“Now that I know how supermarket meat is made, I regard eating it as a somewhat risky proposition. I know how those animals live and what’s on their hides when they go to slaughter, so I don’t buy industrial meat. At home, I serve the kind of food I know the story behind.” —Michael Pollan
Heritage MeatShare CSA
Who’s Your Farmer?
Sign up for our 2010 Heritage MeatShare CSA and we’ll raise your dinner for you! We offer naturally raised heritage Shropshire lamb, pastured heritage Tamworth pork, pastured chicken, Heritage free ranging Bourbon Red turkey & fresh eggs through our CSA and our seasonal Farm Market Store.
Why Eat Heritage? Let’s use pork as an example. Commercial factory-farmed pigs are confined indoors, and have been bred to produce very lean meat that is often dry and fairly tasteless. Heritage breeds have more intramuscular marbling of fat, which makes for moist olde-fashioned flavour. Our pigs are raised outdoors on pasture, free to root, play, wallow and explore which means happier, healthier animals. They grow more slowly, more naturally. By choosing them, you are also helping to conserve heritage breeds because more small farmers will continue to raise them, increase their numbers and conserve their rare genetics. This also applies to our Shropshire sheep, poultry and all heritage breed livestock. 
NEWS: Tamworth on Slow Food Ark of Taste!
Where To Buy? You won’t find Heritage Tamworth pork in supermarkets, or Shropshire lamb, Bourbon Red turkey, Dark Cornish or Jersey Giant chickens, so your best bet is to find a local farmer—now you’ve found one! Our farm is between Hastings and Campbellford, close to Warkworth, Norwood, Havelock, Roseneath, and Alderville, in Trent Hills (Northumberland County, Ontario).
All About Wholearth Heritage MeatShare CSA
- Slow Food…Good Food…Real Food from Wholearth
- What’s a MeatShare?
- ShropShare
- TamShare
- AngusShare
- ChickenShare
- TurkeyShare
- DuckShare
- When Will I Receive my MeatShares?
- How Much Will Fit In My Freezer?
- CSA & Wholearth Membership
- Costs At A Glance
- Payment Options
Slow Food…Good Food…Real Food from Wholearth
Your Food—Your Farm
If you’ve been thinking more about the provenance and sacredness of food; whether to trust the giant supermarkets with your food security; re-connecting with the earth; sustainability; supporting small local farmers rather than corporate-owned factory farms, then becoming a Wholearth Farm HarvestShareholder might be for you.
A Wholearth HarvestShare operates similarly to most CSA’s (Community Supported Agriculture), by offering advance shares to it’s members. Our shares are made up of naturally raised pastured Heritage meats, and an option for White Rock Cross pastured chickens if you like.
Consider us YOUR FARM ..come see where your food grows, feed the chickens that lay your eggs. Buying locally ensures superior freshness, quality, and supports sustainable earth-friendly practices as well as the local economy. Wholearth provides it’s shareholders with farm-raised produce and meats grown here on our farm, with additional items (like Angus beef) from other local farms and producers. We are dedicated to better food for the greater Trent Hills, Peterborough and Northumberland areas.
You pledge to support the farm, and in return, the farm pledges to provide a variety of Slow Food…Good Food…Real Food from Wholearth ™. You’ll gain a closer connection to the land that grows your food, and to the farmer who grows it. It enables your farmer to plan their season, encourages sound, sustainable farming practices and supports organic local food production and your commitment to a 100-mile diet. By buying directly from “your” farm, food traceability is clear, and you’ll see and share in conscientious care of the animals and love of the land on every visit. It’s also a way to eat healthy natural food affordably and enjoy your farmer’s delicious, fresh, nutritious produce throughout the season!
Like to become a Wholearth CSA HarvestShareholder? Just Register by email or call *705-696-2556 *
What’s a MeatShare?
Taste the tradition of farm raised flavour! ™ If you have never tried these meats you will be amazed at the succulence—enjoy a taste experience you’ll never find in the supermarket. All our animals are raised naturally and slowly with care & NO antibiotics, meat-based proteins, growth hormones, synthetics or artificial additives. We raise the chicken, lamb, duck and turkey all here and the Angus beef is from a local organic farm. Our meats are the finest quality. Choose from our Heritage MeatShare with a variety of Shropshire lamb, pastured chicken, organic Angus beef and pastured Tamworth pork, or choose One-of-a-Kind Shares…still Heritage, but JUST lamb or JUST Tamworth pork or JUST Angus beef or JUST chicken, so you can mix and match however you like…see details below. (Compare our farmgate prices of individual cuts with those of your local health food store, Cumbrae’s, Butcher By Nature, Culinarium, the Healthy Butcher or Rowe Meats.)
