About Nutrafarms Inc.
Nutrafarms Inc. is Ontario’s leader in providing locally grown, natural, no added hormones, and antibiotic free Ontario beef, poultry, pork, and fish.
We talked to Nutrafarms. Here’s what we learnt:
How and why did Nutrafarms get started?
Nutrafarms was an idea that came from its founder and President Russell Urbanoski in 2001. He was very interested in looking to support local farmers in Ontario that did not want to change the way that they farmed to the newer factory farming methods, which involved high density farming and drugs. This was not as popular an idea back then as it is today, but it was a vision that some people in the industry shared and it was a great idea.
How local is local? Where are the farms located?
Local to Nutrafarms means that the farmers are all located within the province of Ontario in close proximity to the communities they feed. Generally the three farms that raise our pork chicken and beef are located no more that 1 hours drive from the territories they feed. But there is also another aspect of local that is more important than the location of the farms in proximity to the end users. The distance of our animals from the farms to harvest locations are very short. Typically the distance is under 20kms. This has a huge impact on the animals health and wellbeing. The less distance an animal travels from farm to butcher the healthier and less stressed it is. When you take an animal that has been free roaming in fields or barns or combination of both, and put them in a trailer and run that animal down the 401 for 6-12 hours it becomes very stressed, sick or even worse, it will die. As consumers we eat muscle meat and when you stress an animal the adrenal glands begin to pump adrenalin through the animal and then commercial consumers consume that meat. With the short distance that is very minimal, and it shows in the taste and quality of our finished product. The last point about this is that the animal is treated far more humanly than a factory animal that has been confined for its whole life then shipped great distances under great stress till its harvest.
How is your beef raised and what is their diet?
Our beef comes from a farm near Creemore Ontario. Free from human interaction, offering close to 4000 acres of stress free environment, grazing on grass that has been untouched by people for over 100’s of years. The cattle enjoy water that flows down the Niagara Escarpment, from fresh water springs, in a clay pipeline that was dug long before the time of industry and pollution.
How does someone go about ordering through Nutrafarms and what are the costs?
Much like our old fashion way of farming, at Nutrafarms we like to do things old fashion as it relates to the ordering process. In todays world everyone is very busy and very few families or couples know what they spend on groceries, or even what cuts are available and what are the advantages of eating certain cuts over others. Nutrafarms has Farm Representatives that come to our prospective customers homes and go through everything from setting a proper budget to choosing a customized package that suites their needs. It is a free service with many benefits to our clientele. Cost vary based on market pricing, however one thing is for sure with our meats; we age our beef to eliminate water weight, we do not pump our meats with any filler or additives, which is very common in chicken products, and we do not manufacture meats to look like cuts. All of our cuts are very similar to what would have been purchased 50 years ago before factory processing came into place. At the end of the day we do not want our customer to spend any more money switching to our meats, our goal is to offer our customers better quality service and value within their existing budget.
Barrie Location — Meat Packer, Meat Processor
Nutrafarms Inc
261 King St.
Barrie, ON L4N 6B7
(705)722-5842
Monday 8:00 am – 5:30 pm
Tuesday 8:00 am – 5:30 pm
Wednesday 8:00 am – 5:30 pm
Thursday 8:00 am – 5:30 pm
Friday 8:00 am – 5:30 pm
Saturday Closed
Sunday Closed
London Location — Meat Wholesaler, Meat Packer
Nutrafarms Inc
200 Queens Ave
London, ON N6A 1J3
(519) 601-1424
Monday 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Tuesday 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Wednesday 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Thursday 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Friday 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Saturday Closed
Sunday Closed
Kitchener Location — Meat Wholesaler
Nutrafarms Inc
305 King St
Kitchener, ON N2G 1B9
(519) 954-7440
Monday 8:00 am – 5:30 pm
Tuesday 8:00 am – 5:30 pm
Wednesday 8:00 am – 5:30 pm
Thursday 8:00 am – 5:30 pm
Friday 8:00 am – 5:30 pm
Saturday Closed
Sunday Closed
Oshawa Location — Meat Wholesaler
Nutrafarms Inc
Unit 101
19 Celina Street
Oshawa, ON L1H 4M9
(905) 576-1104
Monday 8:00 am – 5:30 pm
Tuesday 8:00 am – 5:30 pm
Wednesday 8:00 am – 5:30 pm
Thursday 8:00 am – 5:30 pm
Friday 8:00 am – 5:30 pm
Saturday Closed
Sunday Closed
Hamilton Location — Meat Wholesaler
Nutrafarms Inc
231 Locke Street South
Hamilton, ON L8P 4B8
(905)572-7000
Monday 8:00 am – 5:30 pm
Tuesday 8:00 am – 5:30 pm
Wednesday 8:00 am – 5:30 pm
Thursday 8:00 am – 5:30 pm
Friday 8:00 am – 5:30 pm
Saturday Closed
Sunday Closed
Milton Location — Meat Wholesaler
Nutrafarms Inc
251 Main St. E
Milton, ON L9T 1P1
(647)873-3985
Monday 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Tuesday 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Wednesday 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Thursday 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Friday 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Saturday Closed
Sunday Closed
Ottawa Location
Nutrafarms Inc
Unit 201
1320 Carling Ave
Ottawa, ON K1Z 7K8
(613)829-5383
Monday 8:00 am – 5:30 pm
Tuesday 8:00 am – 5:30 pm
Wednesday 8:00 am – 5:30 pm
Thursday 8:00 am – 5:30 pm
Friday 8:00 am – 5:30 pm
Saturday Closed
Sunday Closed
