Highwood Crossing Farm
Aldersyde, Alberta
Highwood Crossing is a family owned, certified organic grain
farm located next to the Highwood River south of Calgary. The
Marshalls also have a certified organic processing facility on the
farm where they produce and package food products from the
crops that they grow. These products include cold pressed flax
and canola oil the prairie equivalent to extra virgin olive oil.
Here in Canmore you can get their pancake mix and organic
granola at the grocery store.
www.highwoodcrossing.com
Poplar Bluff Farms
Strathmore, Alberta
Robert Boschman and Rosemary Wotske grow ten varieties of potatoes on their organic farm just south of Strathmore, as well as onions and a variety of other root vegetables such as carrots and beets. In addition to their farming duties, the two partners also hand deliver their products. "I really like the connectedness of it," Wotske says. "It's not just the connectedness to the farm, but to the people who are cooking it."
Pasta to Go
Canmore, Alberta
Ari Carriere and his family have been making fresh pasta in Can
more since 1999. We take them our lemon ricotta filling and they
turn it into ravioli for us, without the use of preservatives, artificial
flavours or colouring.
Broxburn Farm
Lethbridge, Alberta
Paul and Hilda de jonge purchased their 80 acres back in 1994 and started their greenhouse for tomatoes in 2001. They grow the tomatoes the biological way, which means they introduce bugs to kill the pests so they do not have to use pesticides. The tomatoes are not only healthier, but tastier because they are ripened on the vine and harvested daily at the perfect ripeness. We also use their butterleaf lettuce for our green salad.
www.broxburn-vegetables.com
Kicking Horse Coffee
Invermere, B.C
"What are you two schmucks going to do with your lives? Sell coffee from the garage?"
That taunt from Elana Rosenfeld's mother may well have been
the kick-start she and partner Leo Johnson needed to embrace
Kicking Horse Coffee as their livelihood. Back then, the two
young entrepreneurs did, in fact, do just that from their home in
the small Canadian Rocky Mountain town of Invermere, BC. But
that was a long time ago. Now employing 20 people and
occupying a 20,000 square-foot roasting facility, Kicking Horse
Coffee is Canada's number one Organic and Fair Trade coffee.
www.kickinghorsecoffee.com
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Fairwinds Farm Cheese
Fort Macleod, Southern Alberta
Ben and Anita Oudshoom started sharing their surplus goats milk
and yogurt with their neighbours around Nobleford in 1999.
Word spread quickly, and demand grew to the point that by
2003 they had moved to a bigger farm and were supplying the
Calgary market with Chèvre and Feta cheeses too. With the aim
of becoming certified organic by April 2008, the Oudshoom
family raise all their goats on plants that they grow on the farm.
Grainworks
near Vulcan, south east of Calgary
The Smith family homesteaded their farm near Vulcan in 1912, which was one of the first in Alberta to receive organic certification in 1986. They not only raise their own organic crops (wheat, barley, flax and oats) but they also market grains and legumes for other Alberta organic growers.
We use their coarse ground cornmeal for our polenta, lending it a hearty texture and flavour. The garbonzo beans, lentils and quinoa from our menu are all organic products from Grainworks.
www.grainworks.com
Broek Pork Acres
Calhurst, Southern Alberta
Allan and Joanne Vanden Broek raise their hogs outdoors on pasture without growth stimulants, antibiotics or animal byproducts. The varied diet their hogs consume help to make the pork more nutrient rich and we also believe results in a better tasting dish.
www.broekporkacres.com
Spring Creek Ranch Beef
Vegreville, Central Alberta
Part of the Highland Alberta Beef Alliance, all cattle from the Kotelko family operated ranch are never fed or administered antibiotics, growth hormones or animal-byproducts.
Always innovating, the Kotelko¹s ranch is run on energy produced
by Growing Power, Canada¹s first integrated BioRefinery that turns
manure and other waste into electricity, ethanol and BioFertilizer.
www.springcreek.ca
Valbella Gourmet Foods
Canmore, Alberta
Walter and Leonie von Rotz have been producing their European
style sausages, hams and air dried meats in Canmore since 1978.
A staple for locals for 30 years, we are proud to feature their
chorizo, prosciutto, bundnerfleisch and rohesspeck on our menu.
www.valbellagourmetfoods.ca/
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