From our family to yours...

We are a 100%-owned family farm, so you can rest assured that everything that bears our name is produced on our farm with the greatest attention to every detail.

You see, we truly care about the health of our family, and we care about yours too.

Our mission is to provide families with truly healthy meat.

Bee wars: the next frontier in global food dominance
February 20, 2012

Many kinds of food crops need insects to pollinate them. There's no way around it. Without pollinators (like bees) a large portion of the planet would be dead.

So it's alarming... (read more)

False organic claims: How some local food-suppliers are misleading consumers...
February 13, 2012

Do you know that the food you're buying is really "organic"? Several local food suppliers are selling food as "organic" when in fact it's not.

The word "organic" is a regulated... (read more)

The best way to avoid eating Roundup
February 6, 2012

It was recently reported that Roundup (Monsanto's glyphosate herbicide that conventional crop farmers use to keep their fields free of weeds) is being found in peoples' urine, in the groundwater,... (read more)

Tapping big-leaf maple trees for sap
January 30, 2012

Now that we've had some really cold weather, it's time to start tapping for sap.

Many people are surprised to discover that Big Leaf Maples (which is what we have here... (read more)

Snowing on the farm
January 23, 2012

At this time of year (January) it's not uncommon to have snow on our farm, even when the rest of the lower mainland isn't getting any. Being on a mountain,... (read more)

What buying local food in the Lower Mainland actually looks like
January 16, 2012

Over the past few years we've been trying to buy as much of our food from local, organic producers as possible. Yes, we produce a large portion of our own... (read more)

Pig’s head: a healthy, traditional food
January 9, 2012

One of the things about pigs is that almost every part of the animal is edible. But more importantly, certain parts are very nutrient-dense. Such is the pig's head ---... (read more)

Why local, organic food is important to our family
January 2, 2012

Trying to source locally grown, organic food is something that's important to our family, although our reasoning on this issue might be different than some. For us, eating local is... (read more)

Lard, Raw Milk, and Organ Meat: a formula for optimal health?
December 26, 2011

According to the Chicago Tribune, there are thousands of people who are reporting remarkable health benefits from a diet consisting of mostly animal fats, particularly lard. Their diet is known... (read more)

Livin' Lardge: rendering pork lard, for health
December 19, 2011

These days, researchers are telling us that lard from healthy pigs raised outdoors is good for us, saying it's high in vitamins A and D, and mono-unsaturated fats. Some researchers... (read more)

Organic pastured pork is now in-stock... and it's soy-free
December 9, 2011

I wanted to let our customers know that we've processed a few of our organic, "soy-free" pasture-raised pigs, and are now taking orders for chops, bacon, sausages, ribs, hams, and... (read more)

Maple Sap as an alternative to bottled water
December 6, 2011

Many people don't know that you can tap local Big Leaf Maple trees for sap. Here on the farm we have plenty of maples, and we began tapping them in... (read more)

Soil: the wealth of nations
December 1, 2011

This morning as I'm writing this, I'm looking out over the Sumas flats, an area of farmland that stretches from Abbotsford to Chilliwack. Years ago, these flats were covered with... (read more)