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A peek into the farm of a producer selling their product/ingredient to Alberta restaurants and foodservice.
Dine Alberta 2008
Current Feature Article
Highwood Valley Ranch
Ralph & Jacqueline Nelson, High River.
Calving is just underway here at Highwood Valley Ranch and timing this for April enables us to truly enjoy the process. It is very satisfying to witness healthy new born calves cavorting on a warm spring day and just like the cows, we look forward to the days ahead when we can forego our daily feeding program.
For those of you who are meeting us for the first time, we would like to share some of our background. As a third and fourth generation operation, we have deep roots and ties to the land along the south banks of the Highwood River west of High River. We understand the connection between a healthy environment and food production. We realize that when our environment is compromised we also compromise our long term ability to stay in the business. Thus, we are committed to stewardship of the land and water. In the fall of 2007 we placed a conservation easement on a portion of our riparian lands which will protect them from future development.
Our stewardship plan encompasses both our beef production as well as our forage production. The management of our cow calf herd is done with minimal outside inputs as we attempt to bring our beef to plate with as much forage as possible rather than grain. Our beef do not receive hormones or antibiotics. On our forage lands we use compost rather than chemical fertilizer and we are moving towards organic certification of these lands.
They have chosen to differentiate their grass managed beef to assure customers of natural quality and they sell in sized package groupings suited to their customers needs, at the Millarville Market. You can indulge on our six ounce burgers featured at the Wildhorse Bistro in Black Diamond. The Maui cut of ribs allows new uses for a previously hard to sell product.
If you would like to know more about our production protocols or if you wish to purchase HVR beef please contact us at 403-652-7477 or rjnelson@xplornet.com. We welcome visits from our customers which provide an opportunity to share our connection to the land.
Past Articles Featuring:
Prairie Gardens and Greenhouses
Poplar Bluff Farm
Driview Farms
Broek Pork Acres
Cakadu Heritage Lamb
Greens, Eggs and Ham
Pine Terra Farms
The Berry Basket
Fairwinds Farm
Pemmican Hill Buffalo
Peas On Earth
Highwood Crossing
Sunshine Organic Farm
Field Stone Fruit Wines
The Blooming Fields, Country Tea House and Garden Centre
Hotchkiss Herbs & Product
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This information published to the web on June 21, 2007.
Last Reviewed/Revised on May 6, 2008.
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