The following farms and ranches have certified
that they meet Eatwild's
criteria for producing grassfed meat, eggs and dairy products.
Contact them directly for additional information or to buy their
products:
Alberta
Apple Jack Creek is
pleased to offer you grass fed lamb as well as raw and processed
wool. Free-range eggs may be available in season (summer – fall).
In the summer, Icelandic and Down-breed sheep and Dexter cows rotate
through the Apple Jack Creek pastures, and in winter everyone gathers
together for some good quality hay. Alfalfa pellets keep mothers in excellent
condition, and the heritage breeds we prefer actually do best without
grain. With the free-range chickens taking care of insects, we have had
no problems with ticks or flies, so the wool is free from pour-on treatments
of any kind. The chickens are fed a non-medicated ration of mixed grains,
and live in chicken tractors or portable coops. As the guardian dogs
protect everyone from predators, the chickens are free to roam the property
and eat all the bugs they can find.
Delivery can be arranged for locations in the St Albert, Stony Plain/Spruce
Grove, Edmonton and Evansburg areas, and wool products can be sent anywhere
at all!
Our website has current price lists for all our products: keep an eye
on the site, we have a variety of cuts available, and at times we offer sausage or
small quantities of grass-fed beef.
Apple Jack Creek, Lonna Cunningham and Wes Graves,
PO Box 111, Darwell
AB T0E 0L0. (780) 892-3687.
E-mail: info@applejackcreek.com.
Website: http://www.applejackcreek.com.
Bite Beef Company Ltd. is a local, family based ranch located in Balzac,
Alberta and the Allan Hills in Saskatchewan, it produces a slow
grown grass fed beef product.
Our cattle are raised on lush,
fertile, highly nutritious forage pastures rich in alfalfa. Visit www.bitebeef.com to
learn more about our improved taste, the health benefits associated with
our product, our humane animal practices, and our conscious environmental
efforts.
Bite Beef will be available in October 2011. We
are offering sides for sale, and boxed varieties (delivery is complimentary
for orders in Calgary over $500). We will also be available in retail
cuts in Community
Natural Food stores throughout Calgary.
Bite Beef Company Ltd, Nicole Lamb or Carli Baum,
Box 105 Balzac
AB T0M 0E0. (403) 472-4992.
E-mail: carli@bitebeef.com. Website: http://www.bitebeef.com.
Deer Creek Ranch/Sweetgrass
Beef. The Gilchrist family of Deer Creek Ranch invites you
to enjoy the great taste and superior health benefits of their grass-finished beef.
"Historically,
our grazing lands have supported vast herds of bison, and our cattle
now enjoy the benefit of the very nutritious forage at the foot of
the Sweetgrass Hills of southern AB." Their "quality natural beef," raised and
finished on grass, is available in halves and split halves, cut to order.
Sausage and jerky are sold as well. Deadline for orders is August 15,
and the beef is available in October and November.
Deer Creek Ranch, Neal Gilchrist and Dr. Susan Lea,
Box 86, Milk River AB T0K 1M0 (403) 647-2200.
E-mail: swtgrass@telusplanet.net
Hoven Farms is a century old, family-run
farm in Eckville, AB. We specialize in producing certified organic
beef. All of our beef is free-range, free of hormones and antibiotics.
Some of our beef is fed certified organic feed, but we are pleased
to offer certified organic grass finished beef in the fall.
The animals are available in all sizes from whole
carcasses to individual cuts, fresh and frozen.
Look for us at the Kingsland Farmer's Market,
Thursday-Sunday, or check our website for additional locations.
Hoven Farms, Tim Hoven, RR3 Eckville,
AB T0M 0X0, (403)
217-2343
E-mail: Tim@hovenfarms.com. Website: http://www.hovenfarms.com
IFE, Icelandics for Ewe farms Icelandic sheep,
a very lean meat with phenomenal flavor. One of the biggest differences
in this breed is that there is NO smell in the meat, even in the older
sheep (mutton).
All our animals are fed on non-chemical pasture
grasses with the winter months on alfalfa hay, along with small amounts
of timothy and other grasses mixed. Not one drop of grain is put into
these sheep. The lambs reach market weight early on only mother's milk
and the pasture she is on until she weans them.
The wool is
a double coat and can grow to varying lengths. It is not unusual to
get 5 to 9 inches or more. There are varying colors to choose from:
blacks, moret (brown) greys, spotted, tricolour, etc. If you would
like more information on these original animals, feel free to give
us a call for a viewing, or e-mail us
with your questions.
At this time, we can only sell live animals off
the farm, but we can make arrangements to have the animals sent to
an arbitor. Again, call for more information.
IFE, Icelandics for Ewe, Debb Peters, Box 1316, Valleyview,
AB. T0H 3N0. (780) 524-4427.
E-mail: debbsfam@telusplanet.net
Koenig Farm (Seven Bro Farms). Dallas Koenig,
along with his wife and seven sons are operating a pastured farm north
of St. Albert approximately 40 minutes. We currently have chickens,
turkeys, geese, ducks, rabbits, pigs, beef and will be producing eggs and
carrying goats/sheep for the upcoming season. We prefer to have 'pre-orders,' however also have
'left overs' from time to time.
Our land is wonderfully scenic, with
natural waterways and trees along with non-certified organic soil.
We welcome visitors and customers and would be glad to show you around.
All we ask is when you come you are respectful to our animals, (and
us of course), and we'll be glad to reciprocate.
Koenig Farm, Dallas Koenig, PO Box 144, Clyde AB T0G
0P0.
(780) 348-5872.
E-mail: sevenbro@xplornet.com
Medicine River Luings raises top quality
grassfed beef as nature intended. The Luing cattle breed was
developed in Scotland to produce high quality, well marbled beef on
grass. Our beef is guaranteed free of growth hormones, antibiotics,
pesticides, herbicides and feeds containing animal by-products.
Ranching in the beautiful Medicine River valley
brings us the responsibility of being custodians of the sensitive riparian
areas on our property. Management Intensive Grazing has benefited our
seeded pastures and allowed our native / riparian areas to rebound
from previous overgrazing. An increasing wildlife population seems
to approve of the changes! Our cattle are moved to fresh, quality grass
daily throughout the grazing season and in winter are fed a supplementary
ration of hay or silage.
To ensure our beef is adequately marbled we
only harvest cattle in October. We sell quarter, half, or whole carcases,
cut to your specifications, wrapped, frozen and delivered to Calgary,
Edmonton or locally. The processing plant can also turn some of your
beef into delicious jerky or sausages.
We encourage you to order your
beef early as we have a limited supply.
Medicine River Luings, Iain or Rowena Aitken, Blacketlees
Farm, R.R.4, Rimbey AB T0C 2J0. (403) 843 0094.
E-mail: ieaitken@hotmail.com Website: http://www.luingcattle.com
MacKillop Natural Highland
Beef is
produced by Holiday Ranch, a three-generation diversified family farm
located in the foothills of southern Alberta. Our small herd of Highland
cattle forage on native grasses and brush, overlooking the Pine Coulee
south of Nanton.
Our cattle
are humanely-raised, never confined or branded. We do not use growth
hormones, antibiotics, animal-by-products or chemicals for the land. We
are excited to offer you our natural Highland beef,
which is lower in fat and cholesterol and gives you the benefits of grass-fed
beef. Our natural Highland beef is the sustainable and healthy choice—it
tastes the way beef used to taste!
Call or email to order a mixed quarter or half, custom
cut and packaged at our local, government-inspected abattoir.
Mackillop Natural Highland Beef, Larry MacKillop,
PO Box 633, Nanton
AB T0L 1R0. (403) 646-5643.
E-mail: larry_mackillop@yahoo.ca.
Muriel Creek Cattle Co is
located in the beautiful Lakeland region of Northeastern AB. We are
pleased to offer our premium quality, Natural Angus beef.
We choose
only young, healthy beef (maximum 18 months of age) for our
customers. A combination of grass-finishing, genetics, and dry-aging
serves to create a tasteful and healthy eating experience. Our natural
beef is free of antibiotics, growth hormones, or other chemicals, and
we do not use feed containing animal by-products.
The beef graze throughout
the summer and fall and are given supplementary, home-grown feed during
the winter months. Natural and man-made shelters are accessible to
the animals during inclement weather. Our beef cattle are not confined
to pens and only low-stress handling techniques are used when working
with them.
Our natural beef is available from June to October.
It is custom cut and packaged according to your specifications at a
government-inspected abattoir. Our beef can be purchased by the quarter,
half, or smaller quantities to suit your needs.
Information packages
are available, and we welcome inquiries or visitors.
Muriel Creek Cattle Co., Greg and Tina Sawchuk,
PO Box 321, Ardmore AB T0A 0B0. (780) 812-2561.
E-mail: bunkyfam@telusplanet.net
Natures Way Farm is a holistic-managed,
ecological, organic grass-based farm located near Peace River in northern
Alberta, Canada. We raise grass fed cattle and sheep, and we grow alfalfa
seed and hay. A combination of grass finishing genetics and grazing
management allows us to offer some of the most tasty and nutritious beef and lamb.
Our farm is certified organic and we strive
to build healthy mineral balanced soils that feed healthy diverse pastures.
Our humane animal husbandry practices include spring/summer calving
and lambing on grass, low-stress handling, and natural weaning.
We
offer grass fed beef and lamb for sale from August - October. Orders
are taken throughout the year. Our beef and lamb is custom cut and
packaged to your specifications at a local abattoir.
Natures Way Farm, Peter Lundgard, Box 1258, Grimshaw
AB T0H 1W0. (780) 338-2934.
E-mail: plundgard@telus.net.
Peace Country Produce strive to produce
our Organic 100% Grass-fed beef in the most natural sustainable
method possible. (http://www.pacscertifiedorganic.ca/Our
cattle are predominantly Galloway, which are well known for there quality
beef.
Producing from forage only is known to increase
natural CLA
fats which are beneficial to human health.It is truly a joy to move
our cattle herd around the farm. Moving them every few days to new
pasture and water. Our cattle use nose pumps from fenced dug outs. Cattle
are provided organically approved mineral at all times, bale grazing
during the winter and using snow are their source of water
(see pictures on our web). Calving starts in late spring with
calves staying with their mum`s through their first winter and weaning
onto green pasture in early spring; finishing is between18-28 months
of age.
Our beef are processed in a local Certified Organic
processing Plant and dry aged for nutrient-dense meat. Healthy Land
= Healthy Plants and Animals = Healthy People
Peace County Produce, Soames Smith, Box 415 Rycroft,
Alberta CA T0H 3A0. (780) 765-2171.
E-mail: peacecountryproduce@yahoo.ca.
Website: http://www.peacecountryproduce.com.
Pine Terra Farm is one
of few "virgin" certified organic farms. Located thirty miles
west of Edmonton AB, the Phillips family has sustained a chemical-free
farm and utilized methods to protect the ecosystem since 1937.
Thirty years ago, Pine Terra purchased their basic
herd of 50 Angus cows, and now have 310 certified organic cattle. They
are treated in a humane, low-stress manner and roam freely in lush
pastures. All their feed is 100-percent certified organic. We operate
the farm in compliance with strict OCIA standards (third party inspection)
to ensure our customers that we have never used growth hormones, antibiotics,
or animal by-product feed. Chemical pesticides, fertilizers, and herbicides
have never been applied to our land. Our cattle are grassfed, which
is also better for the animal, the environment, and your health.
