Category: Ranch News

Meat delivery delayed

Due to delays in the butcher shop (short on staff due to COVID) we must move the delivery date to August 28th in the Okanagan and August 29th in the Lower Mainland

The new online shop is close to being published, hopefully only 2 more days of waiting.

BBR community

Become part of the Big Bear Ranch community!

Being a member of the BBR community gives you the satisfaction to know that you are supporting a family farm, practicing regenerative agriculture and raising animals humanely. 

You will have access to nutrient dense meat, produced in harmony with nature while protecting biodiversity and improving soil life.

The three levels of Big Bear Ranch membership are:

Bronze ($10/month) 

  • bonus in products of 2% of your yearly meat purchases 
  • Big Bear Ranch calendar

Silver ($30/month) 

  • no delivery fee                                       
  • bonus in products of 2% of your yearly meat purchases
  • Big Bear Ranch calendar

Gold ($50/month)

  • no delivery fee
  • bonus in products of 4% of your yearly meat purchases
  • Big Bear Ranch calendar

Are you ready to become a member of the Big Bear Ranch Community?

Than please go to:

https://forms.gle/dLvwbfjW3y2LowZX8

to choose your level and find out how to get involved.

Ready to order a quarter, a half or a whole beef for the summer?

This Wednesday is the first butcher date for beef in 2019
If you would like to get on the list for 1/4, 1/2 or whole beef, please order via the order form until Tuesday night.
Please also write under comments when you would like to have it delivered (July, September or later this year).
The first delivery for beef from this group is the 26th (Kamloops & Okanagan) and the 27th of July (Lower Mainland & Vancouver). There are still a few available.
The next opportunity to order a 174, 1/2 or whole beef will be ahead of the September delivery.
 
I would like to thank all of you who had placed an order for the May delivery. Pretty much everyone showed up on time!
We talked a lot about the hot weather and how much we needed rain.
Well, our prayers helped: We had lots of rain in the last few days and everything is greening up nicely.
The first calf is on the ground, the sheep are halfway through lambing, spring is definitely here to stay .

Cheers, Rainer

Spring arrived!

The snow is gone and the first flowers enjoy the sunshine. Now we are busy fixing snow damaged fences and preparing pastures for the grazing season.

On April 12th we moved the cow herd from the pasture where we did the hay feeding all winter long. Now they enjoy an area with lots of over mature aspen. These aspen are budding, which provides a very nutritious feed together with the juicy bark of the young twigs. Once the aspen are laying on the ground, the cows are able to eat the bark and buds. Therefore we spaced the aspen stand, taking out the damaged (moose is peeling the bark off) and dying trees. They also enjoy the first green grass of the season.

The first litter of Large English Black pigs is on the ground and the first calf, too.

This year we have one male turkey just for fun. He herds the chicken like a rooster.

We wish you all a sunny spring and no fires, please!