Shoestring Ranch (Ian, Carman & Ty Murray)
Cow-Calf / Backgrounder / Finisher
The Murray family has a long and proud history in Southern Alberta. Ian's Great Great Grandfather homesteaded in the Jumping Pound area west of Calgary in 1883. Ever since then the Murray's have been farming and ranching. First in Jumping Pound, then west of Olds, then for nearly fourth years north of Cochrane, and now we have recently relocated to Acme to grow and expand our ranching operation. Ty represents the sixth generation of Murray's in the ranching industry.
Shoestring Ranch direct markets its own line of Natural Angus Beef to customers at the Bearspaw Farmers Market and directly from home, selling everything by the cut, just as you would buy it at the grocery store, except that we guarantee that all the beef that we sell is our own, raised from birth with no growth hormones, antibiotics or animal by-products, and it is dry aged for a minimum of 21 days. We pride ourselves on customer satisfaction, service, taste and quality.
We feel very strongly about doing things right, the first time, and understand the need to work with nature to better our land for our future generations. We are very proud of our certification on the Verified Beef Production Program and the Environmental Farm Plan. Programs like these provide producers with valuable tools to help us produce a safe consistent quality food product and back us up with verification to prove that we are doing what we say we do. We don't produce cattle, we produce food, and that is a responsibility that we don't take lightly.
Contact:
Ian & Carman Murray, Box 321 Acme, AB T0M 0A0
phone: 403-546-0022
email: shoestringranch@airenet.com
website: www.shoestringranch.ca