Pine
Terra Beef is
processed at its peak, dry-aged for full flavor, and is nutritious
lean beef that tastes great! Pine Terra Farm currently supplies beef
to a few stores and offers to their clientele halves of beef and split
halves. You will be given a TCA when you receive your order to guarantee
that it is OCIA Certified Organic.
Pine Terra Farm, Louise or Nadine, Box 353, Onoway
AB T0E 1V0.
( 780) 967-3012.
E-mail: pineterrafarm@interbaun.com
Prairie Wool Organics, Ltd. specializes
in raising organic pastured beef and poultry, as well as eggs from
organic, free-range chickens.
"Our animals are free of
pesticides, synthetic hormones, and antibiotics." The finished beef and poultry are available year
round, subject to supply. The eggs are available year round. The animals are sold directly off of the farm. The
organic beef is sold by the hanging weight and can be sold by the whole,
half or quarter. The organic poultry is sold whole, either fresh or frozen.
Shipping can be arranged.
"We are a three-generation farming operation,
now with organic certification. The principles we use to raise our animals
are based on the humane, low-stress treatment of animals. During the
winter months, the cattle are fed organically grown hay and grains, and
the poultry diet consists of organic grain ration."
Prairie Wool Organics, Ltd., Katherine Griebel,
PO Box 426, Castor AB T0C 0X0. (403) 882-2444. E-mail: krstahr@telusplanet.net
Pura Vida Farm, located south of Lethbridge,
Alberta, overlooks the breathtaking Rocky Mountains. The farm, run
by Wayne and Anne Wikkerink and their three energetic sons, JR, Dawson
and Joseph, is based on irrigated forage and uses MiG (management-intensive
grazing) techniques to produce consistently tender and flavourful grass
finished beef and pastured poultry without the use of
growth hormones or antibiotics. Pura Vida is certified by Food Alliance.
Purebred
Angus and Gelbvieh cattle are moved daily to allow for consumption
of the best nutrients on irrigated pastures. The animals are born on
the farm and raised on pastures their entire life. They are fully traceable.
A full line of products including jerky,
smokies, garlic ring, mixed quarters and halves are available
both on farm and at retail locations. Chickens are pastured during
the summer months in safe, moveable pens. The donkeys provide the
predator control! Whole
chickens are available on farm and at retail locations.
Visitors are always
welcome at the farm.....there are no strangers in this world, only
friends you haven't met!
Pura Vida Farm Ltd., Wayne and Anne Wikkerink,
PO Box 27014, Lethbridge
AB T1K 6Z8. (403) 327-9947.
E-mail: puravida@shockware.com.
Website: http://www.pvbeef.com.
Sunshine Organic Farm is family
owned and operated, selling pasture raised Angus beef,
Berkshire hogs, chickens and turkeys that
we raise ourselves.
Our land and livestock have been certified
organic since 2003 by the Global Organic Alliance, and
all land has been farmed with organic practices for the past
twenty-five years. Feed rations are made on the farm from
the grain and hay we grow. Our laying hens are outdoors as
weather permits. Eggs are
graded and packaged in our CFIA approved egg grading station.
Our products
are sold at the summer Downtown Edmonton
Farmers Market, farm gate sales, Homegrown Foods in Stony
Plain, Organic Roots (100th Street & Whyte Avenue, Edmonton)
plus two outlets where pre-ordered products can be picked up with prior
arrangements—Ocean Odyssey (167th Street & 100th Avenue)
and a residence on the south side of Edmonton.
As important to us as the highest quality
food we produce, is the care, feeding and processing of all
of the livestock that bless us with the healthy and delicious
products we sell and consume ourselves. Rations are what
nature intends for them to eat, they are handled with respect
in a quiet manner and taken to top quality abbattoirs for
slaughter and provincial inspection. Humane treatment is
paramount for us and we are grateful to work with people
who provide this. After slaughter the pork and beef are returned
to our farm cooler and cut and wrapped in our on farm meat
building at the appropriate time to assure top quality and
flavor. Individual cuts are available year round and custom
orders are welcome.
Farm visits are encouraged so customers
can be comfortable with the source of their food and to meet
the people who grow it for them.
Sunshine Organics Farm, Sherry Horvath, RR1, Warburg,
AB. T0C 2T0. (780) 848-2288.
E-mail: sunorg@telusplanet.net.
Website: http://www.sunshineorganicfarm.com.
Sunworks Farm offers
pastured poultry from chickens that forage on organically
certified pasture. The birds are not given any drugs and
there are no chemical additives, animal by-products or hormones
in their feed.
"We at Sunworks Farm base our farming decisions
on holistic principles. Our grazing practices promote preservation of
wildlife habitat. We are predator friendly, using llamas to keep predators
at bay."
Sunworks Farm, Box 55, Armena AB T0B 0G0.
To order, call toll free (877) 393-3133 or 672-9799.
E-mail: sunworks@telusplanet.net
Terra Caritatis Patris Farm serves
Edmonton and Calgary, Alberta and surrounding areas and offers
the finest in grass fed organically grown Alberta beef.
Our herd is pastured on beautiful organically certified grasses
throughout the spring, summer and fall, switching to green
feed grazing and choice hay during the winter. In addition,
we offer pastured turkeys
and chickens that are raised soy-free and forage on organically
certified pastures.
Terra Caritatis Patris literally
means “The
Land of the Father’s Love.” The name was chosen
to honour our Heavenly Father as well as our own fathers. Our
family has farmed this land for 50 years. We are dedicated
to providing your family or clientele with the absolute best
in pastured meats.
Terra Caritatis Patris Farm, Tim and Maighread Axe Box
604, Clandonald,
Alberta T0B 0X0. (780) 853-6046.
E-mail: tandmaxe@mcsnet.ca.
On TK Ranch we believe that nutrient-dense
foods offer people a diet that
supports good health and a strong immune system. We offer consumers
dry-aged Alberta grass-fed beef, grass-fed lamb and
heritage pasture raised pork. Our cattle
and sheep are not fed any grain – we use the pasture model
from birth to slaughter.
Our animals are born, raised and fed outside
on large native grass pastures. Unlike organic and conventional
grain finished beef and lamb, our animals are never confined
in feedlots. Our animals
never receive antibiotics, animal by-products, chemical insecticides,
growth hormones or ionophores. Our land is never sprayed with chemical
herbicides, pesticides or fertilizers.
We fence sensitive riparian
habitat, use solar waterers and manage for endangered and threatened
species. We are involved with wildlife rescue, rehabilitation and
release. We have received several awards for our commitment to
the environment including the 2010 National Prairie Conservation
Award.
We also have a strong commitment to animal
welfare – we calve and lamb during the warm spring and summer.
We use freeze brands on our cattle, practice low stress livestock
handling, and move our animals frequently onto fresh pastures.
Our sows are not kept in farrowing or gestation crates – they are
allowed to nest naturally and and are not separated from their
piglets at any time. Their piglets are not weaned until 12 weeks
of age. Our beef and pork (and soon lamb) is certified humane by
the British Columbia SPCA. We use a small government inspected
family owned abattoir and personally handle our animals right to
slaughter to ensure they are treated humanely and with respect.
Our products
are available retail in Airdrie, Calgary, Edmonton and Stony Plain
in several health food stores. Customers can also order direct
from us. We personally deliver to our customers located in Edmonton
and Calgary and surrounding areas. We ship via refrigerated truck
across Canada.
TK Ranch, Colleen Biggs, PO Box 2050, Hanna,
Alberta T0J 1P0, Toll-free: 1 (888) TK Ranch (857-2624).
E-mail:
colleen@tkranch.com. Website: http://www.tkranch.com.
Trail's End Ranch is a fifth-generation
family operation, raising grassfed beef the way it was done
before the days of feedlots. The
cattle spend summers grazing the beautiful Porcupine Hills, and
winters on native prairie and hay land near Nanton, always with
free access to pasture. They are fed and finished on only
forage, not grain. We work the cattle from horseback, and
try to keep their lives natural and stress-free. Through
upgrades to the watering system and rotational grazing we conserve
water and minimize impact on the land.
Although not certified organic, we follow organic
vaccination protocol, the beef is hormone implant and antibiotic
free, we control weeds by cutting or pulling by hand (no small
chore!) rather than chemicals, and let the
cattle do the fertilizing.
Contact
us early to order mixed quarters, halves or whole beef,
available in summer and fall. Customers pick up their provincially
inspected beef orders at our small artisan butcher near Calgary.
We also have a wide selection of nitrite, msg and gluten free
sausages made professionally by an European sausage maker.
Lean and delicious, they are made only with reduced sea salt, grassfed
beef, and spices.
The sausages, as well as individual packages
of prime cuts, stew meat, ground beef and organ meat, are available
by contacting us. We make some deliveries to Calgary, and
enjoy our customers' visits to our ranch, where they get to know
us, try some samples, and see how their beef is raised.
Trail's End Ranch, Linda Loree and Rachel and
Tyler Herbert, PO Box 1313, Nanton
AB. (403) 646-3257 or (403)
646-2550.
E-mail: linda@trailsendbeef.com or tylerandrache@trailsendbeef.com.
Website: http://www.trailsendbeef.com.
British Columbia
Beaver Meadow Farms / Natural Pastures
Beef.
Beaver Meadow Farms, Certified Organic Producer #14-096,
is certified by the Fraser Valley Organic Producers’ Association
for 401 acres of crop production (pasture) and 260 head
of livestock (Dairy / Beef). Our Certified Angus and Certified
organically raised beef herd is completely grass-fed, raised
and fattened on pasture and grass silage with no supplemental
grain feed, and raised in accordance with the requirements
for Organic Certification. We are a “Conservation
Partner,” recognizing our ecological farm standards
within The Land Conservancy Program of B.C.
We’re the third
generation of our family to own and operate Beaver Meadows
Farms, a designated Heritage Farm. Together, these designations
and certifications mean that the Farm adheres strictly to
the very highest standards of land and animal stewardship,
a philosophy and way of life that our family has endorsed
for many years. We harvest non-grazed pastures and vacuum
pack the silage so even in winter, the cows eat pristine
grasses, wildflowers and herbs. Enjoy
delicious terroir and superior nutrition of pasture-perfect,
grass-finished Natural Pastures Beef.
The uniqueness of
our mild marine climate, Certified Angus herd and Certified
Organic natural farming based on grass pastures creates an
unparalleled, superior taste and quality. Our Heritage Farms
pristine, pure pastures, streams, forests and coastal location,
provide a deliciously rare “terroir.”
For your ideal enjoyment,
Natural Pastures Beef is traditionally processed to customers'
specifications and dry
aged for superior flavour and tenderness by Gunter Brothers
Meat Company. Located 10 km from our Heritage Farms, they
are a government inspected facility and a third
generation Comox Valley business specializing in custom
meat processing.
Our Certified Organic beef is available from local
retailers on Vancouver Island under their brand “Island
Pastures” at Country Grocer, and under our brand “Natural
Pastures Beef” from additional stores. Custom orders
of Natural Pastures Beef are available directly from
us at Beaver Meadow Farms (full animal orders only).
For more information, visit our website, or call Edgar at
Beaver Meadow Farms.
