Saturday Farmers’ Market Vendor Feature: Aurora View Farms

Hot summer days are prefect for grilling and what better way to complement your local veggies than with certified organic burgers, sausages or steaks from our new vendor Aurora View Farms!

This new family farm is based in Prince George and motivated by a commitment to high quality grass-fed organic beef from field to plate. For years we have had shoppers asking us for more meat vendors and this year we are excited to have our first certified organic & regularly-attending beef vendor join us. Their pepperoni and hamburgers especially have been a big hit with our market team (their flavourful hamburgers are even gluten-free!) and they offer specials on different packs of their meat. Shoppers have welcomed them warmly into the market community and have shown them so much support.

If you are a beef lover, you’ve come to the right place: Aurora View Farms Ltd is owned by Matt and Lizzie L’Heureux. They bought a ranch and herd of cows in Prince George in 2016 to provide their customers beef free from any antibiotics, hormones and steroids. Their cattle are fed a diet of grasses that they grow exclusively; that’s truly local meat production! Their fields have never been treated with any chemical pesticides or herbicides. Their beef is Certified Organic by the British Columbia Association of Regenerative Agriculture (BCARA). We had the opportunity to meet Matt and ask him a few questions:

How did your company start?

Together with my wife, we bought a farm in February 2016. Having an organic farm was always our dream.

What makes you passionate about it?

We love beef and we were always interested in organic practices. Our beef are 100% grass fed & finished and Free Roaming. We grow all feed in our farm.

What brought you to the UBC farm?

We started initially by selling our products in Stong’s market, which increased our interest in locations near Dunbar st. We came across the UBC farm and thought it would be a great opportunity!

What products do you sell?

All beef certified organic. We sell beef cuts, pepperoni, garlic sausage, burger patties, beef jerky, beef bones and mennonite sausage.