The Highland Fold

Gondola and Ganache

Pastured with Love!  Our stock spend their days outdoors free ranging on varied pastures of grasses, forbs, herbs and medicinal berries.

Below are some of our young Highland cow girls showing off their noses at winter hay time.  We just love the Highland cow’s delicate and exquisite nose.  Like a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re gonna get!  That’s half the fun at calving time.  Highland nose colours can range from delicate pink to solid black and they are often the same colour as the hooves.

All these gals are purebred Scottish Highland Cattle, registered with the Canadian Highland Cattle Society.  Our fold carries genetics from some of the oldest Scottish folds including Balmoral Castle, Benmore, Achnaloich, Torloisk, Mingary, Cladich, Douneside, Glengorm, Orsary, Leys Castle and Scone Palace. The breed has a long and distinguished history. The term “fold” comes from the ancestral practice of “enfolding” Highland cattle in stone walled enclosures.

Gabriola

Galatea

Misty and her cute little “brothers from other mothers”.

Juniper and newborn Misty of River Valley

Our cows are strictly pasture raised, outdoors in the sun and on a mixed grassland pasture of grass, forbs and brush.  That means the cow’s gut micro biome and rumen stays healthy.  This produces a healthier cow.

All our Certified Organic pastures and hayfields are cared for bio-dynamically with no petrochemical fertilizers or herbicides (like Grazon or glyphosate) sprayed on our land.