Beaver Meadow Farms/Natural Pastures
Beef, Edgar Smith, 1821-E
Anderton Road, Comox BC V9M 4B1.
(250) 339-2913. Fax: (250) 339-4057.
E-mail: edgar.ravensnook@telus.net. Website: http://naturalpasturesbeef.ca.
Big Bear Ranch, located near Horsefly in
the beautiful Cariboo Region of Central BC, is family owned and operated.
We are certified organic by PACS, but our understanding of organic includes
more than what can be regulated.We believe in the importance of a holistic balance
between land, animals and people. This starts with naturally fertile
soil to grow a variety of healthy plants, which our animals graze to
provide us with nutritious and great tasting meat. An organic place has
to achieve sustainability through biodiversity in the landscape, in the
plants and crops and in the species raised.
We don’t feed grain to ruminants
and grass finish our beef with a rotational grazing system.
Our humane animal husbandry includes low stress handling
techniques and grazing on big pastures. We want the animals
to be able to live as close as possible to Mother Nature’s
plan: cows calve on green grass, pigs grow up in large pastures
with trees and wallows, chicken and turkeys are truly raised
free range and horses roam on big meadows.
We sell grass fed beef and
pasture raised pork as
a whole as well as in halves, quarters, and by the cut. Ground
beef,
European style Bratwurst and pet food are also
available. Broadbreasted Bronze Turkeys are available
in fall, but have to be preordered. Feel free to visit us
at the ranch or have a look at our website.
Big Bear Ranch, Rainer and Gigi Krumsiek, Box 128, Horsefly
BC.
V0L 1L0, (250) 620-3393. Fax: (250) 620-3393.
E-mail: info@bigbearranch.com.
Website: http://www.bigbearranch.com
Black Creek Ranch, based out of
Kamloops, British Columbia, provides field-to-plate services.
Our premium grass fed beef program consists of local
ranchers raising stress-free cattle in natural environments
without artificial hormones and feed additives. They pasture
their cattle on native grasslands and woodlands. By buying
our products you are supporting local beef producers and
the economy. You will enjoy the unbeatable natural flavors—the
way beef should taste.
Some of our products include lean ground
beef, tenderloin steaks, roasts, beef jerky,
and pemmican. Please visit our website for a location
near you as well as our product line. We currently have retail
outlets within the B.C interior, with expansion underway
into the Okanagan as well as the Lower Mainland. We also
have a delivery component for your premium grass fed beef
needs.
We are working with Thompson University
scientists regarding the levels of valuable nutrients found
within our meat. Studies show that grass fed beef contains
higher Omega 3 fatty acids than fish. We are proud to serve
you and your family a healthy product.
Black Creek Ranch,
Dallas Jobin, PO Box 1186 Stn. Main, Kamloops
BC V2C 6H3. (250) 314-6804 ir (866) 314-6804.
E-mail: dallas@fnala.com.
Website: http://www.blackcreekranch.com.
Celista Springs Ranch is located
in the sunny Shuswap region of the southern interior of British
Columbia. A combination of Genetics, Grass finishing, Low
stress handling, and Dry aging enable us to offer premium
quality Grass Fed beef, pork, and lamb to
our clients.
All products are raised without the use
of growth hormones, antibiotics, and animal by products as
well as processed at a government inspected facility. Products
are available in whole, 1/2, 1/4 and custom pack quantities.
Contact us for a catalogue.
Celista Springs Ranch, Doug and Marlene Fenton, Box
60, 5067
Line 17 Road, Celista BC V0E 1L0. (250) 955-0959.
E-mail: mfenton@celistaspringsranch.com.
Website: http://www.celistaspringsranch.com
Cowichan Bay Farm is
a family farm that has been providing Vancouver Island and
beyond with wholesome poultry, meat, and eggs for
90 years. To begin enjoying the health and flavour benefits
of grass and pasture-raised chicken, meat, and eggs, contact
us at (250) 746-7884. Our exceptional chicken has been recognized
by the west coast publication Epicure & Travel, the radio
program
"Food for Thought" and by numerous distinguished
chefs.
Our pasture-raised poultry is available
whole, in parts, smoked, as sausage (4 kinds) and as mince.
Purchases can be made at the farm. We also deliver to Victoria.
Cowichan Bay Farm, Lyle Young, 1560
Cowichan Bay Road, RR1 Cowichan Bay, Vancouver Island BC V0R 1N0.
E-mail: farmer@cowichanbayfarm.com.
Website: http://www.cowichanbayfarm.com
Fairburn Farm—Cowichan Water
Buffalo Dairy. Our water buffalo thrive on grass and
haylage from our own property. During the 110-year history
of Fairburn Farm, no pesticides or herbicides have been
used on the land. No hormones or antibiotics are used in
the farming of our animals. Limited milk products should
be available in the fall of 2004.
Fairburn Farm has the
only purebred herd of Bulgarian Murrah, the dairy water
buffalo, in North America. Five percent of the world milk
production is from water buffalo, although the volume per
female is less than cows. As the herd increases, mozarella
di bufala will be produced locally. Water buffalo meat
products include a variety of sausages including salami,
pepperoni, bratwurst, plus mince for burgers, roast, and
steaks. Recipes are available. Water buffalo is pasture-raised
and a naturally lean meat, mild flavored, low in cholesterol,
and high in minerals.
At the moment, all products are available
farm gate.Fairburn Farm offers farm stays and May to September
Afternoon Teas on Sunday afternoons, by reservation. Come
and meet the water buffalo.
Fairburn Farm, Darrel and Anthea Archer, 3310
Jackson Road, Duncan BC V9L 6N7. (250) 746-4637 Fax: (250)
746-4317.
E-mail: info@fairburnfarm.bc.ca
Website: http://www.fairburnfarm.bc.ca
Family Farm Natural Meats Ltd.
is a small family farm in the interior of British Columbia,
Canada. We started raising our own livestock because we wanted
to be in control of what was being fed to the animals we
eat. We farm by Natural Principles: without antibiotics,
hormones, or animal by-products. We raise our animals with their species-appropriate
diets, and we allow them to roam as nature intended, not confined to
a cage or barn.
We strive for a healthy, great tasting
lean product. We offer grass-fed beef, pasture raised pork and lamb,
free-range turkeys and chickens. We offer 35+
pound boxes of meat for bulk buyers, or individual portions
at the farmers market. And new for 2010: Gluten Free/Lactose Free breakfast sausages. We
do not ship, we deliver. Two trips (spring and fall) to Vancouver
and local deliveries in the 100 Mile House area. Come meet
us at the local farmers market or visit us online.
Family Farm Natural Meats Ltd., Tina Johnson, Box
61, Forest
Grove, BC. V0K 1M0. (250) 397-2547.
E-mail: info@familyfarmnaturalmeats.com.
Website: http://www.familyfarmnaturalmeats.com.
Fir Hill Farm is a sustainable
heritage farm located in the beautiful Gulf Islands of BC,
between Victoria and Vancouver. We raise our livestock sustainably
and naturally on grass like nature intended. Our beef and lamb are finished on grass,
and we also have heritage turkeys and free-range chickens and eggs.
We sell from MacDonald Farm Store (4415
Bedwell Harbour Rd, Pender Island, BC), a farmer’s cooperative located in a heritage
house. They also house a farm equipment museum and have lambs, chickens
and horses for visitors to enjoy. MacDonald Farm Store also has our wool
products (socks, pillows, comforters, yarn) and in-season produce.
Fir Hill Farm, Barbara Johnstone Grimmer, 2310
Grimmer Road, Pender Island, BC V0N 2M1. (250) 629-3817.
E-mail: firhill@gulfislands.com.
The Gattiker Farm is a small family
operation located in the beautiful Bulkley Valley, 20 km
east of Smithers, BC. We believe in raising our beef naturally and
pasturing them from spring until late fall. Our cows are fed home-grown,
pesticide- and fertilizer-free hay during the winter months with a minimal
amount of grain (less than 2 lbs/animal) fed to the weaned calves during
the cold winter season.Our natural beef is free of antibiotics, growth hormones
or other chemicals and we do not feed any animal by-products. Low stress
handling and humane treatment of our cows result in very quiet animals
who are content to roam our pastures and eat what nature intended them
to.
We sell our beef by the side or quarter,
as well as small amounts, depending on availability. All
our products are government inspected. Please call us for
our prices.
Gattiker Farm, Anika or Peter Gattiker, 14308 Bourgon
Road, Telkwa
BC V0J 2X2. (250) 846-5494.
E-mail: gattiker@telus.net.
Gort’s Gouda Cheese Farm opened
its doors in 1983. At first we made Gouda Cheese and Quark.
Quark is a soft German style cream cheese. As the years
passed, we expanded into making Spiced Gouda, Quaso de
Prato, Maasdammer, Feta cheese and yogurt. We
take pride in the fact that twenty years later our artisan
cheese is Certified Organic (by the Pacific Agriculture
Certification Society) and is delivered to a variety of locations in
the Shuswap, Okanagan, and the lower mainland of British Columbia. Our
cheese is also shipped throughout the rest of Canada via Canada Post.
(See our website to order on line)
All our products are Certified Organic,
but what makes our dairy products so special is that the
milk comes from our very own Grass-fed Milking Shorthorns
and Brown Swiss cows. The cows
get 3 to 6 times more nutrients from grass, than milk from grain fed
cows. The major fats present in Grass-fed cows milk are Conjugated
Linoleic Acid (CLA) and Omega-3 Fatty Acids. These are considered
to be good Fats. Our cows are on Pasture from May until October.
They are supplemented with Organic Hay the rest of the year.
Customers
are encouraged to come visit our Family Farm, roam around
and visit our cows and calves, sample our products or
sit in our picnic area and enjoy a cup of Organic coffee
and a piece of cheesecake or yogurt smoothie made with our
own products in our kitchen. Coming Soon Gort's’ Cheese non-homogenized
Grass-fed Organic milk sold in 2lt reusable glass bottles.
Gort's Gouda Cheese Farm, Yolanda Gort-Tiller and
Gary and Kathy Wikkerink, 1470-50th
Street SW, Salmon Arm BC V1E 3B5.
(250) 832-4274.
E-mail: gorts@gortsgoudacheese.bc.ca or gort@sunwave.net.
Website: http://www.gorts
goudacheese.bc.ca.
Dave
& Pat Griffith have a family-based business raising chickens, turkeys,
pigs, cattle, and goats. All of the animals are
raised on pasture and are not fed any hormones, pesticides,
herbicides, or medicated feed.
Chickens are available from July 1st
to October 5th (whole birds only). Turkeys are sold in October.
Pork and beef are available year round in halves or whole
carcasses. (Beef is also available as hamburger by the pound.)
Goat is available in whole carcasses.
Dave and Pat Griffith, Box 1942, Vanderhoof
BC V0J 3A0.
(250) 567-2860
E-mail: ebus292@uniserve.com
K &
M Farms raises turkeys and chickens like
your grandmother did—the natural way. Outdoors, on
pasture, with no antibiotics, growth hormones, or meat by
products. They are supplemented with a grain diet while they
forage in the pasture.
Fresh pasture raised turkeys are available
the week before Thanksgiving and the week before Christmas.
Turkeys weigh 14–16
pounds or 21–24 pounds. Heavy roasting chickens (5–8 pounds)
are available fresh in June and September. Frozen chicken is available
throughout the year as supply lasts.
