm Versol.
Miroslav can talk for hours about why nettles are better than commercial fertilizer for your vegetables and about the importance of heeding plants’ natural rhythm — and you’d want that kind of passion from the supplier of your produce if you are health- and environment-conscious.
What Miroslav has achieved through adherence to the principles of organic and biodynamic farming is superior quality and unmatched taste. Truly, if you try Versol’s tomatoes, cucumbers, and peppers, you probably won’t touch anyone else’s.
With a background in renewable energy, Miroslav has always been interested in sustainable living. It wasn’t until he and his wife, Lyuba, found out they were expecting their first child, though, that they decided to give farming a go. This is how Versol — now home to their four-member family — was born.
It wasn’t an easy birth, but after ten years, Versol supplies its own energy needs and provides a livelihood to several local families and quality produce to hundreds of happy customers around the country.
If you want to find out all about natural fertilizer and about why biodynamically grown produce is packed with nutrients — as well as pick your own organic fruits — you can pay Miroslav and his family a visit at the farm. Make sure you call ahead of time, so Miroslav, Lyuba, Rhea, and Yoan are prepared for your visit.
Support for Versol Farm is part of the America for Bulgaria Foundation’s long-term efforts to promote economic development in the Bulgarian North through entrepreneurship and tourism.