Heritage MeatShare
$480. One Heritage MeatShare—approximately 60 pounds ($8.00/lb)
$930. Double Heritage MeatShare—approximately 120 pounds ($7.75/lb) Save with Two
You’ll receive naturally raised, prime quality government-inspected heritage meats vacuum sealed for freshness, ready for your freezer (full share requires about 3.5 cubic feet of space). Your Heritage MeatShare includes:
HERITAGE TAMWORTH PORK
• 11 lbs — Our Traditional Heritage Tamworth pork is juicier, more succulent, tender, richer, more marbled and fuller tasting…nothing like intensively raised, commercial pork. Once you try this pork with old-fashioned flavour, you’ll taste why it has a place on the Slow Foods Ark of Taste list, and is growing in popularity among chefs everywhere. Includes 4 extra thick 1.25” BBQ ready loin chops, a 3-4 lb shoulder or blade (butt) roast, side ribs & 3 lbs lean ground pork.
HERITAGE SHROPSHIRE LAMB
• 11 lbs — Shropshire lamb is savoured by food connoisseurs who appreciate their exceptional flavour. Choosing Wholearth Heritage Shropshire lamb ensures a future for this superb breed, whose long history of excellence dates back to the 18th century. Includes extra thick 2” succulent loin and shoulder chops, a 2-3 lb leg o’ lamb roast, 5 lbs chunky lamb kabobs for skewers or stew, shank & ground lamb (try an authentic Shepherd’s Pie with this).
ORGANIC HERITAGE ANGUS BEEF
• 16 lbs— Grass-fed, grain-finished organic Angus beef from our neighbour’s farm—we taste tested a selection of various steaks and roasts from several local beef farms until we tasted this Angus, and looked no further. You’ll receive juicy extra thick 1.25” BBQ ready steaks, a 3-4 lb roast, 2 lbs beef kabobs for skewers or stew, and 5 lbs ground beef.
ALL NATURAL PASTURED CHICKEN
• 22 lbs—(4 to 6 whole chickens between 3 and 5 lbs each) Oven-ready, free-range all natural chicken raised slowly on pasture, ensuring exceptional flavour & firmness. We do not feed medicated starter or grower to our poultry as large scale commercial producers do.
Or choose “One-of-a-Kind” MeatShare from the following…
The shares below can be picked up at the farm, at a nearby pick-up point for $8. delivery charge or arrive at your door ready to fill your freezer with a $20. per delivery charge. Call in or email your order and we can tally the total for you.
ShropShare
WHOLE HERITAGE SHROPSHIRE LAMB
Availability: Please inquire for dates
Shropshire lamb is savoured by food connoisseurs who appreciate their exceptional flavour. Choosing Wholearth Heritage Shropshire lamb ensures a future for this superb breed, whose long history of excellence dates back to the 18th century. Last year we sold whole lamb by boxed weight. This year we are opting for hanging weight.
Q. How much meat is in a lamb?
A: Our lambs dress out at 40-50lbs hanging weight.
Q. Why are whole lamb prices not for cut and wrapped lamb any more?
A. To give the greatest flexibility in available cuts, we now use hanging weight as our baseline. Cut and wrap weight can change dramatically depending on the cut. Charging for hanging weight standardizes the price.
Q: What is the average price of a whole lamb?
A: Your price would range from $290. to $360. for a whole lamb, depending on it’s size, which includes the price of the lamb, our transportation to and pick-up from, abattoir fee, disposal fee, cutting, wrapping and freezing.
Q. When is the lamb available?
A. We have a limited number of Shropshires available as market lambs because the majority of this rare breed are reserved for registered pedigree breeding stock. Best to reserve one, and your lamb will be ready in the fall, September thru November 2010.