Check our website for pictures and current
prices.
K & M Farms, Mark Robbins, 28494
Maclure Road, Abbotsford BC V4X 1L4. (604) 857-8912. Fax: (604)
857-8916.
E-mail: kmfarms@shaw.ca.
Website: http://www.kmfarms.blogspot.com
Laughing Valley is "dedicated
to producing and supplying the most natural foods possible" and
fostering "the restoration of natural fertility processes
through biodiversity and no-till farming." In keeping with a Paleolithic or "instinctual"
diet, no preservation is used other than drying at low temperatures.
Products available include pemmican (made
from shredded dry beef, fat, and wild berries), and dried beef, lamb, chicken,
and wild salmon. Stocks are very limited, "so show your
interest in advance."
Laughing Valley, Jean-Claude Catry, 115 Forest Ridge
Road, Salt Spring Island BC V8K 1W4. (250) 653-9122.
E-mail: instinct@saltspring.com
Morning Mist Ranch raises Purebred Black Angus
cattle. They are grass fed, no hormones, no antibiotics, no grain,
free-range cattle. Their diet is natural, sustainable and continuous.
We pick the best genetic stock available to breed the superior meat that
we sell in our New Westminster store at 101-450 E. Columbia Street.
At Graze Market and Deli we have our Red
Seal chef prepare for you our grass fed beef and Organic side
dishes. He does it in our Southern Pride BBQ Pit smoked to perfection,
or he can grill a steak right from our display case—where can you
get it any fresher? Eat... Shop...Ask at our store for farm fresh organic
products.We know our beef, we raised it.
Morning Mist Ranch & Graze Market and Deli, Fraser
Ireland, 101-450
E Columbia Street, New Westminster, BC (604) 528-0101.
E-mail: ve7oab@telus.net. Website: http://www.morningmistranch.com.
Morningstar Farm and Little Qualicum
Cheeseworks are situated on a beautiful 68 heritage
farm just minutes from downtown Qualicum Beach and Parksville. We have a herd of about 60 dairy cows that we milk
morning and evening. During the day, when the pastures are drier, our
girls are happily grazing while our cheese makers are processing that
day's milk into one of our award winning cheeses! They graze on our farm
(weather permitting) and we supplement with alfalfa. We feed our cows
approximately 8 pounds of grain per day.
You can watch them make cheese from
one of our viewing windows. Come for a self guided tour or
an organized group tour which includes a hay ride (weather
permitting), informative stations around the farm and cheese
tasting in our farm gate store.
Our store has our own home-grown pork and beef,
free range eggs and
lots of other farmy souvenirs. If you let us know a little
further in advance, we could organize a party for you. Big
or small, casual or out-door dining out on the front lawn,
under the willow, down by the pond...sound peaceful? Our
hours of business are:
March 1st - June 30th (Mon-Sat): 9 - 5 PM (parties can stay
longer!)
July 1st - August 31st (Mon-Sun): 9 - 6 PM
September 1st - December 31st (Mon-Sat): 9 - 5 PM
We are
the only dairy farm in British Columbia that is SPCA certified.
We believe that our cheese tastes the best if we feed our
cows the best. You can find us at Thrifty's Foods, Edible
Island, Whole Foods, Naked Naturals, and other fine
delis and health conscious stores in B.C.
Morningstar Farm / Little Qualicum Cheeseworks, Lori
Palmier, office manager, or Clarke Gourlay, owner, 403 Lowry's Road, Parksville
BC V9P 2B5, Canada. (877) 248-4353 or (250) 954-3931.
E-mail: cheese@island.net. Website: http://www.cheeseworks.ca.
North Valley Farm provides all-natural grass-fed beef,
pasture-raised chicken, and free-range eggs.
Our 15-acre
hillside farm in Abbotsford, B.C. is managed to provide natural, healthy
settings for our cattle and poultry. In addition to pasture, our property
has wooded areas which provide habitat for indigenous wildlife including
many bird species and provides cool, shaded areas for our cattle.
Our
vision is to provide local, healthy food choices including natural beef,
chicken and eggs. Our cattle, chickens, and laying hens are raised on
pasture. Our beef is 100% grass/hay fed, no medications, no hormones.
Beef: We
sell small freezer packs, 1/8, 1/4, or sides of beef. All prices include
professional butchering and wrapping. Please contact us or see our website
for more information.
Pasture chicken and free-range eggs: Please
contact us or see our website for more information. Open by appointment
or place an order online, by email or by phone.
Tours available. Credit
cards accepted. Know where your food comes from, reduce your ecological
footprint! Buy local, natural, sustainably raised food.
North Valley Farm, Christopher and Lori Bartsch,
33375
Downes Road, Abbotsford BC V2S 7T4. (604) 853-9822.
E-mail: northvalleyfarm@gmail.com.
Website: http://www.northvalleyfarm.ca.
Outlawmeats is proud to present naturally raised outlawlambs, raised
on a mix of natural grasslands, mixed forest,and deep rooted alfalfa.
Importing the Kiwi Dennis and his expertise allows us to offer a delicious
subtle flavoured earthy tasting lamb with the benefit of being LOCAL.
"Bringing the Farmers Market to your Friendly
Local Butcher," we
have hand selected butchers and made a list from which you can choose
where to have your lamb delivered and custom cut. We are supplying from
100 Mile House, BC south to Vancouver and Whistler, BC East to Kamloops
area. If you live outside our area and don't have a local sheep farmer
to support, please contact us.
From the middle of August till Christmas
we will have the perfect 55–65lb carcass weight lamb. Our lamb
is also available at all Vancouver, BC. Whole Foods Market locations.
Outlawmeats, Nicola von Rosen and Dennis Clausen,
Box 490, Clinton
BC V0K 1K0. (604) 996-9599.
E-mail: info@outlawmeats.com.
Website: http://www.outlawmeats.com.
Pasture to Plate is
about providing meat that is good for you through happy livestock,
abundant wildlife, happy people in a healthy environment,
from our family to you and your family.
Our beef cattle are handled by low stress
methods. Our mature grass-finished animals are not treated
with antibiotics, chemical parasite control products, or
growth promoting implants. No grain or animal by-products
are fed to any of our ruminant animals.Pastures are free
of herbicides, pesticides, or artificial fertilizers—the
first step to ensuring that the meat you buy from us is a
good choice.Predation of our livestock is discouraged with
the help of guardian dogs. All meat is provincially inspected.
Beef is
aged 21 to 30 days. Our meat is sold fresh-frozen and available
year-round. Pricing F.O.B. Williams Lake, BC. Special cuts
and pet food available upon request. Meet us at the annual
farmers' markets during Vancouver market season. We also
offer by mail order a 50-pound boxed selection of frozen
meat to be shipped to your home!
Please visit us at our website.
Pasture to Plate, Jasmin and Felix Schellenberg,
Box 88, Alexis
Creek BC V0L 1A0 (250) 394-4410.
E-mail: grassfed@pasture-to-plate.com Website: http://www.pasture-to-plate.com
Phil's Farm has been raising pastured poultry in
strict adherence to the "Salatin method" since
1998. Chicks arrive at the farm one day old, and from then
on I control everything they eat. Just as important, I control what they
do not eat, such as no hormones and no antibiotics. After 21 days in
the brooder, my chicks are feathered up and ready to move to pasture.
This results in a superior tasting, humanely raised chicken.
I sell everything I grow at my farm,
including blueberries and raspberries.
The best way to contact me is by phone, also check out my
website.
Phil's Farm, Phil Christensen, 6080 Oldfield Road,
Victoria BC V9E 2J4. (250) 652-2264. Website: http://www.philsfarm.ca.
Sumas Mountain Farms is the only producer of 100% certified-organic, lifetime grass-fed & finished beef in the Lower Mainland of BC. We also the only local producers of certified organic soy-free chicken, certified organic soy-free pastured pork, and certified organic soy-free eggs.
Our animals are raised on 100% certified-organic pastures in the heart of the Central Fraser Valley, Abbotsford. Our beef is dry-aged, and available in small or large quantities, by the cut. Our organic certification is through Fraser Valley Organic Producers Association. We also offer specialty products such as pepperoni, salami, breakfast sausage, farmer sausage, and more. Our layer chickens are in mobile chicken coops which are regularly moved around our pastures — meaning the hens have green pasture to forage on, year-round.
Sumas Mountain Farms is a family-owned farm, and our caring approach to the animals and the land results in beef, pork, chicken and eggs that are truly healthy. Our cows, pigs, and chickens are never confined, and they have vast mountain-top pasture-lands to forage on. Because our beef is 100% grass-fed & finished, the quality of the meat is exceptional, and the flavor is unsurpassed. Our pork is also delicious and filled with healthy nutrients, because the animals are raised outside, in the sunshine, on grass. Plus, our meat products are more nutrient-dense, and they are packed with healthful Omega-3's... all of which is healthier for you, your family, and the planet. You can place your order directly on our website, and pickup directly from our farm.
Sumas Mountain Farms, Kelly Newton, 32500
S Fraser Way #151-380, Abbotsford BC V2T 4W1. (604) 853-6333.
E-mail: info@sumasmountainfarms.ca.
Website: http://www.sumasmountainfarms.ca.
Tatlayoko Fold produces grass fed Highland
Cattle - this delicious beef is raised in the wild Tatlayoko
Valley of British Columbia's Chilcotin region. No breed is better on
the grassfed regime than the Highland! No beef is better tasting!
Cut and wrapped frozen highland beef
is available for pick up at a central Vancouver location by arrangement,
or in Williams Lake by arrangement. Fresh, never frozen sides (halves)
also available by arrangement. No hormones, no routine low level
antibiotics. Low stress, natural environment. Happy cows!
Tatlayoko Fold, Eliza Michell, Mare's Creek Ranch,
PO Box 36, Tatlayoko Lake, BC V0L 1W0. (250) 476-1220.
E-mail: info@tatlayokofold.com. Website: http://www.tatlayokofold.com.
Vale Farms is a multi-generational
family-owned and operated farm in the Okanagan Valley. We
strive to provide our customers with a choice of quality
farm products while cultivating a holistic balance between
land, animals, and people. We have organic certification
with OCIA and PACS, and we have SCPA certification since
2005.
Vale Farms Grassroots Ltd. offers certified
organic Beef and Lamb, which are grass-finished
(100% grass-fed and finished on fresh standing grass) and
processed at a provincially inspected facility. They are
free from: added growth hormones, animal by-products, antibiotics,
grain and GMO feeds, pesticides and herbicides, and synthetic
fertilizers. Our farming practices involve environmental
projects, community support, sustainable agriculture and
nutrition advocacy. Our humane animal husbandry practices
include Low-Stress Livestock Handling techniques and spring/summer
calving and lambing.
We offer individual cuts, variety packs,
and bulk orders, as well as pet food. Our products
are available from our farm, the farmer's markets and select
retail stores in the Okanagan, and through our distributor
in Vancouver. We also offer other seasonal certified
organic meats (chicken, pork, etc.), as well
as certified organic Garlic and Sea Buckthorn Berry products.
Check out our website for selection and
prices.
Vale Farms Grassroots Ltd., 106
Dure Meadow Road, Lumby BC V0E 2G7. (250) 547-2382. Toll Free:
1-866-567-2300 (in BC only).
