VG Meats
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QUICK FACTS
Located:
Stoney Creek, ON
Established:
1990
Owned By:
The Van Groningen Family
Produces:
- Beef
- Chicken
- Pork
Season:
Year Round
Growing Practices:
VG Meats is experimenting with regenerative farming however, they have conventional meats also available. They have small herds treated with the highest degree of care.
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About:
VG Meats is family owned and operated, with four brothers – Cory, Chad, Kyle and Kevin – at the helm of the operation. Their family roots as butchers extends back generations – their grandpa Cornelius Van Groningen worked as a black market butcher in Amsterdam during WWII, hiding livestock from German troops!
VG Meats have their own bulls from whom they breed the rest of the herd. They put a big emphasis on developing their own genetic stock because the bulls from their farm are acclimated to Ontario’s environment, and they think this creates a resilient and healthy line of beef cattle.
They’ve also spent lots of time developing the best feed for the cows – they are out on pasture and being fed grass most of the year, but during winter months, their diet is supplemented with feed mix with includes corn and other grains.