Welcome To Painted River Farm

In the world today everybody should be able
to have the choice to buy & eat naturally
good-for-you well-raised food products and we are very proud
to be able to supply that to you.

Welcome to the Painted River Farm. We are a family owned and operated natural beef producer located on Vancouver’s Barnston Island on Fraser River.

We do not use hormones or antibiotics on the livestock, nor do we use any chemical or pesticides on our land. We do not use any animal by-product in the grain we feed to the animals and we are able to trace where our grain sources come from trough our feed mill. We will however treat an animal if they require treatment, but that animal is than never used for our beef sales. So how is our product different than a typical organic product? While we ensure our beef is healthy and chemical-free, we are able to keep our price down since you do not have to pay for our organic certification when you buy our product!

We are the first beef farm in BC to be certified with the BC SPCA farm welfare certification. We got their certification in 2004 and we have been part of their program ever since. We also received certification trough the BC Verified Beef Production. This program is an on-farm food safety program for beef producers in Canada.

Looking for a gift that has value; something that they'll really get to use? Talk to us about our gift certificats: Also, make sure you check out a great article by Bob Collins (first appeared in Country Life in BC, in the Jan '09 issue): Government Needs To Revisit Meat Regs To Save B.C.’S Beef Industry In 1979, my neighbour Norm sold his calves for $1.25 a pound. It was a pretty good time to be in the cattle business. Loans were paid down, equipment was fixed or replaced and there was a sliver of optimism that maybe – just maybe – the business had rounded the corner and better times were at hand. In 2008, my neighbours J. and L. sold their calves for 85 cents a pound. It is a discouraging time to be in the cattle business. There won’t be any debt retired, the old and worn out equipment will have to be coaxed through another year, and the nagging question in the fields and hay sheds is: why bother? Read More...


Site last updated on May 5th, 2010