E-mail: valefarms@telus.net Website: http://www.valefarms.com
Windhorse Farm is a certified
organic farm raising grass-fed/finished
red angus beef. The farm is dedicated to raising
the finest beef while stewarding the health of the whole
farm.
Managed intensive grazing (MiG) combined
with high temperature composting and the use of fungal rich
compost teas are some of the intensive techniques used on
the farm to create the rich and delicious salad bar our beeves
enjoy. Windhorse Farm is a member of the Island Organic Producers
Association (IOPA Farm #1902) and is certified to the IOPA
Guidelines and the Canadian Organic Standards.
We harvest seasonally
and sell our beef by the cut or in small packs through
our website. Buyers are welcome to visit the farm to pick-up
beef and meet the herd, or delivery can be arranged for
south Vancouver Island shoppers.
Windhorse Farm, Tim and Laurice Mock,
3900
Rowe Road, Duncan BC V9L 6T1. (250) 748-2585.
E-mail: sales@windhorseorganics.ca. Website: http://www.windhorseorganics.ca.
Manitoba
Harborside Farm raises and sells beef,
pork, chicken, turkey, and goat all on pasture. We have beef ready in the fall, 3 pigs a week, 900
chickens and 100 turkeys in the fall. All of our products can be purchased
through the farm. We can also cut and wrap all the products that we sell
and make a variety of quality sausage. We use government inspected abbattoirs
to ensure a safe product.
As a young family we worry a lot about the food our
kids eat, so in turn we do our very best to raise a natural, quality
product that we are proud to feed our family. No hormones are used, all
the animals are cared for humanely. We were one of the first farms in
Manitoba to be Certified by the Winnipeg Humane Society. Making a living
right off the farm is so extremely difficult for young farmers. That
is why we as a family are committed to try and do something different
to change that. Marketing directly to the consumer allows us to maintain
a connection with the families that we supply and keep a sustainable
business.
Harborside Farm, Clinton or Pamela Cavers, Box 45, Pilot
Mound, MB R0G 1P0. (204) 825-2465
E-mail: cpcavers@goinet.ca.
Website: http://www.harborsidefarms.com.
Ivy Hill Farm is a small family farm. We
feel very strongly about the ethical treatment of animals. We have beef, pork and
occasionally lamb seasonally and as supply lasts. Raised humanely,
never implanted, and no sub-therapeutic antibiotic use, our animals
are on pasture 24/7 and are supplemented with high quality forages when
weather dictates.
Farm gate sales and delivery to Winnipeg occasionally.
Enquiries welcome.
Ivy Hill Farm, Sue and Adam Dick, PO Box 147, Steinbach
MB.
E-mail: sue@ivyhillfarm.ca. Website: http://www.ivyhillfarm.ca.
HotSun Elk Company raises elk and beef cattle
in natural surroundings on a grass and forage diet.
- We treat the animals once a year with anti-parasite medications,
but use no other medications.We raise our animals in a low-stress, natural environment and treat
them humanely from birth to market.We protect our streams and other natural water sources from harmful
animal impact.We manage the grazing pattern of our animals to enhance the growth
of the pasture, the health of the land, and the nutritional value of
our products. To do this, we take into account the specific soil conditions,
vegetation, altitude, growing season, and temperature range of our
climate. When high-quality pasture is not available, we feed the animals stored
grasses, which can include hay, haylage, and grass silage. We do not treat our animals with hormones.
- We do not treat our animals with routine, low-level antibiotics.
Those animals that we do treat with antibiotics due to health problems
or injury are removed from the program.
We usually process all our animals in the late spring
and summer – that’s when the grass and other forages are
growing most rapidly and so are the elk and cattle. New growth is always
the most tender and delicious. By autumn, our elk begin their breeding
season, start losing weight and meat quality deteriorates. If you thought
elk taken in the hunting seasons was good, wait ‘til you taste
it from the prime season!We supply naturally produced meat products, including:
- Beef burgerAll cuts of elk meat
- Elk sausages – several types (let us know what you like)
HotSun Elk Company, Ian Thorleifson, PO Box 1997, Minnedosa
MB.
R0J 1E0, (204) 867-3527.
E-mail: vike@mts.net.
Website: http://www.ianthor.com.
McDonald Farm is a family owned
and operated farm near Cartwright in southwestern Manitoba.
We have been using Holistic Management to make decisions
that benefit our land, our animals, and ourselves for almost
15 years.
We offer pastured pork from Berkshire
pigs, an heirloom breed renowned for the exceptional taste
and texture of their meat. We also have gourmet grass-fed lamb and beef available
from animals that have been genetically selected for tenderness
and flavor.
For many years now we have been enjoying
these premium pork, beef and lamb products from our locally
adapted animals which have grazed on our abundant pastures.
All of our animals are born and raised on pasture and rotated
through our paddocks year round with access to fresh water
and lush, green grass. None of our animals have been exposed
to any antibiotics, hormones, or unsanitary housing. We replicate
nature and harvest the excess that nature provides in an
ethical, humane way, always putting foremost the animal's
health and comfort.
To purchase the best meat that you have
ever tasted, please contact us and come see the happiest
animals in the world as they live in our pastures, enjoying
the lush grass and fresh air.Our products are also served
at the Fort Garry
Hotel in Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
McDonald Farm, Wayne McDonald, Box 444, Cartwright
MB R0K 0L0. (204) 529-2633.
E-mail: mcdonald_farm@yahoo.ca.
Website: http://www.mcdonaldfarm.ca
Mother Nature's Beef "raises
the beef cattle to suit what the final customer requires." You
can specify if you want antibiotics withheld, whether the
animals are finished on grain or grass, and the age and breed
(within limits) of the animal. Most of the cattle are sold
at about 850 pounds. Shipping is available.
Mother Nature's Beef, Ml. Masserini, PO Box 34, Lake
Francis MB R0C 1T0. (204) 383-5828.
E-mail: ml.masserini@wanadoo.fr
Poplar Glen Organic Farm is a
small family farm located near Dauphin in north-western Manitoba.
We raise certified organic beef, pork and poultry
and are certified by OPAM (Organic Producers Association
of Manitoba). Our grass fed animals produce meat that is
flavourful, healthy and free of pesticides and antibiotics.
Frozen beef and pork are available in
25-pound boxes of assorted cuts. Frozen roasting chickens (5
to 6 pound average) are available in August or September. Turkeys (12
to 15 pounds) are available for Thanksgiving.
Products can
be picked up at the farm. We occasionally deliver to Winnipeg
as supplies allow. Call us to order. A complete listing of
products and prices is available at our website.
Poplar Glen Organic Farm, Doug and Kathy Storey,
RR 1, Grandview, MB R0L 0Y0. (204) 546-2099.
E-mail: poplar2@mts.net.
Website: http://www.mts.net/~poplar2
New Brunswick
At Circle "S" Farm we have a mixed
farming operation where we try to work with nature in the raising of
crops and animals. Our beef cattle are certified organic and
are totally grass fed with our own certified organic pasture, hay and
silage. We also have pastured pork and poultry which are
not certified organic.
We feed non-organic grain at the moment which
has no antibiotics and is non GMO. Since grain makes up the lions share
of the diet for both the pigs and chickens, the purchase of organic feed
would push the price higher than most would be willing to pay. We give
no growth hormones to our animals and all are healthy and happy. We prefer
selling the beef by the side or quarter, the pork by the side and the
poultry whole. We also have certified
organic potatoes, rutabagas (turnips), and raspberries in
season.
If you would like to come for a farm visit, have
any questions about our farming operation, or are interested in price
or availability of product, please feel free to contact us.
Wayne or Dilys Sabine, Circle "S" Farm, 75
South Tilley Road, Tilley NB E7H 4X8. (506) 273-3122.
E-mail:
dwsabine@nb.sympatico.ca.
Ferme Bourque Red Angus Farm has
raised cattle since 1938. Fed exclusively on natural grasses and
legumes, and are free of all hormones and antibiotics. Buying direct
from our farm allows you to know exactly where your beef is coming
from and how it is treated, from our pastures to your table.
Our Angus
beef is dry aged for flavour and tenderness, cut and wrapped in a local,
provincially inspected abattoir. Our beef is available in halves,
quarters and 1/2 quarters.
We are located 30 minutes from Moncton, and
we deliver. We would be interested in delivering in the St-John and Frediricton
area to supply buying clubs. We normally start selling
in early fall and early spring.
Ferme Bourque Red Angus Farm, Jean
Bourque or Gilles Bourque, 1569
Rue Principale, Memramcook NB E4K 2T1. Jean: (506) 850-5781
or Gilles: (506) 866-5176.
E-mail: jeanamel@nbnet.nb.ca.
At Triple F Farm,
we have a mixed farm, raising everything organically, but
not certified, so we can pass on the savings to the consumer.
We have organically raised grassfed beef for sale
by the side, quarter, or 25 or 16 pound box. Freezer lamb is
available by the side.
Shipping arrangements can be worked out.
Pricing for beef at the farm: Half beef is $3.50 a pound.
Quarter is $3.75 pound. Call for more information.
Triple F Farm, Bill or Joan Flemming, 718 Union Corner
Road, Union Corner NB E7N 268. (506) 277-6570
E-mail: jbflem@nb.sympatico.ca
Nova Scotia
Holdanca Farms is a family run farm located on the North
Shore of Nova Scotia. We have been using the benefits
of pasture to improve our land and provide healthy meat
products of the highest quality to our customers
since 1995. We presently offer grass-fed beef and lamb, pastured
pork, free range eggs (pastured in the summer), free range chicken and turkey (licensed through provincial poultry boards).
All
of our meats are processed in government inspected facilities
(our poultry are done on-farm). We make our own sausages,
and our products are all vacuum packed to
maintain freshness. All meats are available by the cut as
well as in larger volumes for wholesale. We have a small
store on-farm, and do regular deliveries to Truro and Halifax.
Call or email us if you have any questions!
Holdanca Farms LTd., John Duynisveld,
12628 Highway 6, Wallace,
NS B0K 1Y0. (902) 257-1871.
E-mail: j.duynisveld@ns.sympatico.ca. Website: http://www.holdanca.ca.
Wild Mountain Farm is a small grass farm owned
and operated by Lance Bishop up on Nova Scotia's beautiful North Mountain,
near Wolfville. Lance produces quality 100% grass-fed beef and 100% grass-fed lamb.
The
farm does not use chemical fertilizers, livestock growth hormones, antibiotic
feeds, or GMO grains. The production philosophy is guided by mother nature
and the animal husbandry is based on kindness, comfort, and respect.
Lance
sells his products at the exciting Wolfville
Farmers' Market every Saturday morning. You can use the online custom
order sheet to build yourself a freezer order or shop at the
Farmers' Market for individual cuts.
The farm also provides a meat
CSA buying club program with monthly box drop-offs in the Halifax
area and other locations across the province.
Wild Mountain Farm, Lance Bishop, 8 Old Baxter's
Mill Rd., RR#5 Canning,
Nova Scotia, Canada B0P 1H0. (902) 582-1208.
E-mail: lance@wildmountain.ca.
Website: http://www.wildmountain.ca
Ontario
4Ponds Farm is where the Probst Family maintains
a purebred herd of Scottish Highland cattle. They are grass-fed and naturally
raised without hormones, antibiotics or pesticides. This breed is very
well adapted and has been kept true to form since recorded history, never
loosing their ability to thrive on grass alone. Furthermore, studies
show that Highland beef is lower in fat and cholesterol and higher
in protein and iron than other beef. The result is richly flavoured and
well-marbled beef.
