Who is Boot Strap Farms?

    Boot Strap Farms is family owned and 
    operated by Nico van Stralen and his 
    four sons Nicolaas, Jonathan, Simon,
    and Thomas on their 52 acre farm
    just outside of Prescott. They raise
    heritage farm breeds with the belief
    that the best way to produce food is
    the natural way. Using both traditional
    and modern farming techniques they
    raise a variety of heritage animals
    without the aid of steroids, growth 
    hormones, supplements, or antibiotics. They are committed to providing consumers with a product that is both healthy and tastes great.


   Why Choose Heritage Meat?

   Conserving an Endangered Breed

    The best way to preserve a rare breed is through the creation of consumer demand.
    Since many heritage breeds are not popular with high volume corporate meat
    producers their numbers have dropped significantly to near extinction. Therefore
    the more demand, the easier it is to maintain a healthy growth among heritage
    breeds.

   Buying Locally

    It is estimated that the average Canadian meal travels 1500 miles from the farmer’s
    field to the consumer’s home. Boot Strap Farms wants to promote local distribution
    of its products, operating within a 100 mile radius of our farm. Clients can not only
    be happy that they know the farmer and farm where their food is grown, but as well
    know that the environmental impact resulting in fuel consumption is far less.

   Support a Local Farmer

    Unlike corporate farms, small heritage farms believe in the value of their breeds.
    Farms like Boot Strap Farms are dedicated in preserving breeds that produce fewer
    offspring and take longer to mature. It is farms like these that are against the mass
    production and chemically influence foods that line the shelves of many groceries
    stores today. When you chose to eat heritage meat and other products, you are
    choosing to support a local farmer.