Cooking With Asparagus

Cleaning Asparagus is picked as it emerges from the soil. When rain is eminent, the little side leaves open to catch moisture. If the rain is driving, sand will splash up the spears and get caught behind these leaves. We cold water wash all of the asparagus after picking but please check your asparagus for sand by peeling off a …

Oven Roasting or Grilling Asparagus

*Our Favorite* Arrange spears on a cookie sheet in a single layer. Drizzle with olive oil and season with sea salt, garlic powder and freshly ground pepper. Oven Roasting: Bake uncovered at 450ï‚°F for 6 to 9 min. rolling around a few times. Garnish with freshly grated Parmesan cheese. Grilling: Place on the grills of your barbeque at high heat …

Calving in March

March is calving season at Edgar Farms. I thought I would do a pictorial story of a calf’s first few hours of life. This was taken on March 15,2012. That day we had 7 calves so this was just one of the seven. This is a first calf heifer meaning this is all new to her. Everything that happen is …

Thai Green Curry Chicken with Asparagus

My lifelong friend Cheryl O’Brien has lived at Armstrong BC for much of her adult life. Cheryl and her husband Kelly had an asparagus field and many of their neighbors were also growing asparagus before ginseng became the wonder crop in the early 90’s. This is where we were first introduced to asparagus production on a field scale. We purchased …

Asparagus Relish

How exciting, Julie Van Rosendaal has selected our asparagus relish as #4 out of 29 great eats 7 drinks in the city in the summer for City Palate magazine!    

Providing Healthy Food to Albertans…

Hi, I just received your newsletter – thanks! I purchased a bundle of asparagus at the Strathcona Market last Saturday and it was just fantastic. I checked out your website to make sure I was preparing it correctly. Your website is just great – so much good and interesting information and very easy to navigate. As I read the website, …

The Flavor & Texture of Edgar Farms

Edgar Farms Asparagus is a strong argument for shopping locally. It is so remarkably better than anything imported. Asparagus is almost like a festival. It’s like the gateway vegetable to the new season. – Chef Scott Pohorelic You get spoiled by the flavor & texture of Edgar Farms beef, it is like beef should be. My stomach doesn’t bother me …

Grown in Our Own Backyard…

Hello – after many years of buying your delicious asparagus at several farmers markets, we decided to make the trip out to see for ourselves how it is grown. Thank you for opening your farm to us – we enjoyed the day immensely! And we brought home bunches of asparagus for the next weeks meals -yum! We are so grateful …

Our Country Store Reopens in May

Although our open air Farm Store is now closed until next May, our delicious homemade preserves, homemade pies and grass fed, hormone & antibiotic free beef are still available. Please just phone ahead if you wish to come to the farm. Also all of our products are at the Innnisfail Growers booth at The Calgary Farmers Market.

U-Pick Peas by appointment

Doesn’t get any fresher than that!! Great experience for the kids and grandkids. Price is $1.00 per pound and snacking is free!! Please phone ahead 403-350-0659 for availability and an appointment 8AM – 8 PM Monday – Saturday. Sorry no U-pick Sunday or pets in the field.