Our beef is dry aged for 21 days and is cut and wrapped
to your specifications by the half, and is picked up locally in the Cambridge
area. Our animals are generally 18 months old or younger and the sides
weigh from 175 to 275 lbs.
The animals are available in the fall after
the pasture season. We do take orders all year long due to a limited
supply. Sometimes we have a half available from our freezer as well as
hamburger by the pound all year long. Occasionally we have whole frozen Muscovy ducks,
raised free range where they get a significant part of their diet from
insects and grass.
4Ponds Farm, Fred and Anne Probst, RR#1, Drumbo
Ontario N0J 1G0.
(519) 463-5335.
E-mail: probst@silomail.com
Beaver Vale Farms is a family
run operation that has been in our family since 1849. We
are dedicated to providing our customers with high quality
Grass Fed Beef. Our cattle are exclusively pasture fed and in the
winter eat hay and haylage. Our animals receive no antibiotics, growth
hormones or GMO’s. Our pastures receive no pesticides or chemical
fertilizers.
The animals are processed locally at
a provincially inspected abattoir and are dry aged for 21
days for superior flavour and tenderness. We sell meat in
quarters, halves, whole and smaller family packs.
We are located
30 minutes north of Toronto and would welcome your visit,
but please call ahead.
Beaver Vale Farms, Craig and Wenda Lea Wilcox, 4736
8th Line RR#1, Beeton Ontario L0G 1A0. (905) 775-7639.
E-mail: cwilcox@interhop.net.
Website: http://www.BeaverVale.ca
Beretta Organic Farms is a family
run farm business committed to providing certified organic and
naturally raised meats to people who are concerned not only
about what they eat but also about the health and well being
of the earth.
On our farms we use No chemicals, genetically
modified organisms, or artificial fertilizers in our cropping.
Our animals are free from antibiotics, growth promoters,
they are never used in the raising of our livestock.
We are
proud to offer a unique product of "Grass
Only Beef," the beef are raised entirely on grass. The cattle
grown for the "Grass Only Beef" have the distinction of never
having eaten anything other than forages (pasture grasses and hay). This
exceptional product comes from cattle raised their whole lives on grass
and hay, never having even tasted grain.
Beretta offers retail and wholesale delivery
in the province of Ontario. Our website offers our clients
an easy way to find information on our farm and products.
Clients can also order online for their weekly deliveries.
Beretta Organic Farms Inc., Cynthia Beretta, 4400
15th Sd Road, King
City, Ontario L7B 1K4. (416) 674-5609.
E-mail: thefarm@berettaorganics.com.
Website: http://www.berettaorganics.com
CW Acres is a 167-acre ecological
farm located in Caistor Centre, Ontario.
Our philosophy is to emulate nature itself.
From the moment our calves are born, they are able to freely
roam the pastures with the herd on stress-free fields of
grass, which they will spend the rest of their lives on.
Our cattle are never vaccinated, and never
treated with growth hormones or antibiotics, no grain or corn supplements—just
a lot of tender care. We deliver our own cattle to the abattoir in our
livestock trailer. From start to finish we look after our cattle.
Have you ever questioned where your beef comes
from? When you purchase beef products from CW Acres, you
are supporting nature’s way of beef production. It’s the healthiest, leanest
and most nutritious choice for beef.
CW Acres, Cathy and Willy Hoesen, 9045 Silver Street,
RR#2, Caistor
Centre, Ontario L0R 1E0. (905) 957-4566.
E-mail: info@cwacres.ca.
Website: http://www.cwacres.ca.
Century Game Park has
been a family farm since 1837, five generations taking a
diversified approach to farming. Inspired by a book called
"Grassland" by Richard Manning, we believe that
the bison and elk can provide an abundance
of food naturally raised for taste and tenderness.
A holistic approach to farming allows
us to utilize the grassland to its highest potential and
bring forth a harvest of quality meat products that everyone
can enjoy. Not only do the bison produce fine food, but leather
products as well such as gloves and moccasins.
Tours of the
farm are available from May 24th until October 31st. Enjoy
a trip through the herds as calves frolic and play. Bring
buffalo back home to your table tonight. Encourage the rebuilding
of the original cattle by enjoying them.
Century Game Park, Rod Potter, RR 1, Warkworth
Ontario K0K 3K0.
(705) 924-3019.
E-mail: bison@centurygamepark.com.
Website: http://www.centurygamepark.com
At Dragonfly Garden Farm, We
do things a little differently!We raise our animals WITHOUT the use of Chemicals,
GMO’s, Antibiotics or Hormones. Our meat is succulent, finely textured
and prized for what is DOES NOT contain – NO chemicals! We
use organic principles, but we are not certified. We sell our products
mainly at the "Farm Gate," which means you are purchasing directly
from the farmer.
TURKEY, CHICKEN & DUCK
Our pastured ducks, turkey & chickens are happy
and healthy, eat grass and have access to indoors where
we offer fresh water and Certified Organic grain. We offer
Peking or Muscovy ducks in the fall and at Christmas. Our
turkeys are ready and available FRESH for Thanksgiving!
PORK
Pastured pork is like no other. Our processors make the best farmers
sausage, summer sausage, ham and bacon that many of our customers
have ever tasted! They do it the old fashioned way, by smoking the meat
for 10 days and taking pride in the end results. They are a small, family-
owned and operated processor that is close by in rural Grey County, Ontario.
We have a lot of respect for their integrity and workmanship.
BEEF
All beef cattle are raised on our farms from birth to processing.
We take time to allow for marbling to develop naturally
at around 24 months and process at 28 months. At processing,
our beef cattle are the same weight conventional farmers
process their 15 month old "production
units," around 1200 to 1500 pounds. They are not strictly grassfed
as they each get a cup of grain per week. (We call it cow
treat, and it contains certified organic peas, buckwheat, corn, kelp
meal, mineral and diatomaceous earth. It is a treat for them and
allows us to keep them all healthy and parasite-free.)
Local Meat Sampler – includes 15 pounds of
various cuts of any of the meat above. Call and place your
orders, Local Meat Samplers are great for the cottage,
holidays and everyday. You get the best cuts of a variety
of meats, for the reasonable price of $59.00. Farm Tours are always welcome. Take Care, and care
about what is on your fork. We do!
Dragonfly Garden Farm, Cindy Wilhelm, 216303
Concession 4, RR#2, Chatsworth, Ontario N0H 1G0. (519) 794-0471.
E-mail: info@dragonflyfarmstore.ca. Website: http://www.dragonflyfarmstore.ca.
Echo Valley Ranch produces healthy, tasty, 100% grass fed beef.
Our beef is raised on the rich grasses grown
on 1st class farmland. They are handled in a
low stress manner, and we only harvest in the Fall when the meat is at
its prime. These
3 factors ensure that our meat is tender, tasty, as well as healthy.
We take custom freezer orders for quarters, halves, wholes,
or smaller box orders of 10–30 lbs. Farm tours are available by appointment.
Please visit our website for more information on
our philosophies, farming practices, and products.
Echo Valley Ranch, Brad and Donna Martin, 7074 Side
Road 15, RR#2 Moorefield,
Ontario N0G 2K0. (519) 638-5951. E-mail: bdmartin@bell.net.
Website: http://echovalleygrassfedbeef.com.
Elm Tree Farm started
out raising a few animals for their own consumption, "so
we knew what we were eating." We have now grown a bit,
but you have to order early. Our Highland beef is
low in cholesterol and very tender, and it has no hormones,
antibiotics, or additives.
The beef is available in the fall, and
occasionally in the summer. Lamb is available in the fall.
All the meat can be picked up at the
farm.
Elm Tree Farm, Andreas Haelssig, Burnstown
Ontario K0J 1G0.
(613) 432-5893. E-mail: khaelssig@on.aibn.com.
Website: http://www.geocities.com/arkankennel/farm.htm
Fairchild Farm raises grassfed beef in
a natural environment. Our cattle are on pasture all summer
and feed on hay all winter—no grains or corn. We are not certified organic but use no hormones
or other chemicals. We believe in giving the animals a stress free and
comfortable life and in return they convert grass and other plants into
food for us all its a perfect system.
Please visit our website for ordering
information and pictures. We sell all year, but more through
the winter. We also sell halves and quarters and special
orders.Thanks, Richard and Fiona Porter.
Fairchild Farm, Richard and Fiona Porter, 2091 Concession
#8 West, RR#1, Cambridge
ON N1R 552.
E-mail: fairchildfarm@yahoo.ca.
Website: http://www.fairchildfarm.com.
Hav A Heart Beef—Grass Finished Galloway
Beef, humanely produced without antibiotics, hormones, pesticides
and GMOs. At Hav A Heart Beef we are committed to producing
beef that is consistently tender, flavorful and, most importantly,
healthy.
We
started with the oldest beef breed known, Galloway. Galloways
are naturally hardy with an innate ability to finish on grass as opposed
to grain. Grass
Finished Galloway Beef is inherently tender and juicy, with the beef
carrying an extremely low fat content of 3% and a healthy Omega 6 to
Omega 3 ratio of 3:1. Grass Finished Galloway beef is higher
in cancer fighting Conjugated Linoleic Acid (CLA); up to 11% higher
in Protein, higher in Vitamin A, Vitamin C, Vitamin E and Beta-Carotene;
has half the Saturated Fat; is lower in Cholesterol and has up to 55.8%
less Calories than grain fed beef.We follow organic practices, however
are not certified.
Our cattle
are drug, hormone and pesticide free and are traceable from conception
through to our end buyers. Our feed is GMO- and pesticide-free.
Hav
A Heart Beef, Grass Finished Galloway Beef, is available in halves, mixed
quarters, 40 lb. and 20 lb. mixed beef boxes year round. We
also carry a line of gourmet all beef summer sausage and gourmet all
beef pepperettes.
On farm pick-ups are welcome, but delivery
is also available.
Hav a Heart Beef, Karen Bertin or Rob Unsworth, RR
#2, Harriston
ON N0G1Z0. (519) 338-3333.
E-mail: havaheartbeef@bell.net.
Website: (coming soon) http://www.havaheartbeef.ca.
Heritage Lane Farm has deep roots here in Baden. Six generations to
be exact.
As you drive in the lane, it's not uncommon to see the cows, pigs, chickens,
ducks, and sheep roaming the fields, at any time of year. This is perhaps
the type of farm your Great Grandfather had, diverse in nature, like
Nature itself. Using Nature as a model, along with a rich heritage of "living
on the land" knowledge, we are pleased to offer our very best to
you, because you deserve the best!
HERITAGE BREED PASTURED PORK is a
real treat. Tamworths and Berkshires are both raised outdoors on pasture
and fallow year round. From birth to market, they are allowed to express
their true piggish nature, rooting, digging, grazing on grass and weeds,
playing or basking under the sun in a low stress environment. Their diet
includes roots, grass (hay in the winter), legumes, and a mixed grain
feed made of oats, peas, barley, spelt and buckwheat—all of which is
grown right on the farm, organically! CORN and SOY FREE and absolutely
no need for any drugs or hormones. Order by the whole, half, 20lb box,
or see what we have for individual cuts.