Q. When should I order?
A. Reserve your lamb now. We sold out last year and are now accepting reservations for 2010 lambs. Just call 705-696-2556 or email us
WHOLE HERITAGE SHROPSHIRE LAMB
Availability: Please inquire for dates
$7.50/lb hanging weight
• 30 to 44 lbs— Whole lamb cut & wrapped with 2 leg of lamb roasts, (request rack of lamb if preferred or chops) 2” thick loin chops, rib chops, cubed lamb for stew or kabobs, ground lamb, and shanks.
HALF HERITAGE SHROPSHIRE LAMB
Availability: Please inquire for dates
$8./lb hanging weight
• 15 to 22 lbs— Half lamb cut & wrapped with 1 leg of lamb roast, (request rack of lamb if preferred or chops) 2” thick loin chops, rib chops, cubed lamb for stew or kabobs or ground lamb, and shank.
HERITAGE SHROPSHIRE LAMB
By the piece
• Assorted cuts— Just want to try a sampling of Shropshire? Shropshire rack of lamb, 2” thick loin and rib chops, leg of lamb, cubed lamb for stew or kabobs, ground lamb, and shank are all available at our seasonal Farm Market store. Just call the farm ahead (before pick-up) for hours and availability to 705-696-2556 or email us
TamShare
Our Traditional Heritage Tamworth pork is juicier, more succulent, tender, richer, more marbled and fuller tasting…nothing like intensively raised, commercial pork. Once you try this pork with old-fashioned flavour, you’ll taste why it has a place on the Slow Foods Ark of Taste list, and is growing in popularity among chefs everywhere.
THE WHOLE HOG HERITAGE PASTURED TAMWORTH PORK
Availability: Ready Feb and March 2010
$5.80/lb hanging weight
• Our July born litters are almost ready if you would like to reserve now. They were born and raised on pasture, and are still outside (with cozy winter shelter) but now being finished with grain and hay. You’ll have an entire heritage Tamworth with this order, cut and wrapped to your specifications. If you’d like our butcher to smoke your hams or bacon or make sausage, he’ll charge a bit extra…or try it at home yourself.)
An average 250 live weight hog yields an average 180 lb hanging weight which yields an average 140 lbs finished or boxed weight. So your order of wrapped packaged meat, trimmed, cut into bone-in chops and roasts, regular ground pork/sausage, with organs and crackling on, etc., consists of approximately:
- 24-28 lbs. pork loin and butt chops (we like to do fewer chops at 1.25” thickness)
- 12-20 lbs. ground pork and/or ground sausage
- 4 packages of spare ribs (1.5 lbs.)
- 2 very large hams (15-18 lbs.; or can be cut smaller, say 8 hams into 3-4.5 lb roasts)
- 6 shoulder roasts (4 lbs.)
- 16-20 lbs. bacon or pork belly
- 4 smoked hocks (0.75 lbs.)
- Variety meats, if desired, such as heart, liver, tongue, and fat/lard, lard for baking, head for head cheese etc
50 LBS HERITAGE PASTURED TAMWORTH PORK
Availability: Now
$450.
• Cut & wrapped, ready for your freezer, includes: Chops —Combination of extra thick cut loin & shoulder(butt) chops—10-12 lbs Roasts —Combination of smoked ham, unsmoked ham roast, shoulder roast, blade roast—12-16 lbs Ribs & Hocks —9-11 lbs Ground Tamworth pork—8-9 lbs Smoked bacon —2 lbs
25 LBS HERITAGE PASTURED TAMWORTH PORK
Availability: Now
$235.
• 25 lbs—Cut & wrapped, ready for your freezer, includes: Chops —Combination of extra thick cut loin & shoulder(butt) chops—5-6 lbs Roasts —Combination of smoked sliced ham, unsmoked ham roast, shoulder roast, blade roast—6-8 lbs Ribs & Hocks —5-6 lbs Ground Tamworth pork—4-5 lbs Smoked bacon —1 lb
AngusShare
Grass-fed, grain-finished organic Angus beef from our neighbour’s farm—we taste tested a selection of various steaks and roasts from several local beef farms until we tasted this Angus, and looked no further.
50 LBS ORGANIC HERITAGE ANGUS BEEF
Availability: January
$425.
