Timberline Farm

On October 24th the Norwell LEAF program went to Jared James’ Timberline farm near Harriston. Timberline Farm is 150 acres (120 workable) and Jared has been on the farm for 5 years. Jared raises cattle and grows hay. He runs an intensive rotational grazing system on his pasture. Jared sells 90% of his meat in Toronto to a high end market. Jared has Speckle Park and Wagyu breeds of cattle. He has experimented with pigs, maple syrup, chickens, gardening and ducks. He did not like the noise or labour with those farming practices. He uses “grass fed” as his selling point. Jared has no machinery because he does not need it for rotation grazing and it also costs a lot of money. He is also helping the environment to save the bobolink bird population by cutting his hay later in the year to save their nesting spots from getting destroyed. Jared is not planning to expand because it is a lot of money but is going to get his neighbours to raise cattle his way. In conclusion, the trip was a lot of fun and we got to learn Jared’s way of farming.