Also available is Grass Fed Beef (no grain or silage), grass finished
lamb, pastured chicken and muscovy duck, and free range eggs. Poultry
is also corn and soy free.
The fertile land here at Heritage Lane Farm, has been farmed organically
for over three decades, but no longer certified. All products are available
fresh for pick-up from the local butcher, or frozen at the farm. Please
call or email for appointment.
Meats are also available through a local
CSA—Transpire Organic—accepting
new members. Check out www.transpireorganic.ca
Heritage Lane Farm, Dwayne Wagler, 1138
Snyders Road West, Baden ON N3A 3K8. (226) 444-6455.
E-mail: heritagelanebaden@gmail.com.
Hillview Farm Grass
Roots Beef is raised on the 100 rolling acres of
the family-owned Hillview Farm in southwestern Ontario.
Dennis Starkey, owner and operator, is a newbie to the
ranching business, having purchased the farm in 1996 after
a career in education. Stockman Grassfarmer publisher and "grass
guru" Allan
Nation claims that the unfair advantage of such newbies is that they
don't have to unlearn all the commonly held wisdom of the last several
generations of livestock farmers.
The purebred, registered Canadian Grass
Roots Galloway cattle are fed only grass and then the beef is
dry-aged for 21 days to maximize the nutritional, flavour,
and tenderness benefits. No grain, corn, antibiotics or
animal by-products are fed; no hormones are used. Farm-grown
hay is fed at the new open-sided barn during the winter.Local
lifelong farmers have commented about Hillview Farm, "You
must be doing something right, it's green like a farm again."
I
know nothing other than low stress management of cattle.
They come running when I call, hoping for new grass and a
scratch. They drink water from the same well that we do,
which is pumped out to each of the paddocks.
We produced
our first beef in the fall of 2002 and it was gone in 2 weeks.
We will take orders year round, but we only have beef available
cut, wrapped and frozen in quarters in the fall. Customers
will be invited to pick up their order at the annual Harvest
Celebrations at the farm.
Hillview Farm, Dennis Starkey, 263836
Southgate Road 26, RR 4, Durham Ontario N0G 1R0. (519) 369-6966.
Fax: (519) 369-5700.
E-mail: dennstar@sympatico.ca
Website: http://www.grassrootsbeef.com
Hungry Hollow Organics offers
both free-range chickens and organic beef. "Our
customers find our products tender and tasty, as well as
having the nutritional benefits of grazing animals." The
farm is organically certified.
The beef comes in 20 and 40#
variety packs or by the quarter or half. The chickens are
packaged whole. The beef is available year round and the
chicken while quantities last. The beef is available at
the farm or in the town of London at Bellemere's
Farm Market, Chris's Country Cuts (located in the Covenant
Garden Market) or Sullivan's Meat Market. The chicken
is available on the farm, only.
We deliver when possible
or ship through refrigerated trucking. You are welcome to
come and see our farm and pick up your order.
Hungry
Hollow Organics, RR 2, Parkhill,
Ontario N0M 2K0. (519) 232-9458.
E-mail: hhorganics@execulink.com
Millcreek Farm is located
near Odessa, Eastern Ontario. We focus on providing our
customers with high quality grass finished beef and
other grass-based produce. Our cattle are exclusively pasture
fed and in the winter eat hay. Our animals receive no antibiotics,
growth hormones or GMO’s. Our
pastures receive no pesticides or chemical fertilizers.
The animals are processed
locally at Quinn’s
meats, a provincially inspected abattoir just 10 minutes
from our farm gate. Processed beef is dry aged for
14-21 days for superior flavour and tenderness. We sell meat
in quarters, halves, whole and smaller family packs. Currently
we only sell directly to customers, in province. Pickup
from local processor; delivery negotiable within 2 hours
drive.
We are located just west of Kingston and would welcome your
visit, but please call ahead.
Millcreek Farm, Jim Bowyer, 448
Scotland Road, Odessa, Kingston, Ontario K0H
2H0.
E-mail: eatwild@millcreekgrassfed.ca.
Website: http://www.millcreekgrassfed.ca.
Rosedene Acres is located in the
heart of the Niagara Region, within the wine and fruit belt.
We raise a herd of purebred Irish Kerry Beef Cattle
and half-breeds well adapted to flourish on a natural pasture
of various grasses and legumes.
Our animals do not receive hormones or
sub-therapeutic antibiotics. They are free from stress such
as overcrowding, permanent indoor housing, or long shipping
distances which decrease health, and in turn the quality
of their meat. They are allowed free range of various pastures,
hay, and shelter. Even in winter months, our animals have
free choice to roam inside or outside the barns.
Come October/November
after the pastures are finished, our beef animals are generally
15 - 21 months old. Hanging sides weigh-in at approximately
225lbs. Sides or quarters are frozen and can be
picked up at a local butcher shop. Deliveries can be arranged. A limited number of animals are processed each season.
Please contact us for more information or to be put on our waiting list.
Rosedene Acres, 1929 Rosedene Road, St.
Anns, Ontario L0R 1Y0. (905) 957-4924.
E-mail: info@rosedeneacres.ca.
Website: http://www.rosedeneacres.ca.
At Still Hope Farm our animals are raised
on a natural diet of grasses and legumes which are never sprayed with herbicides
or pesticides. They are rotated
through a series of pastures every 2 to 4 days, giving them constant
access to a fresh "salad bar." Their pasture is only
supplemented with sea kelp, trace mineral salt mined from an ancient
sea bed, and food-grade minerals; they receive no growth promotants,
hormones, or antibiotics.
We strive to maintain a stress-free
environment for cattle and handlers, which helps to ensure meat tenderness.
Our aim is to produce, in an environmentally and ecologically sound manner,
a tasty and tender beef which will actually enhance the health of humans and
our planet.
Certified Organic* Grass-fed Beef – Our
Dexter cattle are a smaller breed known for their ability to convert pasture
into healthy meat. Because they are smaller framed,
they yield smaller cuts more appropriate for today's palates.
Beef is available as sides, split sides, "$100" boxes,"
and individual cuts. Because sides are most economical to prepare
and handle, ordering a side saves you the most money. Sides are
cut according to your specifications. All meat is cut, wrapped,
and fast-frozen in a provincially inspected facility. Sides range
from 150 to 250 lbs. A split side is half the amount of a
side, combining cuts from front and back."$100 boxes" contain a combination
of 2 or 3 roasts, 2 or 3 packages of steak, and ground beef. The actual price
of each box will vary, depending on its specific contents. Buying a box gives
you a discount of 10% off the price of individual cuts.
Certified
Organic (by
Pro-Cert) Poultry –
These chickens and turkeys are raised outdoors on green grass
and organic grain mix. They receive no growth promotants, hormones, or antibiotics. They
are only available for sale at the farm. Send us an email to receive a flyer
for price information, or give Chris Litster a call.
Still Hope Farm, Chris Litster, 1271 Rumney Road, Midland,
ON L4R 4K3. (705) 534-7626.
E-mail: s_hope@csolve.net
The Stoddart Family Farm is a certified
organic producer of organic meats, grains and vegetables
in the Kawartha Lakes region of Ontario. We offer
pasture-raised beef, lamb, chicken, duck, turkey, wild
turkey, guinea hen (pintade), chicken eggs and duck
eggs.
We are home to the only herd of Ancient
White Park cattle in Canada. This globally endangered
breed traces its history to pre-Roman times in the British
Isles. It produces an excellent carcass on pasture with
its fine textured meat. Our primary focus is increasing
the numbers of this breed but we have beef available sporadically depending
on the number of male calves born each year.
All of our meat is
processed in a government inspected facility and our beef is dry-aged
for a minimum of 21 days to ensure optimum tenderness.
Our pastures and our production methods are certified organic by Organic
Crop Producers and Processors (OCPP) meaning that we do not use any synthetic
pesticides or fertilizers on our pastures and our animals receive no
antibiotics, hormones or pesticides.
Visit us at the Wychwood Barns or
Brickworks farmers’ markets in Toronto on Saturdays or inquire about our product through our website.
The Stoddart Family Farm, Harry Stoddart, 1315
Zion Road, RR No. 2, Little Britain ON. K0M 2C0. (705) 786-7705.
E-mail: farm@stoddart.ca. Website: http://www.stoddart.ca.
Svetec Farms is a is a pastured farm producing
grass-fed beef, pastured chicken, turkey and Muscovy
duck as well as
free-range brown eggs. Svetec Farm operates a market store on
Saturdays from 10am–4pm (November–May) and also participates in GTA My
Markets all season. In the winter, Svetec Farms delivers frozen grass-fed
beef and poultry boxes throughout Durham and the GTA (from Port Perry
to Coberg to Mississauga). Svetec Farms will be certified organic with
ProCert by July of 2012.
In 2012, Svetec Farms will be launching a soy-free,
corn-free pastured operation which will include meat and chicken CSAs
including pastured pork, beef, duck, and chicken as well as a
market garden retail store on site for organically grown vegetables.
Summer store hours in 2012 will be Thursday–Saturday from 10–6pm
from June 1 to the end of October 2012.
Svetec Farms products are
sold at the Montgomery Inn Farmers
Market every other Wednesday
from 3–6pm at Dundas and Islington, and at Etobicoke beginning
November 2nd. We are also in Toronto at the Sick Kids My Market on
Elizabeth Street in the Atrium from 9am–2pm on the following
dates in 2011–2012: November 15, 29; December 13; January 17,
31; February 21; March 6, 20; April 3,17; and May 1,15.
The Lake Grill in Whitby proudly prepares
our Muscovy duck and uses our free-range eggs weekly and Chatterpaul's in Whitby happily prepares our duck as well.
Svetec Farms, Paul and Jenny Svetec, 2024
Concession 7, Hampton ON L0B 1J0. (905) 263-4655.
E-mail: info@svetecfarms.com. Website: http://www.svetecfarms.com.
Twin Creeks Farm and Garden is the farm of
Gerald and Shari-Lynn te Velde and boys, Ian, Joshua, Lukas, Aaron, and
Seth. We use organic and sustainable growing methods and our farm and
our produce is "Certified Naturally Grown" (http://www.naturallygrown.org/ ).
All
livestock, hay, grains and vegetables grown at Twin Creeks are primarily
heritage breeds and varieties with absolutely NO pesticides, chemical
fertilizers, hormones, or GMO technology. We offer grass fed beef (no
grain), grass fed lamb (no grain), grass-fed pork (supplemented
with our naturally grown grain and milk from our grass fed cows), eggs from
our grass-fed chickens, and grass-fed chicken and turkey (supplemented
with our naturally grown grain).
Our beef, lamb, and pork are available
by the cut, primarily vacuum packed, and in small quantities. Our grass-fed
chicken, turkey and eggs are currently available in limited quantities
directly from our farm only, due to provincial marketing board regulations.
All produce are available at our farm from Monday–Saturday.
Please call for the availability of all our products
and to make sure we are available. We also sell our produce at 3 farmer's markets: Meaford, Collingwood,
and Trinity Bellwoods (Toronto). Visit our website for more
information.
Twin Creeks Farm and Garden, Gerald and Shari-Lynn
te Velde, 205045
Highway #26, RR 8, Owen Sound, Ontario, N4K 5W4. (519) 538-4704.
E-mail: support@twincreeksfarm.ca.
