| If you have an eye for quality, appreciate the challenge of meeting leading edge standards, and enjoy the process of learning, you're an ideal candidate for the
Carmen Creek Premium Producers Value Chain. You'll be in the company of a select team of top notch producers - innovative entrepreneurs who know the value of exceptional quality.
Carmen Creek Premium Producers Criteria
You are:
- A visionary leader in the Canadian bison industry
- Willing to embrace change and try new partnership
You are committed to:
- Feeding and finishing bison to specifications, tailoring their genetics, making source verification a priority and raising bison using appropriate animal health practices
- Federal and Provincial Animal Care Guidelines
You agree to:
- Completing the Alberta Environmental Farm Plan
- Providing an annual affidavit documenting producer husbandry, handling practices, feed, facility design, environmental conditions, employee training, medical practices, and animal welfare at the farm, in transportation, and throughout processing
- An annual inspection of your operation by Carmen Creek Gourmet Meats and the Wild Rose Producer Alliance
- Provide your animals a grain based diet for not less than 100 days before processing to ensure consistent flavour and tenderness
- Raise your bison free of hormones, antibiotics or growth stimulants
Why Join?
You want:
- Fair market value for calves with few deductions
- To avoid commission or membership fees
- A guaranteed market - even in tough times
- Carcass data back on calves
- An opportunity to learn about breeding programs
- Grading information
- A future opportunity to use an innovative computer program for better tracking of all aspects of herd
Our Commitment
We will give you:
- Tools and incentive to produce consistently tender, flavourful and profitable product
- Data on your animals in an easy to understand format that so you can make improvements in quality and profitability
- The true value of your carcasses in the program
- The opportunity to have your bison branded as a Carmen Creek Gourmet Bison product
What can you look forward to?
You will experience:
- The opportunity to learn from other producers and speakers
- Exposure to leading edge technology i.e. genetic testing
- Reduced rates on services i.e. feed and water analysis
- Involvement in new and innovative opportunities
- The ground floor development of a producer steering committee
- A better bottom line
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