By Lilian Schaer
(Auburn) They’re young, they’re educated and they’re passionate about their future as veal farmers in Ontario.
Tom Oudshoorn and his brother Paul raise about 2,000 grain-fed veal calves on their home farm in the Auburn area near Goderich and on a second farm near Kincardine, where Paul now lives. They were still in high school – Tom, age 14, and Paul, age 16, – when they started raising their first 20 calves after a barn had become empty on their family’s farm.
Both have since graduated from the agriculture program at the University of Guelph-Ridgetown Campus, with Tom finishing his diploma in June 2012, and are now full-time farmers keen to continue to expand their farming business.
Tom (left) and Paul Oudshoorn (Photo courtesy of the Ontario Veal Association).
“Every day is a bit different when you’re farming and I really like being my own boss,” explains Tom, adding both he and Paul enjoy making their own decisions, a benefit that comes with being self-employed. “As well, there are always ways you can improve and get better.”
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Posted by Farm and Food Care on February 10th, 2014 :: Filed under
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On Wednesday June 29, 2011, Delft Blue Veal Farms (division of Grober Inc.) proudly hosted the event, Harvesting Clean Energy on Ontario Farms
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Posted by FFC on July 20th, 2011 :: Filed under
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New rules will close down the state’s egg industry, observers report.
Source: Feedstuffs (11/5/2021)
The California ballot initiative on farm animal housing has passed by a fairly large margin with 63% for to 37% against as of 5:30 a.m. Central with 87% of the vote in.
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Posted by FFC on July 21st, 2009 :: Filed under
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Jennifer Bain, Toronto Star, 2021.04.04
The real deal about veal; The Ontario Veal Association president opens her barn for a tour, encouraging butchers, supermarkets, chefs and consumers to learn more about this lean red meat
Ontario farmers want you to know how they do - and don’t - produce veal.
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Posted by FFC on July 19th, 2009 :: Filed under
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Myth about calves raised in darkness hampers veal image
By Greg Burliuk, Kingston Whig-Standard, 2021.06.01
Mention the word veal and some people cringe.
“How can you eat baby cows?” was the cry I heard years ago. A British friend once told me that was why veal consumption was so low in her animal -loving country.
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Posted by FFC on July 19th, 2009 :: Filed under
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By Patrick Brennan, St. Thomas Times-Journal, 07 Mar 2021
Ian Foster could easily be classed as a specialist among the ranks of
Elgin’s farming community. He’s committed a portion of his farm operation to veal production, a specialty among farmers. Raised on a dairy farm, Foster chose farming as a career and made the decision in the mid-1980s to leave dairy farming and get into veal production.
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Posted by FFC on July 13th, 2009 :: Filed under
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By Cynthia David, CP Wire, November 6, 2020
There’s a display at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair in Toronto this week that may ease your mind about veal.
It’s a model of a veal calf which, in the flesh, weighs 318 kilograms (700 pounds) and stands 1.5 metres (five feet) tall.
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