Website: http://www.twincreeksfarm.ca
Webers' Pasture Farm has
a goal of producing the highest quality food for our customers
without chemicals, hormones, medications, or genetic engineering. Our products include salad bar (pasture-finished) beef,
grassfed lamb, pastured pork, eggs from free ranging
hens, and pastured chickens.
We strive to be good stewards of
the land and encourage biodiversity.
Webers' Pasture Farm, Marvin and Amanda Weber, RR
#2, Dobbinton
Ontario N0H 1L0. (519) 934-9906.
West Court
Farm is owned and operated by Martin and Johanna Driesse. Our organic
farm is home to Galloway cattle which are on pasture during grazing season,
and baled hay when not able to graze in winter.
Galloway beef is noted for
it’s good flavour throughout. The Galloway breed has
never been used in the industrial feedlot system, so the
genetics are still the way they were created, to finish on
pasture.
Currently the meat is sold
by mixed 1/4, half or whole animal. Ground beef is available
per pound year around as supply lasts.
West Court Farm, Martin and Johanna Driesse,
325569
Norwich Road, Norwich ON. N0J 1P0. (519) 863-5050.
E-mail: mjdriesse@bell.net.
Québec
Borealis Farm is a family farm located in
the Eastern Township of Quebec.
Our Highland beef and bison are
exclusively fed with grass and are raised outside all year around. They
are grazing and pasturing from spring to autumn. During winter months,
the animals are fed with home-grown hay. No grain is supplied (or any
kind of grain silage) to the animals. Our farm is organic certified by
Bio-Ecocert.
Bison meat is available all year long at the farm
and at certain organic food stores in Montreal, Laval, south shore of
Montreal, Sherbrooke, Magog, Victoriaville, and Quebec city. On request,
delivery to the customer residence can be organised. Highland can be
found in a supermarket in St-Bruno or at the farm.
The animals are processed
through a certified provincial meat facility. All sizes from whole carcasses
to individual cuts are available. Also several kinds of sausages, meat
pie, cannellonis, spaghetti meat sauce, dry meat are available at all
times.
Ferme Borealis, Inc., Lynda Tétreault, 236,
Chemin Lisgar, Ulverton, QC J0B 2B0 Cantons de l'est. (819) 826-2056.
E-mail: lynda@fermeborealis.com.
Website: http://www.fermeborealis.com.
Miracle Farms is
a no-spray apple orchard which maximizes the sun's bounty
by using the lush grass to grow sheep and pastured fowl.
The land has been in trees and grass for 20 years, the last
10 using permaculture principles. Lamb, turkey, chicken and guinea fowl are
available in fall in limited quantities. Spring orders are best. Fall
meat deliveries are combined with fresh frozen apple juice deliveries.
Lamb is sold whole (approximately 50
pounds of meat) half or quarter sampler packs. Turkey is
available as whole (10-15 pounds) or half birds. The best
time to visit the farm is during apple season or for spring
and summer mechouis (lamb roasts.)
Miracle Farms, Stefan & Doreen Sobkowiak, 1713
Leclair, Verdun QC. (514) 830-9640.
E-mail: miraclefarms@videotron.ca
Moylinny Farm is a small family
run farm which has the distinction of being the closest working
farm to Parliament Hill. Our Hereford beef cattle
are grass fed and naturally raised.
The cattle live as herbivores
were meant to, outdoors, eating grass and hay that is grown
without pesticides or chemical fertilizers. Our animals do
not receive any animal by-products, growth hormones or antibiotics.
At Moylinny Farm we are committed to
land stewardship and raise our animals with land sustainability
in mind. We raise what our pastures and hay fields will support
naturally, without the
use of chemicals to force extra growth.
The farm is located directly
adjacent to Gatineau Park, a 361 square kilometre refuge
for hundreds of species of birds, mammals and plants. Moylinny
Farm provides an important corridor for wildlife in an ever
increasing sea of suburbia. The domestic and wild animals
co-exist.
We sell our beef by the whole animal,
side or quarter. We
offer custom cutting on all orders.
Please see our website
for ordering and custom cutting information. Orders are taken
in the fall and on occasion at other times of year.
Reford Beef at Moylinny Farm, Stephanie Reford, 1299
ch de la Montagne, Gatineau QC J9J 3S3. (819) 827-3594.
E-mail: reford@videotron.ca Website: http://www.refordbeef.ca.
Saskatchewan
AA Ranching is located near Swift Current
in southwestern Saskatchewan. We welcome you to try our natural grass
finished beef which is grown and finished on tame grasses, alfalfa,
and native Sandhills range.
Beef is available in halves, split halves, quarters,
and individual cuts starting in July. Our beef has a great flavour and
texture and is dry aged a minimum of 14 days for customer satisfaction.
Please contact us for pricing and information.
AA Ranching, Adam and Rebecca Anderson, Box 2182
Stn. Main, Swift Current SK S9H 4V1. (306) 773-9481.
E-mail: ar.anderson@sasktel.net
Bennett Beef markets
pasture-finished beef.
The Bennetts, like most grassfarmers,
practice "management intensive grazing."
Their farm is divided into 50 separate fields called "paddocks,"
which allows the animals to be rotated every day or so to
clean, fresh grass. This "pulsed" grazing helps
create optimum growth of the grass.
The meat is harvested in October and
is available in halves or in smaller quantities by arrangement.
Orders are taken throughout the year. "We encourage you to place your order early to avoid disappointment."
Bennett Beef, Box 60, Meacham, SK S0K 2V0.
(306) 944-4340.
Cool Springs Ranch - Pasture-to-plate
Grass-Raised Foods
At Cool Springs we raise 100% Grass-fed
Beef, Pastured
Pork, Pastured Chicken,Turkey and Eggs,
as well as a line of Grass-fed Raw
Meat & Dairy Pet Food. In
August 2010 we opened a small, on-farm Health Inspected Butchery
where we can cut and process the meat into healthy cuts, burgers,
sausages and other "real ingredient" products, as
well as bulk packages.
Although we are not "certified,"
we welcome you to the farm to understand just how "beyond
organic" functions.
The animals naturally stay healthy by moving to fresh
pasture daily and through the quality of their feed and
supplements quality—there is no use for chemicals, antibiotics, hormones
or vaccines
on our farm! We are very conscious of using low-stress
handling of the animals, including zero-stress pasture-harvesting.
There are presently two ways to purchase
from us: visit our farm, or through our webstore where
we will deliver to Drop-Points en-route and in Saskatoon
and Regina. Please read up about how they work.
And FYI, one of the great inspirations
for our farm has been through becoming a member of the
Weston A Price Foundation. We encourage everyone to broaden
their education on
Good Food, Good Farming and the Healing Arts at www.westonaprice.org
Cool Springs Ranch, Sam & Janeen Covlin,
Lyle & Grace Olson, Box 184, Endeavour
SK S0A 0W0. (306) 547-5472.
E-mail: eatreal@coolspringsranch.ca. Website: http://www.coolspringsranch.ca.
Daleview Farm is
located in the middle of grain-growing country in Saskatchewan,
but the Dales valiantly produce grassfed beef, pork and poultry.
"We're
really bucking the tide."
They first started pasturing their animals many years ago
as a way to cut costs. Then they began to notice the many
benefits to the animals and to their own health. Now they
are committed grassfarmers with a holistic approach to ranching.
Most of the meat is available in the
fall only. Beef is available in halves or whole carcasses.
Daleview Farm, John and Karen Dale, Box 75, Meacham
SK S0K 2V0. (306) 944-4241.
Etomamie Organics,
Ltd is named for the river that runs by the east
end of Keith and Monica Neu's 1,000 acres. Their 75 cattle
are Piedmontese Crosses, from which they have enough calves
to supply customers with fresh-frozen, lean, grassfed beef all
year.
Etomamie Organics, Ltd., Keith and Monica Neu, PO
Box 345, Hudson Bay SK S0E 0Y0 (306) 865-2103. Fax: (306) 865-3824
E-mail: km.neu@sk.sympatico.ca Website: http://www.justbeef.ca
K2 Elk Company has been raising
grass-fed Elk since 2001.
Our animals are managed
on pastures year-round. They are rotationally grazed in summer,
and supplemented with hay on pasture in winter. During winter
we provide portable windbreaks for shelter. Our Elk are raised
without hormones or antibiotics. We do not feed grain, animal
byproducts, or processed feeds. We do not use pesticides
on our pastures or hayfields. When handling the animals,
we use low stress techniques that are proven and very effective.
New season product is available in August.
The animals are processed at a new provincially inspected
facility, a short distance from where they are raised. Products
include jerky, sausage, hamburgers, steaks and roasts.
Ranch
tours are welcome.
K2 Elk Company, Lorne and Donna Klein, 195 Ash Drive,
Weyburn SK S4H 0S3. (306) 842-7120. E-mail: d.klein@sasktel.net
Lane Family Farm supplies organic-fed,
farm-raised proteins into the Regina, Saskatchewan market.
All our animals eat grass from our farm or certified organic
feed from nearby farms. We deliver to your home or establishment.We offer free run eggs, pastured chicken,
Berkshire pork, and grass-fed lamb.
None of our animals
sold for meat receive growth hormones or anti-biotics.We
can supply meat that is butchered on farm or in government
inspected facilities as you wish. We follow farm principles
that respect animals, the land, and wildlife. We aim for
sustainable agriculture.
We have an on-farm picnic that is
popular with our customers in the third week of August each
year.We have organized a marketing co-operative called Farmgate
Food with sister farms. Through Farmgate Food we can offer certified
organic pork and beef to our customers. All
participating farms are within 50 miles of Regina, Saskatchewan.
Persons interested in contacting us are
invited to visit our website.
Lane Family Farm, Mark Lane, Box 33071 Cathedral
Post Office, Regina,
SK S4T 7X2. (306) 699-2204.
E-mail: rabbits@sasktel.net.
Website: http://www.farmgatefood.ca.
Whole Beef Ranch. Our family is
committed to using the Holistic Management decision process
to restore the vitality of communities and the natural resources
on which they depend. We have been using this process for
more than ten years. Land and water resources have improved
under our care, and the outcome is healthier and safer food.
In addition to improving our resources,
we are concerned about your health. Recent studies show that
diets with higher levels of omega-3 versus omega-6 fatty
acids (FA) lower the risk of cancer, heart problems and obesity.
Research shows that cattle, bison, sheep, and other ruminants
fed grain--even organic grain—rather than grass will
have two to six times more omega-6 than omega-3 FA.
Tenderness in beef comes from many factors.
Many are surprised to learn that fat in the muscle from grain-fed
animals only contributes 10–15% towards the tenderness of beef. Genetics
contribute 30%. The remainder is a result of how the meat is processed.
Our beef are
processed with care. For instance, the meat is aged three
weeks or more before it is cut and wrapped. And tenderness—we
guarantee it! We take care with our animals from birth to
your table. They are raised as naturally as our environment
will allow. They receive no artificial hormones, drugs or
grain, and they are not "confined" at
any time. Our animals are free to roam and have access to
fresh forage nearly every day.
We offer any quantity of product
you desire and guarantee it.
Whole Beef Ranch, Leonard Pigott,
Box 222, Dysart SK S0G 1H0.
(306) 432-4583.
E-mail: jlpigott@sasktel.net.
Website: http://www.triple-h-beef.com
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