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Farm to Table

Cooking with Lamb at Borderlands Farm

We raise large, dual-purpose breeds that are valued for both their meat and their wool. One result is that you'll notice our cuts are generally larger than typical, while still being quite lean. Ontario lamb already has a milder flavour than lamb from many other parts of the world, and ours is milder still because we supplement their grass diet with grain as directed by our flock's nutritionist. The quality of an animal's diet directly impacts the quality of the meat, so we always provide the highest-quality nutrition we can. You can learn more about our farming practices here.

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We cook with our lamb often, partly as a way to evaluate the quality of our own product, but mostly because we genuinely enjoy it. In fact, our love of good food is one of the reasons we started farming in the first place. We wanted to know exactly where our meat came from and that it was of the highest quality, raised ethically and responsibly. Brody and Beverly are both avid cooks who are always experimenting with lamb, and we try to share what we're making on social media. Be sure to follow along for an insider's view of what's happening in our kitchens.

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One of the benefits to you of all this time in the kitchen is that your lamb order will come with cooking support in the form of guides and recipes. We test out every recipe we share before we recommend it. Usually multiple times! We also keep all of them on this page for easy access to the back catalogue, so to speak. There is also a copy of our basic lamb cooking guide in every lamb order.

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You will notice a theme to our recipes and really, most of the tips we give. While the most common herb to use with lamb is mint, we find that our most common pairing is lamb and garlic. This is why we started planting so much garlic in the first place!  It goes into our lamb sausage, but also into our lamb seasoning blend and of course into our garlic keepers for regular use. This is an explanation we have given many times when folks wonder why a sheep farm also has a market garden dedicated to garlic. When you learn that we are really all about the food, then it makes sense! 

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