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First Fresh Pasture in 2012

May 16, 2012
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Hoven Farms… Now with Bison!

March 23, 2012

Hoven Farms is now selling fresh cut bison at the Kingsland Farmers Market. We are just starting with a few cuts (ground bison, rib eye steaks, sirloins teaks, round roasts) but as we move closer to summer, we will be adding more and more items. Are there any cuts that you want?

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Snowwalk on the Flood Plain

March 5, 2012

We have a creek that runs through our land. Sometime it seems like this creek, which breaks up on land and divides most of our 1/4′s in half, is a big inconvenience.  But back in the drought of 2002/2003, the bever dams had stored up enough water that we had no concerns about running our [...]

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What Do We Feed Our Organic Beef?

February 23, 2012

Debbie sent in a few questions and I am answering them in a series of Youtube videos. I believe if someone is asking the questions, there has to be at least 10 people thinking the same thing. Check out the first question: Where Do We Get Our Organic Cattle From? For more info, visit the [...]

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Lori and her New Friend

February 22, 2012

This winter Lori and I have gotten in the habit of going for a walk together to check the cattle every afternoon.  It takes about an hour and we end up walking a little more than a mile as we go from the feeders to the finishers. One day, this one particular hereford took an [...]

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Reason # 24563 to Know Your Farmer!

February 21, 2012

After I had posted on the changes and issues with the new organic labeling regulations, a customer, Mary, posted on facebook.com/hovenfarms in response: i was wondering about the new labels…:) Also, I noticed a kijiji ad the other day for ‘organic’ beef… Well, Of course after I read the whole ad I noticed at the bottom [...]

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Where does Hoven Farms get their Organic Beef from?

February 20, 2012
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New Organic Labels courtesy of the CFIA and COR

February 20, 2012

Take a look at our new labels. First of all, I hope you like the way they look. Secondly, I hope you do not find a spelling mistake as I now have 25 000 of them. Thirdly,  you will notice that the labels do not say ‘CERTIFIED ORGANIC’ anywhere on them. Why?  ”I thought Hoven [...]

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My View from the YYC Eats Event

February 15, 2012

I spoke as a panelist at the YYC Eats food event in Kensington. Lots of people as they estimate over 1600 people walked through the doors for the event. Nice to see that Calgary Cares about their food.

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Slow Money

January 25, 2012

Just read this book today… Interesting book about investment. I am looking into this for the farm. I like the concept of slow money but the too poetic prose made this one a tough one to read.

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