• Cut & wrapped, ready for your freezer, includes: Steaks —Combination of extra thick, juicy NY Strip, Rib, Sirloin, T-Bone, Wing/Club, Porterhouse, Round—12-14 lbs Roasts —Combination of Cross Rib, Sirloin, Shoulder, Rump, Blade/Chuck Pot Roast—8-9 lbs Short Ribs, Shank & Soup Bones —6 lbs Ground Beef —15 lbs Stewing Beef —6 lbs
25 LBS ORGANIC HERITAGE ANGUS BEEF
Availability: January
$225.
• Cut & wrapped, ready for your freezer, includes: Steaks —Combination of extra thick NY Strip, Rib, Sirloin, T-Bone, Wing/Club, Porterhouse, Round—6-7 lbs Roasts —Combination of Cross Rib, Sirloin, Shoulder, Rump, Blade/Chuck Pot Roast—4-5 lbs Short Ribs, Shank & Soup Bones —2-3 lbs Ground Beef —7-8 lbs Stewing Beef —2-4 lbs
ChickenShare
Oven-ready, all natural chicken raised slowly on pasture, ensuring exceptional flavour & firmness. Our happy free-ranging chickens do better naturally, in the fresh open air, with their choice of insects, grass, minerals, soil and sunshine. We do not feed medicated starter or grower to our poultry as large scale commercial broiler producers do, or keep them in confinement housed inside buildings their whole lives. Our chickens sell out every year, so we need you to book early on in the year if you’d like us to grow some for your table. These are the freshest, most flavourful chickens, and you won’t find them in your local supermarket, just your local Wholearth Farmstudio. Like to become a Wholearth CSA HarvestShareholder? Just Register by email or call *705-696-2556
20 to 25 ALL-NATURAL PASTURED CHICKENS
Availability: Book now for July and August chickens
$400.
• 100 lbs—20 to 25 Whole 3.5 to 5 lb chickens, fresh, ready for your freezer.
10 to 14 ALL-NATURAL PASTURED CHICKENS
Availability: Book now for July and August chickens
$220.
• 50 lbs—10 to 14 Whole 3.5 to 5 lb chickens, fresh, ready for your freezer.
5 to 7 ALL-NATURAL PASTURED CHICKENS
Availability: Book now for July and August chickens
$120.
• 25 lbs—5 to 7 Whole 3.5 to 5 lb chickens, fresh, ready for your freezer.
TurkeyShare
HERITAGE BOURBON RED
• Our MeatShareholders are given first priority to reserve one of our limited number, pasture-raised Heritage Bourbon Red turkey every spring. We do not use medicated starters or growers on our poultry. You can choose a size ranging between 8 and 20 lbs or so. Their taste is incomparable to commercially bred birds. Order the quantity you would like by April, with a deposit of $40. per turkey. We’ll raise your holiday dinner for you!
DuckShare
PEKIN & MUSCOVY
• We have naturally raised Pekin and Muscovy duck averaging 5 lbs each if you’d like to add to your order. Processing costs are quite high for ducks, but this succulence is worth it! Order the quantity you would like by April, with a deposit of $20. per duck.
How & When Will I Receive my MeatShares?
PICK-UP We encourage you to pick up your MeatShares at the farm. You’ll enjoy the beautiful countryside on the drive up, have the opportunity to get to know your farm, learn a little about what we do and see how we’re raising your food, and walk in the fields and woods if you like.
DELIVERY If you prefer, we deliver in Toronto once a month as different items are ready, you can come to a nearby designated pick-up point for an extra $8. per delivery or have it delivered to your door for $20. per delivery. Your share is split up into in 3 or 4 deliveries (depending on your freezer space and when items are ready). For example, if you received a delivery in April and your freezer is still full you could wait and get your next one in June instead of May. The next Toronto and area delivery is scheduled for mid-January.
We email everyone prior to each delivery, and most shareholders requesting door-to-door leave out a cooler with ice pack. If that is not an option (apt or condo) we arrange best time with you individually. Some even accept their shares at their workplace.
Various items mature at different times, and we’ll do our best to make sure you have a variety but it’s not always possible, so you may at times receive all your chicken or beef at once.
ORDER EARLY IN THE YEAR Plan ahead, calculate how much meat your household wishes over the year, so you’ll be sure to have this years in the freezer for next winter, spring and summer when your next years are growing. If you would like a second and third MeatShare with just chicken, that’s fine too, but we’ll need to know when starting our chicks.
