Country Quarters is also a working beef farm that strives for low impact and sustainable agriculture. 
 

We use rotational grazing and waterlines to keep the plant nutrients in the fields, using the built-in spreaders on the cattle that recycle the plants.  We do not use any hormonal implants or antibiotics for growth enhancement.  The cattle graze or are wintered out in the fields year-round; they are not confined to pens.

We strive for a diverse plant community in our forage fields using the natural grasses and legumes as much as possible.  Our herd manages the grass like the bison herds of yesteryear did.  They come in en masse, clip the vegetation and move on, allowing the grass to store energy in it's root system and get ready for the next surge of growth.

Cultivation of the land is a least desired option as it destroys the ecosystem that exists in the soil.  We try and improve the soil by grazing management and importing nutrients from hay or manure. 
 

We feel that a healthy plant community builds healthy animals and healthy people.

Our beef, as part of a healthy diet, should have a positive impact on health.  The fact that the animals are grass-fed has the benefit of adding two to six times the level of Omega 3 fatty acid and five or six times the level of conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) to a person's diet as compared to conventionally fed beef.

The Omega 3 has been shown to lower high blood pressure with one study linking it with a 70 % reduction in the risk of heart attacks.  The CLA has shown cancer fighting capabilities in animals and it has been proven as an inhibitor to fat deposition in human bodies.  Check out the book, the Omega Diet by Jo Robinson. 

Grass fed beef has a lower level of overall fat with nothing to drain when cooking up hamburger.  Since the free-roaming bison are gone and the wildfires have been tamed, the trees and brush species that were developed under those annual pressures have taken off.    To regain some of the lost grasslands for the cows and the wildlife, we have brought in a flock of goats.  These animals prefer to browse, taking the leaves and buds off the brushy plants.  This will open up the understorey, allowing the sunlight to nuture the grasses that are there.  Brush resevoirs will be left for wildlife habitat and wind control. 

Due to the hunting pressure on the goats by the coyotes we have had to back up the llama we had doing the job with Great Pyrennees guardian dogs.  These all-white cousins of the Saint Bernard live out with the flock 24 hours a day as a deterrent to other canines. 
 

Come and join us for a walk through the herd, flock or woods and see why we say, Country Quarters is the "Natural Place to Be".
 
Prairie Grass Fed Meats
 
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Box 109, Fraserwood, Manitoba, Canada R0C 1A0