Scottish Highland Cattle: More Than Just Beef

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Purchasing products from local farmers and artisan producers keeps more money in the
community.  

Eating local food assures you the freshest products possible and greatly reduces the consumption of fossil fuels and wasteful packing materials.

The average American dinner travels 1,500 miles before reaching your dinner plate.

We sell more than healthy Scottish Highland beef.  We also sell floor rugs made from their unique, thick hides, polished horns and traditional, western style skulls.  We try to use everything these wonderful animals have to offer.

To learn about the Top 10 Reasons To Eat Grass-fed Meat... click here.

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For Sale

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Award Winning Highlander Beef

We sell some of the best meat available.  Our beef is raised naturally - on grass, without hormones or unnecessary medications.  It is low on fat and wonderfully marbled.  Chef Kirk Bratrud, of The Boathouse, in Superior, WI refers to Highlander beef as a "very lean, but tender piece of meat."    This is the same breed of cattle raised by the British royal family for its own consumption. 

The fat is marbled throughout the meat, which ensures that it cooks in its own juices and stays moist and tender. This is what gives it it's unique flavor. It appears to have more fat than other types of beef, but does not.
 

 

Grass-fed Highland beef is high in Omega-3 and Beta Carotene.  Recent studies in both North America and the UK have shown that Highland Beef is consistently much lower in fat content and cholesterol than other breeds. It is so lean that it compares with chicken and fish fat content.

The marbling of the beef gives the same tenderness and tastiness as the other larger breeds. Studies in the US have verified that Highland Beef is 38% lower in fat content and 4% lower in cholesterol than steaks from local supermarkets.
 

Scottish Agricultural College, Dept. of Food Science and Technology published by McCance & Widdowson, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.

Today's market is demanding premium meat, yet leaner and lower in cholesterol. The Highland carcass is ideally suited to meet this challenge. Highland beef is meat that is lean, well marbled and flavorful, with little outside waste fat (the Highland is insulated by long hair rather than a thick layer of fat).

For over 20 years, the Highland and Highland crosses have graded in the top of their respective classes at the prestigious National Western Stock Show in Denver, Colorado. In the British Isles, Highland beef is recognized as the finest available and fetches premium prices. The British Royal family keeps a large herd of Highlands at Balmoral Castle, near Braemar, Scotland, and considers them their beef animal of choice.

Cooking hints

Remember that grass-fed beef is leaner and needs to be cooked at lower temperatures for longer times — "lower and slower" is the motto!  Steaks should be cooked only to medium rare and taken off the grill to finish "cooking".  Marinating steaks before grilling is always a good idea and here is one of the best marinades: low-sodium Kikkoman's soy sauce, splash of brandy, fresh crushed garlic and a few shakes of oregano.

For more cooking tips & recipes for grass fed beef click here

Need a bearskin rug?  Try a floor rug made of Scottish Highlander hide.

Hides from these magnificent animals can be sold for almost as much as the meat, making Scottish Highlanders more than your average cattle.

The hides make luxurious rugs with hair about 4 - 6 inches long and can be found in colors from white through yellow to reds and on to black.  Highlander skin rugs average in size of approx. 5'x7'.

Other unique items.

Polished horns - $20/each or $35/pair
Horned skulls w/forelock hair - $150 - w/o forelock - $110

Farm vacations & Internships.

COMING SOON!

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Holiday Turkey For Sale

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Moist & Tender - Rated #2 For Taste

We raise Kentucky Red Bourbons.  Our birds are raised as free-range - never penned, never caged.
 

The Kentucky Red Bourbon is one of the most flavorful heritage turkeys you can find anywhere.  According to an article written by Don Schrider, of the American Livestock Breeds Conservancy, the Kentucky Bourbon turkey finished 2nd in a February 25, 2008 taste test, with a Butterball™ turkey finishing last. 

This is what one of our customers said about the turkey they bought from us - "The turkey was FABULOUS!  We received rave reviews, it was moist and tender... it truly made our Thanksgiving dinner a feast."

Our birds usually range in size from 17 lbs to 25 lbs and dress-out at 12-16 lbs.  They have more great flavor than you think a turkey should have.  Once you try one of our turkeys, you'll want to order more.

If you are even slightly interested in purchasing turkey from us for next year's holiday season, feel free to contact us now.  At the very least, we can send you an email when it comes time to do so.

We'll be selling hatching eggs & chicks again in 2010... contact us if interested

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Chicken, Pork & Eggs For Sale

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Delicious Processed Chicken

Our farm is known in the area for its excellent processed chicken.  We sell skinless and skin-on, and we can sell you whole birds, quartered our cut-up.  Heck, if you want your chicken alive, we'll sell you them that way.

For you homesteading beginners, you can pick our your own live chickens and if you want to learn how to butcher, we'll teach you how we do it and some of the tricks we've learned.

Please remember, our chickens are hormone-free, medication-free, and cage free.  When the are old enough to do so, they live their lives in a large outdoor pen.  They chase bugs, eat grass and enjoy the sun light.

Pastured Hogs -  SOLD OUT

Our hogs are pastured.  Only during the winter months (when fresh grass is not available) do the sows get fed corn, but still get hay.  Our pigs are healthy as well as happy.

Free-Range Omega3 Eggs

Our eggs come from pastured chickens - no cages, no medications and no hormones.  If you have never eaten these types of eggs, you are missing out!

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White & Red Wine Grapes

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Wine Makers

If you enjoy home wine making, start with the best ingredients possible... start with the grapes.  Buy local... buy fresh.  If you can, why not hand pick your own grapes... there has to be bragging rights in that!