Canadian Heritage Breeds
"Conservation through Education"
Spring is finally here!
While our daily activities have changed in response to the global pandemic, life on the farms and acreages continues. From all of us here at CHB, we wish you a safe and happy spring season.
While our daily activities have changed in response to the global pandemic, life on the farms and acreages continues. From all of us here at CHB, we wish you a safe and happy spring season.
Check out the new CHB Video Series! As a way to engage our members and keep everyone feeling connected, CHB invited members to share short video clips of what is happening in and around their homes and farms. The videos are featured on the CHB Youtube Channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLkvnUcHDOtFN7hR9d7cQMw?view_as=subscriber
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLkvnUcHDOtFN7hR9d7cQMw?view_as=subscriber
Tuckered out little goat in the petting zoo.
Photo credit: Heather Van Esch
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Beautifully decorated exhibit in the Egg Show. Photo credit: Heather Van Esch
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Just one of over 700 entries in the CHB Fall Poultry Show. Photo: Heather Van Esch
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What is a Heritage Breed?
Giving a concrete definition of the term 'heritage' can be a difficult task. The broadest definition of a heritage breed of livestock is: a breed that was developed and used on farms, ranches and homesteads before the advent of modern industrial agriculture. With a few exceptions, they are breeds that thrive in outdoor situations, are able to forage for some of their own food and have a long reproductive lifespan. The history of our heritage livestock breeds ranges from mere decades to several centuries, but common among them all is a unique adaptation to both the farms they come from and the farmers who keep them.