Like to become a Wholearth CSA HarvestShareholder? Just Register by email or call 705-696-2556
How Much Will Fit in My Freezer?
Generally an average size fridge top freezer can easily accommodate a delivery with room left over. One cubic foot of freezer space will hold approximately 25 to 30 pounds of meat. This is about half of the freezer above an average refrigerator.
CSA & Wholearth Membership
Included in your HarvestShare* or MeatShare* is the following:
- Membership to Wholearth Farmstudio
- A portion of each shareholder fee goes towards donating a number of CareShare CSA Baskets —fresh weekly veggies free of charge tor a few local families in need
- Help yourself to pick-your-own herbs and flowers and beans at the farm
- 15% membership discount & advance priority registration to our all Wholearth
events, dinners and workshops such as the Wholearth Heritage Harvest Feast with chef Jamie Kennedy & fabulous local chefs - Receive 5% off any on-farm meat purchases
- Earn right of first refusal on membership renewal (no waiting list for shareholders)
- Receive priority ranking for reserving limited special products such as Christmas geese, heritage turkeys, and pastured ducks
- Our administrative, email & phone time, order prep, and related costs associated with running the CSA
- E-Newsletter with farm news, recipes and CSA related activities
- Assured availability of farm products for you and your family—as a shareholder member you know we’ll never be sold out of your favourite dinner. We’re growing it just for you!
(For Wholearth Farmstudio Membership discounts on Feast Events and Farm Market Store items, the total shares (GardenShare & MeatShares) must be a minimum of $725.)
One Heritage MeatShare
$516. ($480. + $36. membership + picked up at farm)
$544. ($480. + $36. membership + 4x picked up at your TBA nearby pick-up point)
$596. ($480. + $36. Membership + 4x to-door delivery ($20. x 4)
Delivered to Trent Hills, Northumberland County, Peterborough, Kawarthas; Toronto—Pick-up points & delivered door-to-door currently in Toronto’s East End/Beaches, Downtown, and Queen West/Parkdale/High Park areas
Full payment or 2 post-dated cheques, via Interac online banking, cash or cheque
Double Heritage MeatShare
$966. ($930. + $36. membership + picked up at farm)
$994. ($930. + $36. membership + 4x picked up at your TBA nearby pick-up point)
$1046. ($930. + $36. membership + 4x to-door delivery ($20 .x 4)
$1086. ($930. + $36. membership + 6x to-door delivery ($20. x 6)
Delivered to Trent Hills, Northumberland County, Peterborough, Kawarthas; Toronto—Pick-up points & delivered door-to-door currently in Toronto’s East End/Beaches, Downtown, and Queen West/Parkdale/High Park areas
Full payment or 2 post-dated cheques, Interac online banking or cash
One-of-a-Kind MeatShare
Prices as per listed above. Pick up at the farm, $8 to a pick-up point near you, or delivered to your door for $20. per delivery charge to Trent Hills, Northumberland County, Peterborough, Kawarthas; Toronto—Currently in Toronto’s East End, Beaches, Downtown, and Queen West, Parkdale, High Park areas
Include Full payment plus delivery charge when ordering via Interac online banking, cash or cheque
Payment Options
Choose your package and price options, then contact us by email and we’ll confirm your membership and order.
Interac Email Money Transfer. It’s an easy, instant and secure way to send and receive money directly from one bank account to another. If you bank online, you can send your payment to us via email—without sharing any personal or financial information. Email us your order and we’ll send you a password to use. Then log online to your own bank and the rest is easy.
Cheques payable to: Montana Jones, #RR2, Hastings, Ontario K0L 1Y0
For more information, please contact us by email or Telephone: 705.696.2556
We are dedicated to sustainability principles & non-toxic practices for the health of people, animals, the soil & the planet. Our heritage breed livestock & heirloom fruits & vegetables are kindly & conscientiously grown using all natural methods. We do NOT use synthetics, growth hormones, herbicides, chemical fertilizers, confinement, or antibiotics (except to treat illness when natural methods unsuccessful, however those cases would then never be marketed as a Wholearth product.) Our animals are raised with care, free-ranging access outdoors to grassy meadows & pastures, & indoors to comfortable shelter, enjoying & employing the sun & rain & breeze naturally.