Oakridge Acres

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A Country Welcome

Welcome to scenic Oakridge Acres, the home of Well Fed Food! By shopping at our country meat store, you can be confident that you are getting top quality, healthy food products while receiving the warm, friendly service that seems to come naturally to country folk. By coming to our farm, you have the opportunity to meet the farmers that raise the animals. We invite you to see first hand how your food is grown - food that's good for your family and good for your community.

Our Products

Oakridge Acres Country Meat Store carries a wide variety of food products representing over 40 family farms and producers from around the region. We feature mouth watering Black Angus beef from our own herd, along with a variety of drug/hormone free meat products from other local farms including omega 3 chicken, pork, lamb, turkey, elk, venison, buffalo, wild boar, rabbit, pheasant and fish. In addition to meat, we now carry an expanded selection of our community's harvest. This includes fresh local produce, a selection of fine cheeses and dairy products, home baking and fresh bread, heritage preserves, honey and a line of frozen entrees made on site.

The "Well Fed" Approach

Healthy food starts with healthy animals. We are confident in the meat we sell because we know exactly how it's raised. We treat our animals humanely and with respect. Our beef steers have room to roam in a natural environment where they are fed a diet consisting of 80% hay (grasses) and 20% grain (oats and barley) - most of which is grown on our 175 acre farm just outside of Ayr, Ontario. The steers are completely hormone and drug free and the beef is processed in government inspected facilities. This natural healthy approach to farming is embraced by all of the farm families that have partnered with us.

Gerber's receive Premier's Award for Agri-Food Innovation Excellence

Mark & Cindy Gerber of Oakridge Acres were recently awarded the Premier's Award for Agri-Food Innovation Excellence. More details regarding the award can be found at www.omafra.gov.on.ca.

The Gerbers innovative spirit led them to grow from selling their Black Angus freezer beef out of their garage to building a new 3,200 sq. ft. meat store on their farm. They continue to sell their premium quality drug/hormone free beef, along with over 40 local farmers products.

Business has grown over 20 fold in the five years they have been in business.

These innovators have actively marketed through farm open houses, networking with restaurants and at health and wellness themed venues. They routinely speak at public events. They have built a growing roster of health professionals who endorse the store's products to clients.

From left to right: Maureen Pinder (Cindy's Mom), John Wilkinson, Minister of Research & Innovation, MPP for Perth - Wellington, Cindy Gerber, Mark Gerber, Madeliene Gerber (Mark's Mom)