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Ran-Cher Acres is a Dairy Goat operation that is owned and operated
by Randy and Cheryl Hiltz and their two younger children Aaron
and Sara. On our farm, that overlooks the beautiful Annapolis
Valley, we milk 60 purebred Saanen dairy goats. With the milk
from our does we produce a variety of cheeses and yogurt. We
also sell breeding stock and will send pictures on request.
Aaron has taken an interest in grass-based farming to improve
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He has his own enterprise, "Canaan Land" - pasture-based
Jersey cows, whey and pasture-fed Berkshire pork, pasture-fed
chickens (meat and eggs), and meat rabbits. In the fall of 2008
Aaron will have grass-fed beef.
Cheryl and Aaron do most of the barn chores while Randy makes
Farmstead Artisan Cheeses. He is also the Pastor at Turning
Point Baptist Church in Greenwood. Sara does a lot of the household
chores.
We have been making cheese for 22 years and are always trying
to improve on our products. Many of Ran-Cher customers claim
our cheeses and Yogurt is "as good as anywhere in the world".
DID
YOU KNOW ??
Goat milk is similar in terms of taste and nutrient profile
to cow milk but has 13 percent less lactose, smaller in
fat molecules and is naturally homogenized. In many instances,
people allergic to cow milk can consume goat milk with
no ill effects.
Goat meat is the most-widely consumed red meat in the
world, is 50 to 65 per cent lower in fat content than
similarly prepared beef and contains 40 percent less saturated
fat than chicken prepared without the skin. |
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- Feta
Cheese
- Cream
Chevre - plain & herbs
- Acidolophis
Milk
- Cheddar
Style - plain & smoked
- Olives
& Olive oil
- Cheese
Curds
- Fresh
Chevre - plain or pepper corn and garlic
- Ricotta
Cheese
- Butter
- Salted or unsalted
- Marinated
Feta
- Canaan
Mountain Ash Chevre
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- Yogurt
- Panir
- Sourdough
bread
- Parmesan
Cheese
- Gouda
- plain & herbs and smoked
- Quark
- Liquid
Whey
- Kefir
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Raw
Milk Cheeses:  |
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| New
Products : |
- Olives
& olive oil (cold pressed)
- Free
range chicken, turkey and beef
MacNeil
Family Farm
- Goat
meat
- Meat
rabbits
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- Pasture-fed
chicken, meat and eggs
(balanced in Omega 6 and 3)
available at the Halifax
Farmers Market and at the Farm
- Whey-fed
& pasture-fed pork
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| Contact
us for pricing. |
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products can be purchased from our home as well as at |
- Halifax
Farmers Market
- Annapolis
Natural Foods, Annapolis Royal.
- Valley
Natural Foods, Greenwood.
- Rising
Sun Natural Foods, Berwick.
- EOS
Fine Foods, Wolfville.
- Pete's
Frootique, Bedford.
- Planet
Organic, Halifax.
- Tasta
Gouda, Dresden Row, Halifax.
- Fox
Hill Cheese House - Port William's
- Chester
Organics - Chester
- Lunenburg
Country Store - Lunenburg
- Hubbards
Farmers Market
(Fox Hill Cheese)
- Lunenburg
Farmers Market
(Fox Hill Cheese)
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- Tempest
Restaurant - Wolfville
- Terroir
Local Source Catering - Halifax
- Jane's
on the Common, Robbie St., Halifax
- Fid
Fine Cuisine, Dresden Row, Halifax.
- Domaine
de Grande Pre, Grande Pre
- Kiwi
Cafe, Chester
- No Stead Farm, Annapolis Royal Farmers' and Traders' Market
- Angie Schoonhoven, Middleton Farmers' Market
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deliver our products directly to these outlets and other arrangements
can be made as well. Contact us at (902) 847-3895 or email us
for details |
| Recommended
web links: |
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Look
for our new blue directional road signs when first coming
into Aylesford and Berwick
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