The Ehrenholz Family recognizes the importance of connecting to our food and has been selling meat to friends and family members for decades.  Now we want to offer our high-quality beef to others.  

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Frequently Asked Questions:

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What breed of cattle does your beef come from?

We raise Charolais- and Angus-cross cattle and are carefully selecting our herd for both a superior beef product and cattle that thrive in our climate.  As we search for cattle with better traits, we have added bulls with Gelbvieh and Galloway genetics to the herd as well.  Beginning in spring 2024, almost all of the cattle slaughtered for beef will be Galloway crosses.

 

How is your beef raised?

Our beef is raised at home on the farm from birth to slaughter.  In the summer, the cattle eat grass from the pastures.  In the winter, they are fed good-quality hay.  Calves are born in May and stay with their mothers until it is time for them to be weaned in the late fall.  We use fence-line weaning techniques for lower stress for the cows and calves.  

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Is your beef organic?

We believe in raising high-quality beef while treating the animals right.  Our meat is not organic because we believe that treating our cows with appropriate antibiotics or other medicines when they get sick is more important than raising them completely free of synthetic chemicals.  That said, the meat is free of all antibiotics and chemicals at the time of slaughter, as per Canadian regulations.  We are not certified organic and we do not claim to be "unofficially organic."

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Do you use hormones in your cattle?

All cattle naturally produce hormones, which help them to grow and function properly.  We do not give added hormone injections to our cattle, as we do not believe that to be necessary.

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What do you feed your cattle?

Our cattle are mainly grass-fed but are sometimes fed grain in the winter because our winters are hard and they need the extra energy.  We also occasionally use grain as a stress-free bribe to get them into the corrals if we need to sort them for any reason.  In all of our management practices, we put the well-being of our cows first.

Our animals slaughtered for beef are now exclusively grass-fed unless we need to bribe them into the corrals a few times a year.

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Do you slaughter and butcher the beef yourself?

We have neither the time nor the expertise to butcher our own beef.  Our beef is slaughtered, cut, and wrapped at a provincially inspected abattoir.  We proudly partner with Barrhead Custom Meat Packers Ltd. 

All of our beef is inspected for sale within the province of Alberta.

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Will the price of your beef be going up soon?

The price of our beef is re-evaluated at semi-regular intervals, as we determine the costs associated with raising our beef cattle to slaughter size.  We do not want our prices to be prohibitive, but we do want to reflect the value that is in our food.